How to Make a Card Board Chest

by CalebP40 in Craft > Art

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How to Make a Card Board Chest

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Here is how to make a card board chest.

What You Need.

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You will need:

1. Right angle ruler.

2. Hot glue gun.

3. A big sheet of card board.

4. Some thing to draw with.

The Design

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Draw out 18" squares and the 1" flaps.

Cut It Out

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After you have drawn your lines and measured go ahead and cut it out.

Gluing

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After you have it all cut out fold it up and glue it together with the hot glue gun.

Step 5

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Cut out a 1 1/2" by 3" Don't Glue it on the front yet.

Cutting the Lid Line

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After the glue has dried cut the lid line with an X-acto knife

After you have cut the line glue on the 1 1/2" by 3" card board piece

Painting

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When every thing is dry. Spray paint with a tan paint that is as close to the chest color as you can.

I did TWO coats.

Painting

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When the spray paint is dry you can go ahead and paint the edges with a brown paint I used light brown and black to get the color that I liked.

Painting

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Then take a white silver color and paint the latch. I went over a little and then went back over with a little tan.

Drying

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Just let it dry for about an Hour

YOUR DONE!!

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Hope you enjoy you new Minecraft chest.

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