How to Make Altered Tins
Altered tins are a creative project that can be made as a miniature shrine for your own home or as a themed gift for a family member, teacher or friend. Used mint containers can be used for these projects. A trip to the local craft store or gathering supplies from your own home can make these projects possible. Altered tins are a project that children, teenagers and adults can execute in an afternoon after learning how to make them.
Things You'll Need
- Mint tin
- Tape
- Sandpaper
- Spray paint
- Scissors
- Scrapbook paper
- Glue stick
- Glue gun
- Ribbon
- Embellishments
Instructions
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Decide on a theme for your altered tin. Birthday, sports, or a memory tin are popular themes. Pick colors to coincide with your theme.
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Tape the hinges of the tin and sand the outside of the tin lightly with sandpaper. Spray the tin with a primer spray paint and let dry. Paint the outside of the tin with a spray paint color of your choice. Let dry and remove the tape from the hinges. Flip the tin over.
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Cut a piece of scrapbook paper with scissors to the size of the inside of the deep side of the tin. Apply the scrapbook paper to the deep side of the tin with a glue stick. Cut and apply scrapbook paper to the shallow side of the tin with a glue stick.
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Apply ribbon to the inside wall of the deep side of the tin. Use a glue gun to attach the ribbon, starting at one corner of the wall. Cut the excess ribbon off when the four walls of the tin are covered.
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Add embellishments that are cohesive with your theme. Stickers, rub-ons, buttons and charms can be glued onto the tin to decorate the inside and the outside.
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Tips & Warnings
Let the glue dry from all embellishments before closing the tin.
Check the scrapbook aisle at the local craft store for ideas of themes.
