If you love hands-on projects, working with a variety of materials, and creating visual stories around a favorite theme, all within the small box format, you’ll love making your own Mini Box Collage.

Betsy has decades of experience designing and implementing hands-on creative projects that use easy to find materials, personal themes, and storytelling.

In this class you’ll learn:

How to choose a theme and box for your collage
How to gather materials with low and no cost options
How to create an interesting design through layers, texture, and color
Tips for working with all of the fun 3-D embellishments including buttons, charms, beads and fabric
Easy to follow steps for putting your collage together and the best types of glue to use for different materials
Techniques you can apply to other creative projects
Gifting and display options

Materials:

Top or Bottom half of a small cardboard box approximately 3”x 5” or 4” x 6” works well
Scissors
Papers - drawing or sketch paper, construction or other patterned paper
Glue stick, glue dots, and/or craft glue
Pencil or pen. Optional: colored pencils, markers, or other favorite drawing tools
A downloadable PDF with optional materials ideas is included in the resources. I’ve listed a few below under optional papers and embellishments
Optional Papers: tracing paper, wax paper, velum or the see through window on invoices, patterned paper from the inside of envelopes, kraft paper from bags, scrap paper, old maps, etc. I encourage you to use what you have.
Optional embellishments: canceled stamps, buttons, charms, beads, ribbons, twine, fabric, stamp art, small shells, ticket stubs, words clipped from magazines, etc.

You’ll be creating:

A Mini Box Collage that showcases your chosen theme and shares a favorite story.

I can't wait to see what you create!

Lix

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