Pirate's Treasure Chest

I created this treasure chest to fill with small toys, treats, and stickers for my speech therapy clients. :)
 

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All you'll need:

• an unfinished wooden box (this one was $5 at Michael's)
• a ruler
• a pencil
• sandpaper
• paint (I used brown, black, and metallic gold)
• assorted paintbrushes
• a brown Sharpie (not pictured)
• your trusty Mod Podge

Step 1:

Using a pencil and ruler, sketch out the treasure chest design you are going to paint.  For mine, this meant creating wooden slats and three gold bands to encircle the chest.

Step 2:

Paint in your brown!  The edges don't have to be perfect yet.

Step 3:

Add the gold paint!  Create nice, even edges against the brown sections.

Step 4:

Add your details.  For mine, this meant a little bit of black paint between the slats of wood and small circles drawn onto the gold bands with brown Sharpie.  Then I roughed up the edges a little bit with sandpaper.

Step 5:

Cover the entire thing with Mod Podge to seal it and give it some shine!

Let the Mod Podge dry, fill this bad boy up with prizes, and you're good to go! :)