This box serves to be the perfect gift for birthday where you may give a little piece of jewellery along with it. The top & bottom lining pieces are larger than you need so dry fit, trim, dry fit, trim - until they fit snugly before gluing in place.This heart box template is an ideal way of keeping all your jewellery items like bangles, nose pins, ear rings or anything you want to. Depending upon your paper stock you might need to “feather” the tabs a bit on the round corners of the head stock.Once the fretboard sides are attached (don’t glue the very end bit as there might be some trimming required - I deliberately made the pieces longer than you should need) attach the body’s sides starting at the sharp point at the bottom of the heart shape - folding the sides in half and aligning the “V” to the point.Start attaching the sides with the headstock piece, beginning at the “V” where the head meets the fretboard.On the lid (the uke’s top) don’t worry about gluing all the way up to the edge, a bit of a lip is fine.Fold & glue the tuning pegs before doing your precise trimming.Some tips might be useful so here’s what I found helpful: “Uke Box” Prototype: overall scale and aesthetics check. Doodling artwork (Adobe Illustrator) on my new-ish MacBook Air while enjoying a brew at local coffee spots? That I can do. Heck, even basics - cutting along lines, folding straight edges - it’s all a challenge. I printed mine on 80 pound smooth paper and can attest that the resulting carton is a surprisingly sturdy beast - those interior strips really stiffen the structure.īe forewarned! 45 minutes did I toil assembling this silly box, though I’m admittedly all thumbs when doing paper craft - glue covered thumbs, wrong bits stuck together that level of ineptitude (rings oddly familiar, same can be said of my uke playing :D). Includes three sheets: box & lid plus truly garish interior pink-n-purple box “lining”. “Moderation” - it isn’t in the ukulele player’s vocabulary, so why are you hesitating? You actually believe there are limits to the uke obsession? Puh-shah!! No way! Enjoy a stress-free Valentine’s Day: build your uke-crazed sweetie this heart-shaped ukulele box then fill it with See’s candies, jelly beans, an engagement ring, or Jake Shimabukuro tickets - whatever you do rest assured that ya done good.ĭownload “Ukulele Valentine Heart Box” template (532kB PDF)įinished box with lid measures about 6” x 4” x 1.25”.
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