Exploding Box
When I first saw this box on Pinterest I was super excited and knew it would make a great Christmas gift, Mothers day gift, Birthday, New Baby or lets just be honest this box rules and was a ton of fun to make. I found a tutorial for it here. The tutorial was really good and super easy to understand. I didn't take as many pictures so if something is a little hard to understand stroll over to Glitter Adventure and check it out.
I made 3 boxes and know I need to make at least 1 more for our house. The kids really do love them. Just tonight my son was pointing out one of the pictures of himself and talking about it. Yes it is April and we still have one in our house it is my mom's fault and I blame her for everything.
Please
look at the edges to the page and the wrinkles in the pictures!
Yes
the day after I gave my mom this super cute box filled with a ton of family
pictures she DROPPED IT yes dropped it in the snow and then watched, allowed, laughed, went home and crashed
in bed. Yes she did drop it in the snow from the back of her truck while
driving up her steep dirt road. Then during the night it snowed so when the
plow cleared the snow in the morning the lid was crushed and the box was buried
in the snow. Another day later she found the box again so really the damage
done is minimal and I was able to reuse all the pictures but 2.
One
thing I didn't like about their tutorial is they had the box lid held together
with paper clips to dry, but when I tried that it put dents in my lid which is
so not cool. So I found just holding the lid together for a few minutes was the
best.
The
other big issue I had was she used 12x12 paper and then cut it down much
smaller so my good friend and I figured out the math to keep it as big as
possible so your pictures can be even bigger to enjoy.
I
used 4 or 5 sheets of heavy cardstock depending on if I did 3 or 4 layers
inside the box. My largest layer matched my lid. and then I used 6-8 pattern
papers (2 for each layer)
I
am going to put all the measurements on here starting from the biggest and
working into the box
The outside of
your paper needs to be cut to 11 5/8 Then the square cut outs in the
corner measured 3 7/8 from the edge and cut out Pattern paper 31/2
Next layer full paper-11
1/4 Square cut out for the corners 3 3/4 Pattern paper 3 3/8
3rd layer inside her
stopping point. full paper 10 7/8 square cut from the corners 3 5/8 pattern
paper 3 1/4
Bonus 4th layer full
paper 10 1/2 square cut from the corner 31/2 Pattern paper 3 1/8
is it easier if I
type
Full sheet-11 5/8. 11
1/4, 10 7/8, 10 1/2
Square cut from the
corner-3 7/8, 3 3/4, 3 5/8, 3 1/2
Pattern paper- 3 1/2, 3
3/8. 3 1/4, 3 1/8
I
am planning on making many more of these fun boxes! please share your completed
boxes on our facebook page so we can enjoy your designs!
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