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Rectangle Shapes Crafts for Kids

Treasure Chest
Xylophone
Jewelry Box

Supplies

	Cover both rectangle bread tins with the brown or yellow construction paper.  This will require the glue gun so adult supervision is needed. Tip:  To cover the outside completely, place the tin in the center of the paper and fold over the tin.  You will need to make folds and small cuts to have this fit over the sides smoothly.
	Cut several strips with the black construction paper and glue this on the lid and the bottom close to the edge.
	Take two long strips and glue these across the top, leaving about 1/2" hanging over the lid to make it look like leather straps.
	Now it's time to really make your treasure chest look like it's make of real jewels and gold.  Use pony beads and glitter glue to really decorate it up.
	Once all the glue is dry, it's time to put the two parts together to be able to open the chest and safely store your treasures.  Using scrap cardboard, take a strip about 2" inches long and 1" wide, bend in the middle.  Glue each end to the lid and the bottom of the chest about 2" in from the side. Repeat this on the other side. Tip:  You may have to bend the crease in the cardboard a bit more to ensure that the chest will open and close properly.

	Cut 7 craft sticks, taking about 1/2" off the first one and making each one smaller by about 1/2".
	Paint each craft stick (including a complete stick that has not been cut) a different color.
	Once the paint is dry, lay the sticks out on the piece of construction paper putting the largest first down to the smallest stick.  Glue them in place.
	Cut the construction paper in the shape of the sticks to finish the xylophone.
	Glue your xylophone to the lid of a box.  Decorate the box if you want.
	Place a marshmellow on a straw for the mallets in order to play this instrument.  You can paint the marshmellows if wanted.
	Optional:  If you want to create legs on your xylophone, simply glue two craft sticks (in an X shape) to each corner of the box lid.  This will allow the xylophone to sit up off the floor to make it a bit easier and funner to play their instrument.
	Optional:  To give this instrument some real sounds, we glued bells on the bottom of the lid so when the kids hit their xylophone with the mallets (and with the legs fashioned on the lid) the bells will jingle.

	Find a box That has the lid attached.  We used a box from Tim Horton's as it has a fancy front of the box.
	Using a glue stick, cover the outside and inside of the box with the color(s) of your choice. We used pink on top and purple on bottom.
	Decorate the outside of the box.  Use markers, glitter glue, etc.  Anything goes and this is the most fun part of this shapes crafts, so let the kids go crazy and have fun mixing and matching colors, designs, etc.
	Once everything is dried on the box, make a mirror for the inside by using the rectangle shaped cardboard and cover it with the silver paper or aluminum foil.  Glue to the inside of the lid.
	In order to keep the lid open while looking through the jewelery box, simply poke a small paper fastener through each edge of the box (about where the lid would go when opened).  This way, when the little girls open the box, they can set the lid on top of the paper fasteners to hold the lid open and in place.
	Optional:  In order to make some compartments for the inside of the jewelery box, take your colored card stock paper and make a paper box.   Click here for complete instructions on how to make a paper box.  This link will open a new window and a new website.
	Optional:  Last step is to give your jewelery box a handle.  Using a hot glue gun, glue on a large wooden bead.  This handle will make it easier for the kids to open up the box and see all their jewels.