Care Package Retirement Chest

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Military care packages are packages sent to service members whenever they’re serving away from home. This chest resembles chests used in the military to transport supplies, but for our purposes, we recommend using it to store special items like letters, mementos, uniform patches, challenge coins, a flag, pictures, and more!

๐Ÿ”จThe chest measures approximately 12″ wide, 24″ long and 6″ tall. We’ve made the chest from sanded plywood, and stained it to bring out the wood’s grain. We then added wooden rails and painted them a darker color, to better show the contrast of the wood grain.
We’ve added hinges to the back, and latches to the front. These latches can be secured with light duty/small locks.

๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฝโ€โœˆ๏ธ Pictured here you’ll find how we’ve personalized this retirement gift. We added the recipient’s rank and name with custom vinyls cut in-house.

In the front of the chest we added “U.S Army” in the center.

As you open the chest you all find some special touches added to the inside of the lid. We stained the inside of the lid, and added a wooden, hand painted a Silver Oak Leaf, which depicts Lieutenant Colonel in the Armed Services. On the right side we added a message, encased in plexiglass, secured in place with distressed brass tacks.

How would YOU personalize yours?

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