{"id":12885,"date":"2013-05-06T05:14:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T10:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=12885"},"modified":"2019-11-26T06:00:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:00:11","slug":"back-in-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/05\/06\/back-in-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Back In Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Box1\"<\/p>\n

Last week, I was summoned back into the classroom by my son’s teacher for help with a project for Mother’s Day. I thought it would be fun to faux finish jewelry boxes with the kids, and the results were spectacular!<\/p>\n

\"Box2pink\"<\/p>\n

We began by having them paint the boxes with a base coat of brown acrylic paint. When it was dry, a coat of white school glue was applied. When the glue began to get tacky – a contrasting coat of paint was brushed over the glue.<\/p>\n

\"Box3yellow\"<\/p>\n

I was thrilled at the outcome – each box was totally unique, the textures they produced were gorgeous!<\/p>\n

\"M-DayBrooches\"<\/p>\n

We also made simple brooches to put in the jewelry boxes – using wooden disks with patterned paper and fabric scraps.<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in the faux finishing process, there’s a tutorial here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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I thought it would be fun to faux finish jewelry boxes with the kids, and the results were spectacular!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[177,176,4,318],"tags":[2398,2544,2038],"class_list":["post-12885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts-2","category-holiday","category-news","category-technique","tag-acrylic-paint","tag-crafts-to-do-with-kids","tag-distressed-jewelry-boxes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-3lP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10237,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/10\/29\/a-halloween-brooch\/","url_meta":{"origin":12885,"position":0},"title":"A Halloween Brooch","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"October 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"When I saw this skeleton cameo, I immediately thought of my friend Penny - she's the only person I know who loves Halloween more than I do! 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