Any woman feels happy buying new shoes or boots. After they move from the store to our shoe cabinet, the shoe box takes pride of place in the closet or pantry, where it gathers dust until it suddenly finds itself in a landfill.
But the scenario can be completely different, in which this box takes on a new life and continues to delight its mistress. Then two necessary things appear at once in the house - a new pair of shoes and a useful multifunctional box for storing little things.
Dressing shoe boxes is not only useful, but also quite exciting.
Occupation for adults and children
You can involve children in the process. Dressing shoe boxes is not such a complicated matter, it can have a learning effect and allows you to develop your baby’s creative abilities . Children are happy to help adults when it comes to interesting needlework. Kids can make an application of paper, paint, glue paper clippings. Later, in these magical chests, the child will obediently and even happily hide toys scattered throughout the apartment.
What materials can be used to decorate shoe boxes
- The very first thing that comes to mind is colored paper. You can take a special gift, wrapping paper, which happens with a variety of drawings and patterns. It is convenient for these purposes to use old wallpapers, newspapers and magazines.
- Fabrics provide an opportunity for imagination. Not only color is important here, but also texture. You can use both thin, translucent fabrics that are glued to the box, and dense, attracting with its texture.
- Often needlewomen decorate shoe boxes using decoupage technique. To do this, glue, varnish and colored napkins are needed.
- In haberdashery shops you can find many materials for decoration. These are beads, shiny rhinestones, beads, artificial pearls, ribbons and more.
How the second life of a shoe box begins
Let's take a step-by-step look at how to decorate a regular box with paper:
- We prepare roll paper for gift wrapping.
- We smear the bottom of the box with glue and put it in the center of the prepared sheet.
- Press the paper firmly to the bottom so that no air bubbles form. We wait until the glue dries.
- Raise the free edges of the paper. Sequentially cut the sheet where it is docked with the edge of the box.
- We paste each side in turn.
- Wrap the free edges about 2-3 cm inward and fix them with glue.
- You can decorate the corners of the box with thin strips of paper of contrasting color.
This is just the basis, and then you can decorate the color box with various elements. The main thing is that you like them and suit the design of the interior. The inner surface can also be glued or covered with velor fabric. This can instantly turn an ordinary box into an interesting box.
We decorate shoe boxes and not only (upgrade)
Let's look at the most popular and interesting ideas and bold examples of decor.
- Denim never goes out of fashion, but a particular model of trousers may well become irrelevant. From old jeans that you have not worn for a long time, you can take the perfect material for decorating boxes. Denim fabric will hold better on an adhesive basis, the corners can be additionally fixed by flashing them with threads. The decoration of such an trendy box can be a pocket, torn from the same trousers.
- Burlap has recently become popular. You can often find tablecloths, napkins and upholstery of chairs made of this inconspicuous at first glance fabric. A box in the same style can be the perfect complement to the interior.
- If you want to create a real royal chest from an ordinary box, then stock up on lace lace and pearl beads. Only valuables can be put in such a box.
- Newspaper clippings will be an excellent thematic decor for boxes in which you plan to store letters and photographs.
- Rhinestones and sequins are the best decoration for young fashionistas. Such a glamorous box will envy all the girlfriends.
As you can see, decorating shoe boxes is a creative work. There are no clear instructions or strict rules. Maybe at the very beginning not everything will turn out perfectly, but a little practice, and you can create real masterpieces from the ordinary.