Ukulele Gift Box

Happy Birthday, Kyle!

Kyle's Birthday was this past week and as he gets older (28)

I try to get more creative for his homemade Birthday gifts.

Well . . . I think I topped last year's gift!

He loves his Ukulele, and over the years he has been 

trying to learn different songs to play on it, so I decided

 to make him a Paper Ukulele. Using my Cricut Explore Air 

and an SVGCuts file, I was able make him one to display

since he keeps his real one in a case.

I printed the wood looking paper out and after cutting it 

 I applied Super Gloss Mod Podge over the paper.

After it dried, I started assembling the box card. 

I used silver 3D paint for the frets, and thin gage wire for the strings.

I wanted to add a tropical look to it, so I created the flowers 

using the Heartfelt Creations Botanical Rose Stamp and Die Set.

After the flowers were cut out, I used Distress Ink to color the flowers

and added Microbeads for the center.

The body of the Ukulele is a box, so I put some candy inside of it.

I did not take a picture of the back, but I had my Cricut write out

 part of the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".

I also made him another Card using a Hero Arts

Koi Fish Die. After cutting the Koi out, I colored him 

with Distress ink and lifted up the scales. I decided to make this

an interactive card. After cuting out a couple of circles and 

attaching him to a foam dot. he can now swim around

in a circle. If you look close enough you can even see

tiny bubbles in his wake as he "Just Keeps Swimming"!