Prayer Box

If I can turn something into a craft project...rest assured I will.

I'd been looking for something to reorganize my prayer life, and when I saw this idea online, I decided to make one for myself!

This is my new prayer box:

The little saying on the front of the box is: "God understands our prayers even when we can't find the words to say them." Oh how well I know that lately.


I purchased a metal lunchbox at Hobby Lobby and picked two coordinating 12x12 sheets of scrapbook paper. I cut the scrapbook paper to wrap around the box and glued it on with spray adhesive. (This is very messy, but oh so fun.) I hot glued a ribbon around the "seam" between the two papers. I found the cute little fabric flowers at Hobby Lobby and hot glued those on as well. (And I have several left for cards and other projects.) I had the stamp, so I just stamped it on some white card stock and layered it on pink and brown paper as well.

I covered the inside of the box too...added another flower...and a stamp of a verse I need to apply to my life more often: "Be still, and know that I am God."

I cut cardstock to make subject dividers and glued tags on them to make the different prayer topics. I bought a pack of index cards and that's where I write the requests.

It's still a new method, so I can't say for sure how well it's working, but so far I love it - and I love the look of it, too!