Hello, amazing friends! Today, I have a simple holiday craft for you! I’m sharing how to turn a clock into a shadow box. In this case, a holiday shadow box!
This was part of a blog tour of holiday crafts back in 2018, and I thought it was a fun one to share as the big holiday is coming near.
I started with this fabulous clock I found for half off of $5 at the thrift store:
Y’all know I love a clearance at the thrift store! The best! It had that weird off-center knob on the top that was in place of a handle that was there originally, so maybe that’s why there were no takers?
This wasn’t just any clock!
Behind the clock was a secret hidden jewelry box. No burglar would ever think to look there!
All the innards came out though and I ended up accidentally doing this to it:
Whoopsie. Nothing a little wood glue and filler couldn’t fix…
I knew I wanted the focus to be a photo, but that is all I knew at this point.
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Paint
I started by painting the box in two coats of white paint. Then I sanded and sealed with Clear Wax.
Then, here is what I used to pull the rest together:
1. Festive paper to line the inside
3. Medium sized Christmas Tree
4. Miniature battery-operated lights
5. Drill (That’s my favorite!) and small drill bit
7. Something cute to decorate the inside
8. Buffalo Snow Flurries (Hands-down the BEST faux snow there is!)
9. Cute sign for the top
To line the inside, I cut the paper to fit and adhered it with double-sided tape.
Next, I drilled a small hole in the back to feed the lights through:
Michels wanted way too much for their miniature battery-operated lights, but I got super lucky when I came across the fairy garden section and it was all 70% off. That included miniature battery-operated lights! I picked these up for only 99¢!
I pulled the lights through and wrapped them around my tree:
I had to remove the white stand that was on the bottom of the tree so it would fit, then I used the Gorilla Glue to secure it in place.
I added my babies’ photo next and secured the deer to the bottom with Gorilla Glue as well. A little faux snow finished it off inside.
Turn a Clock into a Shadow Box Reveal
Here’s this clock now as a shadow box:
This photo is a favorite from several Christmases ago…
Here you can see the faux snow…
To secure the sign on top, I drilled two tiny holes in the front and ran floral wire through it so I could attach it to the new knob I added…
That one off-centered-knob-on-the-top came in handy after all.
You can barely notice the wire coming through the front:
I added that little embellishment on the corner of the sign and that was that!
And because the lights were fed through the back, I can easily access the battery pack to turn them on and off.
This would make a sweet gift for someone special with meaningful mementos in it.
You could fill it with just about anything you can imagine…
The possibilities are endless!
And here it is on our coffee table during my last Christmas home tour back in 2022:
It casts a cozy glow at night!
I don’t share our holiday home every year because I don’t change our holiday decor much from year to year as I really like it the way it is. Everything looks pretty similar this year to our last home tour except for our tree.
Our tree has changed quite a bit!
I snapped a couple of quick photos with my phone this week…
The topper is actually a wreath I stuck up there for something different…
This is one packed tree and I love it!
Maybe I’ll change things up next year and share our whole home tour again.
If you have a minute, you can take that 2022 Christmas Home Tour HERE if you like! Just don’t look at that old tree ha ha!
I am so glad you took a minute to stop by today! I hope you enjoyed this quick last minute holiday project!
Of course I won’t be here on Thursday since we celebrate Christmas, and I plan to take off Tuesday as well. I am hoping to be back next Thursday sharing your favorite furniture makeovers from the past year!
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