Vintage Tin Can Label Recipe Box Craft Project

This Vintage Tin Can Label Recipe Box is a fun craft project kids can make as a gift for mom or dad. It is the perfect place to hold family recipes and is perfect for Father's Day, Mother's day and birthdays.

While the Vintage Tin Can Labels in this craft project are made of photo copies, you could use real vintage can labels that are not too valuable.

To save money Have the kids collect a variety of new Tin Can Labels in different shapes, sizes, and colors.

This craft project is simply and should cost you $10 or less per child. The most expensive part is the wooden recipe box. You can buy pre made wooden recipe boxes at any arts and craft store, like Michaels. You cannot use a shoebox for this project. As the decoupage medium dries it will shrink and wrap the shoebox.

For this Vintage Tin Can Label Recipe Box Craft Project You Will Need:

Tin can labels, or photocopies of labels

Decoupage Medium

Wooden Box

2" Paint Brush

Scissors

Pencil

Felt

Glue

The first step is to take your vintage tin can labels to Kinko's and have them photocopied. You can skip this step and use the real paper labels if you want.

I like to Cut the Vintage Tin Can Labels out with scissors once I remove them from the can. This provides for a clean finished edge on the recipe box.

Use one of those ready made wooden recipe boxes you can buy at any craft store for the base of this project. You could prime or paint the box first if you would like. Just remember the color will show through the, so stick with lighter colors.

Start by laying a Vintage Tin Can Label on the wood box and using decoupage to attach it to the box. Dip your brush in the decoupage medium and then brush on the tin can label. You may want to paint on a layer of decoupage medium to the box and then lay the tin can label on. You can add more medium on top.

You can overlap tin can labels as well. Use more decoupage medium to hold this down if necessary.

I like to simply decoupage the entire recipe box first. Then before it dries to hard I take an exacto knife and cut around the opening so the receipt box can open. You can simply not decoupage over the opening though!