Jory's box of moonlight is I think finished. It may seem over polyurathaned but this is for a 7 yr old boy and I want it to be tough as nails. I made my 2 yr old Grandson one for his birthday and did the same, it has taken almost a year of being played with and looks as good as the day I gave it to him. Jory told me once he wanted an all blue house. Blue rooms, blue everything. I cant' give him a blue house, but I made him a blue box. THe glow in the dark paint that glows blue was pricey, and I think it could still use one more bottle inside but I can add that later. IT's crunch time and I still have several presents left to make. Zoen is 3 almost 4. His is about half finished, it is the one with rabbits. I hope to make up a story to go with it, about how the little white stars are really rabbit"s white tails you can see while they romp across Heavens. I will word it better, i am still working on that. I saw rabbits playing in the moonlight on a hill one night so that is where this idea came from. His box will glow green.
This is Jory's favorite place on the Platte River, on the sand bank he loves to play in, and he likes cats.
I got the boxes at hobby lobby and am not pleased at all that the latch broke and it hasnt even been finished yet. SO I am going to have to pull it off and get a better latch, might as well do both since I doubt the other will last much longer.
It glows brighter, this is after only a minute under the light. WHen I left it in the sunlight in the window one afternoon, that night it glowed bright like the moonlight on snow until the wee hours of the morning. You can also draw with a flashlight on it. SO I will include a little bright flashlight.
I will be making Hyia one too but not before CHristmas. I just found a really nice box for hers at the thrift store. She wants hers to glow purple. It takes a LOT of bottles. to get a good coat. So there will be some saving up for that one.
I need to make two floor cloths for the babies, and then I will be done for this year. I can't imagine what it would be like to just go out and shop for CHristmas.
I don't know which would be worse, I can't stand stores or crowds, but this takes hours and hours and hours. AT least I had the supplies mostly on hand.