Hello, lovelies! Today I’ll be sharing my “DIY Allowance Storage Box” with you, which I made for my daughter’s allowance. I started giving her small chores like helping me vacuum, watering plants, cleaning her room on a daily basis and folding her laundry. I believe that starting her early will only make it easier later.

After she’d saved up a few quarters she asked me for a coin bank, so mommy went to the dollar store and bought her a few things to make this cute little Allowance Storage Box.

Allowance Storage Box

Material needed:

• Wooden box
• 1 lock
• 2 floral hinges
• Silk flower
• hot glue gun
• white, pink & turquoise acrylic paint
• paint brushes
• screwdriver
• dish to mix colors

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Instructions

• To receive a mint color I used some white acrylic with 1-2 drops of turquoise.
• Coat the entire outside of the wooden box and let dry.
• Add 1 to 2 more drops to the remaining white to darken the mint mixture. I used a slightly darker mint to coat the lid.
• Once everything is dry, I screwed on the lock and the hinges.
• To paint the inside I used some white and 1-2drops of pink.
• Lastly, I hot-glued a silk leaf and flower on the lid

TIP: do not close the box until the paint is fully dried, or it might stick together and you won’t be able to open it again without damaging the box.

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