Constellation Organizers
Recycled Cardbaord Constellation Organizers
Posted by Mark Montano
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Make these organizers for your locker or desk with your favorite constellations!
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You Will Need (5 things)
- Craft Knife
- Stick on Gems
- Metallic Silver pen
- Americana Multi-Surface Satin Paint
- Cardboard shipping Boxes
Steps (6 steps, 60 minutes)
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1
Assemble the box
Draw a line from corner to corner with a pencil
Intersect the line 3 1/2" up from the base of the box on each side
Draw a curve where the lines intersect on each side
Repeat on the other side
Connect the 3 1/2" lines on the sides of the box -
2
Cut along the lines with a craft knife
*This will give you two organizers
Cut an extra piece of cardboard 3 1/2" by the width of your box plus 3"
Score 1 1/2" in on each side and bend to create flaps
Glue the flaps to the inside of the mouth of the box to create an area for pencils -
3
Paint the entire box with Americana Multi-Surface Satin Paint in Black Tie
When dry, lightly draw your constellations in pencil (I've added a constellation that you can print out, print it in gray scale to save ink on your computer)
Mark over the lines with a silver Krylon Short Cuts metallic paint marker
Connect the lines with stick-on rhinestones -
4
Make hundreds of dots with the metallic paint pen to create the night sky
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5
Watch the video tutorial here:
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6
A constellation for you to print out.