Christmastime is a great time of the year, and for some people, one of the best ways to give gifts, is in the form of candy boxes. But, what’s a good Christmas candy box? How do you make them? Well, read on to find out about these Christmas candy boxes, and why they are some of the best ways to create a wonderful and really rewarding Christmas gift.
Why Candy Boxes
You may wonder why you should have candy boxes as your main them. Well, they are incredibly versatile, and they oftentimes have a few extra benefits, including the following:
- They are easy to make
- They can be personalized
- They allow you to get creative
- They’re so much cheaper than other options for gifts
- They do bring holiday cheer to other people
For most people, candy boxes are just used to give candy to other people, but that’s not the case. In fact, you can use candy boxes to get so much from these, and you’ll realize that, when you start to put these together, there are so many different ways to use these, and you’ll be able to utilize these candy boxes for your own personal ideas, and for your great gifts.
More than Just Candy
You can throw some candy in these, yes, but they’re used for more than just that for most people, they think a candy box is used just for candy, but that’s not the case.
Did you know that you can use a candy box for so much more? Some of the ideas for what you can use a candy box for include the following:
- A cool gift for another person
- A gift card
- Jewelry such as lockets, rings, and bracelets
- A thank-you card or even just a Christmas card
- Money
- Little trinkets the other person will love
The truth of this is, you’ll have a lot of great ideas on hand if you use these, and for most people, candy boxes are so simple to put together that it’s not even funny, and they allow for even the most strict of creatives to give someone a candy box that they can use, and it can help bring forth a great experience and some holiday cheer to another person.
This is also quite simple to use, and for most people, it’s quite useful as well.
Doesn’t Need to be a Box!
The cool thing about these too, is that you have a lot of col and unique means to make a candy box. For most people, they think you have to make these out of paper, but that’s not the case. You can make these out of cardboard, different types of papercrafts, even cardstock if you want something that holds up. They are good for just about anyone, form party favors, to teachers, to even coworker and neighbor gifts, or if you want to give one of these out to everyone in your family, this is a great one to try. The beauty of Christmas cardboard is that it’s fun and festive, and using this to make a candy box will help you.
Plus, you can decorate these however you want. They’re perfect for the creatives who have a lot of those whole punches lying about, and who want to use them in order to create some cool and decorative aspects of this.
If you’re someone who has creativity as their main idea of success, then this is the way to do it. If you’re a holiday crafter, why not try to get some of these? A candy box is a good way to boost that creativity, and also to give you that extra little bit of pizzazz that you can utilize to craft and create a wonderful idea, and one that you can use in order to help push forth and create the best experience possible.
How to Make This
How you make this is simple, and you only need a few things to help with this. You may want to get these directly from the craft store or found online.
To make these you need to have the following:
- A paper trimmer
- A scoring board
- A candy box punch board
- White and green cardstock
- A label paper punch
- Gold glitter paper
- A red stamp pad
- A Christmas greeting stamp
- Red ribbon
- Foam dots
- A type of adhesive, preferably a cold one so you don’t burn yourself.
To make these you need to follow a set of directions, and we’ll list them below.
First, you want to cut out with the cardstock that’s green a 7×6 inch rectangle. You can get a candy box punch board since there are directions printed on the front of this, along with a guide to help you figure out how to make this work once you have it fully punched.
Cut as you need to on the punching board.
From there, you want to score and fold on the lines of the box. From there, you need to start adhering the ends of this together, and it’s done by folding the flap with the flap partially over, running the adhesive over the tabs, and then folding the other side over the top edge of it. From here, you’ll start to notice that the box is taking shape.
You will notice when you do this that it is kind of square or rectangular, which is what you want.
Next, you want to create the belly of this by cutting a 2.27×7 inch rectangle, and score at the .5, 2.125, 3.75, and the 5.375 inch marks. When you sore it, you would make sure that you do it glitter side down, because it looks better, and it won’t be as jarring when you put it together.
From here, you take it and wrap it along the edge of the box.
To make the label, use a stamp that you want, and put it on the white cardstock with red ink, and then you cut it out. You can also give it a little bit of extra dimension with the foam stickers. A drop of glue as well can help you get that sticking power that you’re looking for with this.
From there, you can then do the fun part, which is filling it up with whatever, whether it be chocolate, a gift card, little trinkets, or whatever. Take the ribbon, and from there, wrap it around each side, tying it off.
There you have it! That’s literally all it takes, and you can, if the foam doesn’t give enough dimension, add a little bit more. It’s quite simple, and what’s wondaful is people can use this box for other stuff too. If they want to give it to someone else in the future, then great! If they don’t’ actually want to do much with it and just use it as a Christmas decoration, that’s fine too. What’s cool about these, is there is so much you can do with them, that it’s worth checking out. Christmas is a fun time of the year, and you can, with these boxes too, create the best and most impactful image out there.