Hat box
Hat boxes are too cool not to use for something. They can be jazzed up a bit and made into glorious gift boxes or nifty storage containers around the home. You can cover decorative hat boxes with a little imagination and a few simple supplies. Your revamped hat box can be cute and simple, lush and elaborate or it can even blend into your existing décor depending on the type of fabric you choose.
Instructions
1. Measure your hat box. Use a tape measure to gauge the size of the top of the lid, the height and width of the lid's lip and the length of the box's bottom.
2. Pick your fabric. Any type of fabric can be used to cover a hat box, as long as it's not too thick to impede with the lid closing. Fabric should also be more or less opaque so that none of the original hat box design shows through. Good choices include a thin velvet or brocade.
3. Cut three pieces of fabric that match with your measurements: one round piece the size of the box's lid, one strip to cover the lid's lip and one thicker strip to cover the box's base.
4. Slather a thin layer of craft glue evenly over the hat box top and press the circle of fabric into place. Smooth with your hands to ensure there are no bumps or folds. Repeat the gluing process on the lid's lip and around the circumference of the box.
5. Add adornments as desired. For an even fancier touch, cut a strip of lace the length of the lid lip and glue that, too, into place over the fabric. You can also glue beads, trinkets or other novelties to the top or side of the box as desired.
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