Creative Vintage Map Cubes Ideas

Commemorate a favorite destination or even your hometown when you display these Vintage Map Deco Cubes. If you don’t have vintage maps, the instructions below include a “recipe” for antiquing paper to create a vintage finish.

Completion time – 1 – 2 hours

Materials
STYROFOAM Brand Foam

STYROFOAM™* Brand Foam: 5” cube
*Sold under the name
Make It: Fun® Foam

Other Materials

Vintage map, or a fold-out map or old atlas*
Paper paste
*Note: To antique your paper, you’ll also need brown acrylic craft paint or sepia ink; a sponge or old rag; iron and ironing board.

Tools
Scissors
Ruler
Stiff paintbrush
Optional: rubber brayer or roller

Instructions
1. Cut out two, 5-1/2” squares and one, 20-1/4” x 5” strip of map paper.

2. Spread a thin, even layer of paper glue onto the top of the 5” cube using the paintbrush.

3. Center and glue a 5-1/2” map square onto the top. Carefully clip the corners and smooth the edges down onto the sides. Repeat, covering the bottom of the cube. Optional: Use the rubber brayer to help smooth out the paper.

4. Test fit the paper strip around the cube, and crisply fold the corners. Spread a thin layer of adhesive on the sides of the cube of STYROFOAM Brand Foam, and wrap the paper strip around the cube. The ends will overlap by ¼”.

5. *How to “antique” maps for a vintage look:

6. Mix ¼ cup of water and 1 T. of light brown, acrylic craft paint or sepia ink in a glass bowl. Mix well. Adjust the color by adding more paint, ink or water.

7. Crumple the map into a ball. Smooth out the paper and paint it with a generous coat of the tinted water.

8. Blot the paper unevenly with a sponge or rag, creating a mottled finish.

9. Repeat for a darker finish.
When dry, iron flat.

for further information and detail tutorial, download this application now and you will have what you want.
please enjoy this tutorial and give us any feedback.