Welcome to Pins and Things. Today, I’m going to show you guys how to make a plain old treasure chest into this Pirate Treasure Chest I actually got this treasure chest at Hobby Lobby you can find them at Michael’s or Joanne’s or any craft store And it’s just pre-made I’ve always always wanted to buy one and paint it myself and now I can finally do that and this treasure chest is specifically going to be used for candy for my kids I mean you can hope candy in like a Walmart bag or you can do something amazing with it that you actually want to show off in your house. First thing I’m doing is dividing the treasure chests into thirds so that I could make two more rows of the thumbtacks to make it with more detail. Should making sure it’s same on both sides to make a straight line And it just has to be pulled pretty straight and lined up to my different dots. Now I’m going to make a mark and it’s okay to draw on this because we’re going to paint over it anyway. Now I just need a hammer in tacks matching the same tacks that are already in there, just on the new line Doesn’t that looks better? I think using a hammer and nails to make a pilot hole to put in the tack after you’ve already put a hole in is very helpful. I would definitely recommend that. I really think that as much detailing as you can put in this as possible is really going to help the whole thing to pop. Now I’m warming up my hot glue gun and then we’re going to add on some more details You can see the shine of where I put the hot glue. Now It’s just time to add some detailing to the whole thing and then we can paint and when we paint this is going to make It look like it’s got a lot of old wood. I also think they’re going with the grain of the wood can sometimes be helpful when I can’t think of what lines to make with the hot glue Okay, it’s officially time to paint it black I’m going to paint the whole thing black And then we’re going to go over the top and make the details Pop with a different color Now that the black is all dry I’m going to go over the top of it with strokes of Brown and this is just an acrylic brown There’s nothing special about it. I do like that it’s a matte color so it’s not super shiny or anything We really want this to look like somebody just dug it out of a hole, and it doesn’t have to be perfect I think the more sporadic the better You know it looks like this is made out of? Dark chocolate and milk chocolate mixed together. Yummy. Now I’m using some painters tape And I put that down to make a straight line So that I can paint the parts that have the tacks on them to kind of make it look like there’s a strip of gold metal underneath it Now I’m just making sure to paint all the metal details so that they pop out from the black color Are you ready? I already took off these ones and now it’s time to take off the rest of the tape and see how well we did. I actually don’t mind if it’s not perfect because I feel like this whole blocks kind of needs to not be perfect. I think that’s a straight enough line that I won’t need to fix it, and I think it looks really cool. There’s still half of these like decorational metal pieces that have not been painted the gold color that I need it to. I did paint it a gold color on this side And now I need to finish bring the gold all the way to the end make sure all the metal pieces are painted gold and I’m going to paint this half an inch right here all along the sides to make sure that it matches up with this piece in the front. Okay, now I’m just finishing up the trim Okay, it’s finally finished. I also painted the inside black because I feel like this is one of those things that’s gotta be black on the inside to make it really feel like a treasure chest.The only thing I miss is the bottom Thank you guys so much for watching. Make sure to subscribe if you want to see more pirate videos or treasure videos Speaking of treasure videos we have a treasure hunt coming soon on The Beach House and if you click over here You can see more fun videos for me every Tuesday and Saturday. Follow me on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. See you guys next time