Memories in a lunch pail

By Spotlight

Keep photographic memories and keepsakes in a lunch pail album with this fun cut out box.

Exclusive designs from Helen Bradley.

Final Result

Materials

• lunchbox tin & chipboard album
• pattern papers
• co-ordinating cardstock sticker hearts, dots, paisley & book plate shapes
• shipping tag
• gaffer tape
• string
• assorted buttons
• glitter pen
• black permanent marker
• spiral metal clip
• folder tab
• photos
• keepsake (light bulb)
• 22 gauge wire
• chipboard alphabet
• black ink pad
• foam adhesive dots
• ruler
• wire cutters
• corner rounder
• craft knife
• scissors
• adhesives
• pliers
• pencil

Step 1

To decorate the tin cut two strips of pattern paper 5cm wide x 30cm long to wrap around the base. Using a strong adhesive adhere strip around the tin taking care to glue the joins well. Affix an adhesive cardstock flower over the join and add a button with a piece of string knotted through it. Press chipboard letters onto an inkpad to create a distressed look.

Adhere chipboard letters to tin.

Remove the handle. Affix a strip of cardstock with stickers attached to it where the tin handle goes and then reaffix the handle. Cut a small rectangle of pattern paper to fit inside lid and adhere in place.

Handy Hint

Many of these lunchbox type tins and albums are stackable. Make a few of them with the titles on the front and stack them on a shelf for display. You can make albums for each of the kids or an album of each city or country visited on a holiday.