A simple and presentable paper mache boxes are great way to store personal artifacts. They look old school and classic that can be easily transformed into an elegant personalized jewelry boxes. You can either make them or buy a ready-made one in its plain undecorated form. Use your artistic nature and stick or paint graphics design on them to show other people who you really are. Some people love to look at other peoples things and from it they can tell what the owner is made of. A lot of people especially women use them as photo storage boxes, love letters and cards which accumulated over the years. Anything that is important and worth remembering, they personalized it and put beads, laces, paint it with their favorite color. They are actually easy to decorate, all you need is ordinary glue and a lot of imagination, sky is the limit.

If you love cross stitching you can put all the threads and needles inside and with its easy to open lid enables you to retrieve the next material you need for the job. They are also great as a gift box for special occasions like Valentine’s Day, birthday, and turn your ordinary gift into something special that worth saving. Decorating it is just easy, you actually don’t need to gift wrapper, just put a card and ribbon or add some stickers or paint it with the recipients favorite color. You can also choose from different shapes and sizes like square, rectangle, circle and heart shaped box. Giving a gift in a heart shaped box to someone you are courting on Valentine’s Day sends a message of love.

They are also great for businesses like gift shops, candy store, clothing store and more. Unlike styropor and plastic boxes which are expensive, paper mache boxes cost less yet presentable and environmentally safe. It’s a good way to reduce cost to maximize profit instead of sacrificing the quality or quantity of your product you are selling. Starting a new business is very hard especially if you have many competitor, some people look on the quality of the product and doesn’t pay attention to the price. If you can have both quality and low price then more people will be attracted buy your product. Sell your cookies, candies, chocolates, display them with the goods inside the mache box and it will surely attract customer because they will look special and unique. If you sell and promote environmentally friendly goods this box is the perfect packaging for you. You can also buy them in decorated form; these boxes are intended for personal use or room decoration.

Designing a paper mache box is not that hard, all you need is glue and your imagination. One of the simplest ways is to just paint it with textile paint or water color. You can lay a foundation color followed by a series of patterned stripes, geometrical figures or message. If you have excess materials from previous projects like buttons, laces, dried flowers, ribbons from previous gifts, you can glue them around the box. You can also cut letters from fabric from old cloths, colored paper or magazine to form a message or your name. Stick old photos of you with your best friend, favorite actor, band, someone you love or any member of your family and stick them on the box lid. So start building it and turn your ordinary paper box into a good looking decorative storage box. You can buy a ready-made box at any craft supplies store or if you don’t have time to buy it personally you can just buy them at online shop together with the decoration materials and have it delivered in front of your door step. They are available in many shapes such as star, heart, square, circle and more. It usually has cardboard brown color but some merchants sell them in other colors like black.