Redecorating a hat box so that it fits into your interior, a nice way to keep me busy...

With some glue, scissors, some wallpaper or a nice gift paper, a box and a portion of patience, this job will certainly succeed.

Have fun with it...

Here he comes...

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Box and lid, a piece of wallpaper and some tools to manage everything...

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Glue a piece of wallpaper completely around the box so that you have a piece left above and below. Fold the top inside and glue it.

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The bottom looks like this...

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Make a vertical incision with scissors every 15 mm, this does not have to be correct on the millimeter...

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fold the strips over the bottom and fasten with glue, each time the next strip a piece over the previous strip.

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Continue until all the strips are glued...

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Then it looks like this...

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Cut out a circle to finish the bottom. With a plate or an old CD you can easily draw a circle.

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Then we go to work with the lid... Lubricate it full of glue and glue it on a piece of wallpaper.

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Now cut around the lid, but leave about 15 mm over the edge.
Give some cuts to the edge to be able to stick nicely.

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Fold these pieces again and glue them. They overlap a bit.

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Cut a long strip of wallpaper and glue it around the lid. It should be wider than the height of the lid because you also need to be able to fold them inwards.

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This is the result...

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