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Summer Craft Project - Altered Wooden Chest with Drawers If you are fortunate to have an Ikea store close by, you will find lots of wooden items just begging to be altered. Also look around at home. Possibly in the basement or attic, you can find wooden items that need a face lift. You do not need much to make the change and the results look great.   All patterns, pictures and text found on Craftideas.info are property of this website and may be only printed out and used for private or non-commercial purposes. It is not permitted to use them on the internet or in any other publication. Home Spring Crafts and Easter Crafts Summer Crafts Autumn Crafts Christmas Crafts Craft Recipes and Tips Wood Crafts General Crafts Kids Crafts Paper Crafts Fabric and Sewing Crafts Greeting Cards and Birthday Cards Valentine’s Day Crafts Easter Bunny Crafts Easter Chick Crafts Maritime Crafts Nature Crafts Patriotic Crafts Halloween Crafts Pumpkin Crafts Leaf Crafts Santa Claus Crafts Snowman Crafts Gingerbread Men Crafts Craft Patterns Instructions, Tips and Tutorials Picture Gallery Felt Crafts Artist Trading Cards Tags Recycling Crafts Jewelry Crafts Clay Pot Crafts Fuse Beads / Perler Beads Crafts and Patterns Rainy day paper craft ideas for kids Tips and tricks for paper crafts, card making, etc Newsletter Sitemap Contact Links   Selected Summer Fabric and Textile Crafts Felt Frog Ornament Felt Ice Cream Cone Felt Pig Ornament Purse Organizer or Purse Tissue Holder For this project you will need: - wooden drawer chest - (from Ikea for   example) - see right picture - wrapping paper of choice - acrylic paint matching color of paper - decoupage glue (from Modge Podge   for example) - paint brush for paint and glue - scissors and pencil More Summer Craft Themes: Summer Crafts for Kids Summer Fabric Crafts Summer Wood Crafts Summer General Crafts All Occasion Greeting Cards and Birthday Cards Summer Paper Crafts Maritime Crafts 4th of July Crafts   This is how the unfinished chest looked. Instructions: 1. If you have an unfinished wooden object, the first thing you will want to do is to paint your item with the paint you have chosen and let this dry. Paint only the areas that will be seen once the chest is finished. If you paint areas that are inside of the chest, it could be you cannot fit the drawers in the chest anymore due to the thickness of the paint. If your items has already been painted or lacquored, you will first need to sand it down to remove as much of the old paint as possible. 2. Because each drawer may differ by millimeters in size, it is necessary to take measurements of each individual drawer. Take the first drawer and place the front of it on the backside of the wrapping paper. Take your pencil and trace the drawer and cut out this template. Use the Modge Podge to adhere this piece to the drawer. You may wish to sand the edges around the paper so it does not hang over. Once complete, Cover with a coat or two of Modge Podge to seal the paper. 3. Repeat step 2 for the remaining drawers.  ..........................................................................................................................................   Related Crafts and Projects: All Sewing Crafts Find here fun and creative sewing and fabric projects for spring, summer, fall and winter. You will find patchwork wall hangings to use up lots of those fabric scraps as well as lots of small projects that are completed within a couple of hours. Felt Crafts and Needle Felting Projects for All Seasons Creating with felt is an art and a tradition that has been existing for over a thousand years. Here you will find plenty of ideas of how versatile felt can be. How to Make a Pom Pom Pom poms are decorative for different craft and knitting projects How to Add Fusible Web to Fabric and Applique Fabric Motifs Fusible web is like dry glue for fabric. If you need to applique one fabric piece to another, it is excellent to use. You will need an iron to heat up and activate the glue. Once the 2 fabrics are fused, you can continue stitching your applique without it moving around. Find out more in this step-by-step tutorial with pictures. How to Make Patterns and Permanent Templates You need patterns and templates mainly for sewing crafts, wood crafts and paper crafts. Creating permanent templates is easy and has a couple of advantages. First, if you wish to create the same project more than once you will save a lot of time because the template is already prepared. And second, if you are working with a group, the templates are durable and can be easily passed along to the next person. Permanent templates are especially useful when making crafts with children. Summer and All Occasion Craft Patterns Here you will find craft patterns and templates for the craft projects on this website and summer coloring book pages for the kids.   Next Craft >>> Wooden Flower Chain     Custom Search

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