How To Make A Ballerina Keepsake Box
Painting Fun For Your Favorite Little Dancer
Here's an adorable little keepsake idea that you can create for or with your favorite little dancer. It's a project that is simple to create, and will offer further artistic expression for those times when the dancing is done, but your little ballerina still wants something to do.
Basic crafting tools and supplies are available at your local retailers, and I have included the painting pattern for the ballerina that I painted on my box.
Share this lens with your favorite little ballerina, then join in the fun as you teach her how to let her fingers do the dancing... with a finely bristled paintbrush!
Ballerina Keepsake Box (c) 2009 All Rights Reserved
Basic crafting tools and supplies are available at your local retailers, and I have included the painting pattern for the ballerina that I painted on my box.
Share this lens with your favorite little ballerina, then join in the fun as you teach her how to let her fingers do the dancing... with a finely bristled paintbrush!
Ballerina Keepsake Box (c) 2009 All Rights Reserved
Contents at a Glance
SUPPLIES
- 5" Papier Mache Box
- Acrylic Paint
- Matching sheet of scrapbook paper
- Modge Podge
- Various ribbons, buttons, lace, accent pieces
- Glitter or tiny beads
- Painting tools
- Aleene's Tacky Glue or low temp glue gun
Basecoat The Box & Lid
Trace Pattern
Transfer Pattern
Basecoat The Ballerina
"I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance."
~George Balanchine~
George Balanchine
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, George Balanchine (1904-1983) is regarded as the foremost contemporary choreographer in the world of ballet. He came to the United States in late 1933, at the age of 29, accepting the invitation of the young American arts patron Lincoln Kirstein (1907-96), whose great passions included the dream of creating a ballet company in America. At Balanchine's behest, Kirstein was also prepared to support the formation of an American academy of ballet that would eventually rival the long-established schools of Europe.
- The George Balanchine Foundation
- The mission of The George Balanchine Foundation is to utilize the Balanchine legacy to advance the development of dance and its allied arts in the United States and throughout the world on behalf of the dance community at large.
- Popular Balanchine | The George Balanchine Foundation
- Of Balanchine's enormous choreographic output, these popular works have received far less critical and scholarly attention than have his ballets, but we recognize today that they are an important part of his oeuvre and that they are, indeed, significant works in terms of America?s cultural heritage.
Line The Box Lid With Scrapbook Paper
Use Modge Podge To Add Glitter Or Sequins To Sides Of Box
Do not put glitter under the lip of the lid
Modge Podge Is An Adhesive That Also Is A Sealer
Modge Podge
Mod Podge Gloss All-In-One Decoupage Sealer / Glue / Finish (4 fl. oz. )
Amazon Price: $4.35 (as of 02/23/2012)
Paint The Details
Embellish With Glitter, Sequins, Buttons & A Variety Of Trimmings
Use A Fine Point Sharpie For Tiny Details
"Dancing is like dreaming with your feet"
~Constanze~
Painting Pattern
How to Draw Princesses and Ballerinas (Usborne Activities)
Amazon Price: $5.00 (as of 02/23/2012)
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Make A Set Of Ballerina Coasters Using Clay Saucers
"Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order."
~Samuel Beckett~
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- Connie's Crafts 4 Kids at Amazon
- Tips and suggestions about products that I use or have used for my crafting projects.
- Connie's Craft-A-Holics Club at Amazon
- Crafting tools and supplies for adult crafting.
Introduction To Crafting With Kids
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Use uncooked rice or dried beans as the soil for your Ballerina Flower Pens!
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eclecticeducation
Mar 30, 2010 @ 10:39 am | delete
- How adorable! I don't have a little girl. I guess I can hope for a granddaughter someday. Great lens and project. Blessed by a Squid Angel.
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Sylvestermouse
Feb 25, 2010 @ 9:34 am | delete
- This is a really cute idea! When my children were little we made several keepsake boxes. Now the boxes are the keepsakes:)
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