DIY Safari Suitcase Craft for Kiddies

You ever go on a trip and bring back momentos of the trip.  Say... shells from the camping trip at the beach... or pinecones from the forest?  Cool rocks found on the ground at the state park you visited... The list can go on and on.  What kid wouldn't like to put their special things in their very own keepsake collector box?

Here's a fun little project you can do with your little ones that will make saving their special things more fun. 


the pix are pretty self explanitory.   You get a shoebox from the last time you bought shoes.   Punch two holds in the lid.   Then take tape ( or if you have some nice bright ribbon you can use that as an upgade and glue it around the box and top)  You put some rope/cording through the two holes and tie it on the inside of the lid.   This way it's a handle for the lid to be opened by.  

Then you can let your child color the outside of the box with whatever they want and even put stickers all over it to simulate those travel trunks of the olden days.   Another thing that I think is a fun thing to do is paint the whole box outside as well as inside, with some glue or acrylic paint and then put a coating of sparkles over it before it dries.  This way the box is great on the outside and just as magical on the inside! 

























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