{"id":149,"date":"2016-12-23T09:59:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T09:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/12\/23\/shell-keepsake-box\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T07:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:49:10","slug":"shell-keepsake-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/shell-keepsake-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell Keepsake Box"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Create a beautiful Shell Keepsake Box to store your cherished beach treasures and memories! This fun and creative project transforms a simple blank book box into a stunning holiday memento. Begin by decorating the box with colourful seashells, sand, and other beach-themed embellishments, capturing the essence of your seaside adventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create a beautiful Shell Keepsake Box to store your cherished beach treasures and memories! This fun and creative project transforms a simple blank book box into a stunning holiday memento. Begin by decorating the box with colourful seashells, sand, and other beach-themed embellishments, capturing the essence of your seaside adventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,27,252,279,247,254,229,231],"tags":[741,665,612,702,673],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kids","category-grown-ups","category-coastal","category-naturals","category-nature","category-seashell","category-themes","category-themes-grown-ups","tag-coastal","tag-nature","tag-ocean","tag-papercraft","tag-seashell"],"acf":{"age":["6-9","10+","Adult"],"skill-level":["Beginner"],"time-to-make":["1 hour"],"idea-type":["Craft Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"PR_0472","time":"1 hour","skill_level":"Beginner","how_to_make":"<ol>\r\n\r\n<li>Paint your secret keepsake book with white paint, as shown, and leave to dry. <\/li>\r\n\r\n<li>Using a ruler and pencil, measure out three 4cm x 4cm squares from both the hessian roll and kraft self-adhesive sheets.  <\/li>\r\n\r\n<li>Using a pair of scissors, carefully cut out the six squares.<\/li>\r\n\r\n<li>Stick the hessian and kraft squares onto the front of the painted keepsake book as shown. 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