Will she get a treasure map first telling her the location of the chest?
What a wonderful gift and terrific workmanship. These are the type gifts kids appreciate on many levels. As youngsters they like the way it looks, as tweens they appreciate it for a cool "hiding" place for her stuff, as a teen/college age they may like the extra storage space of a refuge for special items, when they become adults and look back on this wonderful chest they'll be reminded what a amazing gift they'd received, and when she's a mom she'll pass this on as a treasured part of her possessions.
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Beautiful work Al. I'm glad to hear that she loved it, and I'm sure her appreciation will grow as she does and she realizes how much craftsmanship went into it and how much nicer it is than generic cuddly toys off the shelf.Def