DIY Decorative Box

Boxes are a great thing to put gifts in, but what if they don't have any boxes you like? All you have is shoe boxes and little knickknack boxes but they're not pretty or the right color! What are you going to do!?!?! Your going to make it as pretty as YOU can!

For this you'll need: Paper (any kind will do)
                                Paint and Paint brushes
                                Mod Podge or glue
                                And any other thing you want to put on the box

 STEP 1
 Grab a box! Any box will do, I found this box in my collection of boxes. There's a number of problems with this box. It still has the price sticker on it from years ago and my sisters name is written on the box. So first things first, what are we going to wrap the box in.

STEP 2
Take your paper and paint it, or it if like it the way it is then leave it as it is. I wanted to paint mine, I also used some sales ad paper. We get a lot of it living in the suburbs, so why not use it? It's like FREE PAPER!

 STEP 3
So for me I wanted to add a nice little design. I taped down some twine and some other pieces of paper to act like a boarder.

STEP 4
After I painted over the string I noticed I should have painted a little more softly. I wasn't thinking about how the string in the middle would move. I still got the effect I wanted, it just wasn't as strong.
Now after you let that dry, cut out the pieces to glue to the box.

 STEP 5
Now take whatever you have and put it in the box! I really liked the way this turned out, so much that I wrapped all my gifts in a similar fashion. The use of Sales Ad Paper was everywhere! But I didn't have to spend a dime on wrapping paper.

And that is that, simple, pretty and personal.

Does anyone here like to design there own wrapping paper.