Thrifted Boxes Receive A Spring Makeover

February 17, 2022

Photo of a thrifted Primitive Country Snowman Box.
This little wooden box was a Goodwill find at Christmas time. The little snowmen were hand painted.  

Primitive country is just not my style anymore, but it sure was at one time!

 
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Photo of a thrifted country box.
This taller box with a paper label was also a thrift shop find.

I hand sanded the hand painted sides on the snowman box to make them smooth, and peeled the paper label off of the other one.

Photo of two primitive country boxes from Goodwill being painted with Drop Cloth Dixie Belle Chalk Paint.
Then, after cleaning the boxes, I brushed two coats of Dixie Belle Chalk Paint in Drop Cloth onto both boxes.

Photo of a Dollar Tree Rub On Transfer being applied to the front of a small wooden box.
I chose my Spring Dollar Tree Rub on Transfer to decorate the boxes. The transfers are now $1.25 each.

Photo of a Dollar Tree Rub On Transfer being applied to the front of a small wooden box.
I used a flat stick to rub the transfer down on the front of the larger box.

I slowly pulled up the clear top sheet to remove it, just in case I needed to rub parts of the transfer still attached to the clear sheet down again.

Photo of a Dollar Tree Rub On Transfer being applied to the front of a small wooden box.
I folded the transfer around the front corner of the box, and rubbed the balance of the transfer onto the side of the box.

Photo of a Dollar Tree Spring Rub on Transfer applied to a small wood box front.
Here is the Spring transfer on my taller box.

Photo of a Dollar Tree Spring Rub on Transfer applied to a small wood box front.
This is the side view.  The bottom part of the transfer was left on the clear sheet.

Photo of a Dollar Tree Spring Rub on Transfer applied to a small wood box front.
I actually had another Spring Dollar Tree Transfer that I applied to shorter box.  I used the bottom part on this box.

Photo of a Dollar Tree Spring Rub on Transfers applied to a small wood box fronts.
I waxed both boxes with Dixie Belle's Best Dang Wax in Clear.

I added a jute string handle to the shorter box.

Photo of a Dollar Tree Spring Rub on Transfers applied to a small wood box fronts.
I tucked a couple faux spring plants in the boxes.

Photo of a Dollar Tree Spring Rub on Transfers applied to a small wood box fronts.
Thrift shops generally have little boxes like these in inventory,

Photo of a Dollar Tree Spring Rub on Transfers applied to a small wood box fronts.
And Dollar Tree has rub on transfers in stock now too!

Make an easy Spring project!

Photo of a Dollar Tree Spring Rub on Transfers applied to a small wood box fronts.
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