17 Interesting Ways to Make a Shadow Box

When you find an unique or beautiful object, the question follows: what can I do with this? For all the wonderful things you’re not sure where to put, there are shadow boxes.

1. Minimalist
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2. A fairy tale – “Little Red Riding Hood, The True Story”
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3. A modified fairy tale – “Forest Magic”
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4. Inspired by history – “Marie Antoinette’s Music Room”
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5. Motivational
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6. With a clay sculpture and an abandoned drawer as the frame – “Amazing Giraffe Boy”
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7. Thoughtful abstract art – “Sit with it”
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8. With an altered book – “Sing Sang Song”
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9. Moss and twig nest – “Treasured Letter Keeper”
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10. Background light – “Le petit bonheur”
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11. Using a cigar box – “Why would you ever air dirty laundry?”
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12. Vintage book illustration and bird engraving – “Bird on a Branch”
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13. Displayed as ‘specimens’
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14. As a necklace
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15. Origami – “My Paper Boat”
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16. Made from recycled magazines
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17. A vase of flowers
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