Boxes painted like Drums with Craft Paint
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These round boxes are painted with craft paint to look like drums.
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How to do it

1 Paint a golden border on the edge of the lid and on the bottom and top of the box - it's important to paint the borders on the top and bottom a bit wider than the height of the lid (the border doesn't need to be straight as it'll be corrected with masking tape in the next steps).

2 Put the lid on top of the box and carefully draw a line along the lid with a pencil. Then, put the lid on the bottom of the box and draw a line here, too.

3 Place two pieces of masking tape around the box so that they follow the pencil line at the top and bottom of the box. It's very important to place the masking tape as close to the line as possible for the neatest result.

4 To ensure that the paint doesn't seep through to the golden border hidden below the masking tape, you can seal the area by painting a wide coat of gold paint where the tape and the box meet (see the photo).

5 Now paint the entire box with white craft paint and leave to dry. Apply 2-3 coats to ensure that the white paint covers the gold paint.

6 Print the template which is available as a separate PDF for this idea. Cut out the template that fits the size of your box. Put the template triangle along the line of the tape and draw the outline of the triangle onto the box with a pencil. Draw triangles side by side around the entire box.

7 Attach two pieces of masking tape diagonally along the pencil lines to create a triangle against the bottom. Place masking tape on every other triangle around the box.

8 Seal the tape with gold paint along the golden border and white paint along the diagonal borders (see the photo).

10 When the paint is completely dry, carefully remove the six pieces of angled masking tape around each triangle.
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