How to Make a Holiday Elf Music Box

Diane Troutman creates a holiday elf music box.

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Materials:

sculpted elf head on dowel
wood block with hole drilled for dowel
glue gun
box cutter knife
corrugated cardboard
thin cardboard
batting
assorted fabrics for box and elf collar
rotary cutter, ruler, cutting mat
iron
wind up musical movement
trim
button
needle, thread and scissors
small link gold chain
drill

Figure A

Steps:

1. Glue dowel with elf head into wood block (figure A).

Figure B

2. Cut a rectangle of fabric for the collar and gather it around the neck of the elf (figure B).

3. Make a box and lid from corrugated cardboard. Cut a square for the inside of the lid from thin cardboard.

Figure C

4. Cover all corrugated cardboard box pieces with batting, using hot glue (figure C).

5. Cut out fabric for all of the pieces of cardboard. Iron the raw edges under for fabric on box.

6. Hot glue the fabric onto all pieces of the box and lid.

7. Glue two sides of the box to the front of the box.

8. Glue the wood block with the elf to the front of the box.

Figure D

9. Position the musical movement (figure D).

Figure E

10. Poke a hole from the back for the winder and attach winder (figure E).

Figure F

11. Glue the last side of the box and glue the elf's collar to the four corners of the box (figure F).

Figure G

12. Glue the sides to the top to form the lid. Glue a covered square and a strip of fabric to the inside of the lid, add loop of trim and chain (figure G).

13. Glue trim around all of the edges of the box and lid.