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My 4 year old grand daughter came for a visit and we went out to the shop. She informed me that she needed a treasure chest to hold her new giraffe that grandma bought her. So we built this one out of lumber I had on hand. It even has a secrete bottom. She is pretty proud of it and she did help with the project. Her name is Ali, she is 4 going on 24… sigh
-- Larry "In dog years - I'm dead"
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17 comments so far
dennis mitchell
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posted 543 days ago
Wow! Just awsome. Lots of treasures here.
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WayneC
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posted 543 days ago
What a heart breaker. I’m sure she loves the chest.
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
Napaman
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posted 543 days ago
very cool…I am building a bird house with my four year old…and she has decided that she will help me paint it…very cool treasure chest…
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PanamaJack
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posted 543 days ago
Our youngest LumberJock! That’s it you gotta start them early. Then she’ll be better that grandpa one day! If this her first project, Larry? Thanks for sharing, it looks like it fit the plan really well.
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Chip
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posted 542 days ago
Terrific piece Larry! Very, very creative. And I forsee an awful lot of broken hearts as that cutie is growing up. What a doll. Thanks for posting!
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Hawgnutz
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posted 542 days ago
Very nice!! I can see why she treasures it! Is that a decal on the side, or did you use a woodburner?
I am start ing to make boxes, and I love your design—especially the extras! Keep up the great work!
God Bless,
Hawg
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jockmike2
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posted 542 days ago
You have two treasures there. I can’t wait to get my grandson in the shop, but he’s only 3 and Mom and Dad say no, he’s too young yet. We’ll see. Jockmike
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Larry
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posted 541 days ago
Thanks all – she is cute but verrrrrrrry bossy. Takes after her mom who is a corp. attorney and she knows how to push her older sister’s anger buttons.
Hawqnutz – the side is not a decal but wood burning and jokmike 2 – lol – I did not ask the parents…but we were very careful.
Larry
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Wooder
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posted 541 days ago
Such a great chest. Your granddaughter will have it forever I bet!
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oscorner
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posted 540 days ago
That’s great work, for sure. Which part did you do, Larry?
Great looking grand daughter, you’re a lucky man.
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DAN
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posted 467 days ago
Beautiful work. Unique idea !!
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Larry
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posted 466 days ago
Thanks all….the one thing we forgot….was a padlock…we had to add that…........in a hurry…...little girls can be so crabby if they do not get their way…lol…big girls too…..just kidding ladies
-- Larry "In dog years - I'm dead"
Don
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posted 466 days ago
I think that your granddaughter probably loves small wooden boxes; I know that I do.
I think she’s the real treasure with a dimple on her cheek – cherish the moment, Larry, it will pass all too soon.
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mot
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posted 465 days ago
Oh, now that’s nice!
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Joel Tille
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posted 457 days ago
Very Nice Larry.
The box will hold something more special than any amount of money could buy and something that she won’t even need the padlock for.
Many years from from now she will be able to show this to her little girl, and when Ali opens that treasure chest she will find that special memory of the day her and grandpa worked in the shop together.
Great Treasure Chest
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MsDebbieP
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posted 457 days ago
brings tears to my eye.
Beautiful box/ little girl / memory.
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romansfivefive
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posted 37 days ago
I can assure you that the real treasure is the gift of the chest in her memories, not the chest itself or anything she might want to put in it. My Ali is 13 and one of her prized posessions is a jewlery box we made from a dollar store box, hotglue and glitter. Mat 6:21 “because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”
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