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Tutorial on how to make a handmade childrens trinket shelf from a shoe box

Tutorial on how to make a handmade childrens trinket shelf from a shoe box

If children want a new trinket stand, they can try to make one themselves. Just prepare an unwanted shoe box, simply recycle it, and you’re done with a storage rack that can be used to place lightweight items! You don’t have to spend a penny and you can enjoy the fun of crafting. Interested children come and try it! ~

Materials and tools: shoe box, scissors, pencil, glue, paint, brush.

Tutorial on how to make a handmade childrens trinket shelf from a shoe box

1. Disassemble the box and design on the cardboard to be used as the back panel. Cut out your design, leaving the side and bottom panels intact.

Tutorial on how to make a handmade childrens trinket shelf from a shoe box

2. Cut the side panels into the shape you want and glue them together. You should now have a stand with a back. The shelf should not be too wide, here it is 7 cm.

Tutorial on how to make a handmade childrens trinket shelf from a shoe box

3. Now it’s time to decorate, paint the back panel to look like a mountain peak.

Tutorial on how to make a handmade childrens trinket shelf from a shoe box

4. I made the skyline and clouds.

Tutorial on how to make a handmade childrens trinket shelf from a shoe box

5. This simple DIY children’s storage rack is completed. Children can put their favorite trinkets on it~