| Keepsake Suitcase | |
Materials:
Instructions:
Decorate your suitcase however you like! A few ideas would be to use paper and make pretend bumper stickers from places you have been or want to go, cut out travel themes pictures from magazines and glue all over the box, cover with construction paper and decorate with stickers... You could also simply buy postcards or stikers from everywhere you visit and glue or stick them onto your suitcase. The possibilities are endless!
We covered the entire box with contact paper that looked like a wood grain to give it an old fashioned look. We then made stickers representing different places on our itinerary, plus other stickers such as 'Fragile' and 'This Side Up'. We stuck them all over the suitcase in different directions.
If your suitcase needs a handle, you can use a nail or other pointy object to poke a couple of holes, about 4-inches apart, on the box opposite the attached side. Cut a piece of ribbon about 12 inches long, thread both ends down through the holes, and tie them together on the inside of the box.
If your shoebox lid is seperate from your box, tape one of the long edges of the lid to the box so it opens and closes like a suitcase. We used a box from a pair of hockey skates which was perfect because the top was attached on one side and it had a handle!
