How to Make a Take a Wish, Leave a Wish Box

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Get your box.

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   Step 2: plug-in your hot glue gun.

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   Step 3: Re-enforce the box to make it sturdy by hot gluing all the folds to be as secure as possible.

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   Step 4: Cover it with newspaper using your liquid glue.

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   Step 5: Once the newspaper dries

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   Step 6: cut a dip into the front to make reaching in easier.

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   Step 7: Wash the rocks of excess dirt and let them dry

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   Step 8: Then arrange and hot glue in the small rocks into the bottom of the box.

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   Step 9: Take a container (I used a coffee mug) and mix water with white paint.

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    Step 10: White wash the box to make the text less noticeable.

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    Step 11: Let the white wash dry completely.

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    Step 12: Use a pencil to write the words on the box before painting them.

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    Step 13: Paint them in white first

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    Step 14: Then once the white letters have dried go back over them in color to make you box noticeable 

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    Step 15: Add some change.

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    Step 16: Place it by your local fountain or well.

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