Altered Altoid Tin

Altered Altoid Tin
“Tooth Fairy Box”
Level of difficulty: Advanced

I created this cute little box for my 5 year old to put his teeth in for the tooth fairy. He loves it. Pretty much all items used to alter this tin are from Club Scrap’s Mosaic Kit.

Supply List:
Altoid Tin (empty)
Handmade paper
Beads: Bottle caps
Bottle cap circle word inserts
Mosaic pieces
Photo turns
Tiny embellishment box
Glossy Accents
Ribbon: Offray
Ultimate Crafter’s Pick Glue
Modge Podge
Black spray paint
Rubber mallet or Sizzix machine with attachment

Instructions:

Take empty tin and clean out. Close and spray paint black. Let dry.
Once dry, cover top with modge podge and add a piece of handmade paper, trim to fit the box top. You can go ahead and measure your tin and use a corner rounder too, if you prefer this method. Add any stickers, words, images, ect. Cover with a coat of modge podge and let dry.
For bottle cap embellishment. Flatten bottle caps using a rubber mallet or Sizzix machine (with the Sizzlets attachment). Punch a circle to fit inside bottle cap, ink edges and rubberstamp word. Fill bottle cap with glossy accents and set punched letter into it. Cover the punched circle completely with glossy accents. Add charm or beads as desired. Let dry, takes a while, usually overnight works best. Attach bottle cap to top of box with permanent glue. Let dry.
Cover bottom of tin with modge podge and add a piece of handmade paper, trim to fit the box top. You can go ahead and measure your tin and use a corner rounder too, if you prefer this method. Cover the handmade paper with a coat of modge podge, let dry.
Top edge. Add a thin ribbon and tie a bow. Use a clear adhesive.
Bottom edge. Apply a thin coat of modge podge and run a thin piece of paper around the edge. Allow time to dry. Then use a clear adhesive (like crafter’s pick) and add the small mosaic tiles. Let dry
Inside. Measure your tin and use a corner rounder to make the pieces for inserting in top and bottom. At this point I added the poem and photo turns with brads to the background paper. Then apply the modge podge to the PAPER rather than the tin for this step and insert into lid of tin.
Inside bottom, again apply modge podge to the paper then insert into tin. Add photos, stickers, etc. Add small box for tooth.
Let everything dry and you are all done!

Enjoy, this is a fun little project.
Debbie Weller
A.K.A. DebDuzScrappin

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