I loved how easy this project is, and versatile, too! Plus, it holds LOTS of candy—BONUS! Here’s how I made mine…
Box Assembly
- Start with a 4-1/2 x 4-1/2″ piece of card stock.
- Score each edge at 1″.
- Along the top and bottom, cut slits at the 1″ mark up to the 1″ mark to create flaps.
- Crease all folds.
- On the underside of the box (folds going down), add pieces of Sticky Strip to the outer edges of the flaps, then add SNAIL to the rest of the flaps.
- Assemble the box.
Bag Assembly
- Cut a piece of 4″ x 11″ Designer Series Paper. I used Wicked Fun Specialty DSP.
- Add Sticky Strip along the bottom, and along one short edge.
- Peel off the Sticky Strip liner along the bottom only.
- Starting with the non-taped short end, begin adhering the paper flush to the bottom of the box. Start in the center of the box, so your paper seam will be in the back.
- Continue wrapping the paper around the box flush with the bottom of the box, pulling it tight to the next corner, then pressing it down and creasing the previous corner.
- As you round the last corner, pull off the remaining Sticky Strip liner, then finish adhering the paper. The ends will overlap about 1″.
- Add Round Tab Punches to the top front and back with Sticky Strip, punch a 1/4″ hole with the Crop-A-Dile, and tie together with ribbon to close.
- Now, it’s time to decorate!
Options: You can easily create different sizes of boxes, including rectangles, although you may need to use a couple pieces of DSP to cover it. Formula for the math-challenged:
- Card stock length + card stock width Example: 6×6″ box is 12″, 4×8″ box is 12″
- Minus 4″ for scoring 1″ on each side Example: 8″.
- Multiply by 2 to cover all sides Example: 16″
- Add 1″ overlap Example: 17″ length needed to create the bag. In this case, I’d cut two 8.5″ pieces and have 1/2″ overlapped seams on the sides.
You can also make taller bags by increasing the width of the paper. I made mine 4″, so I could get three bags out of a piece of 12×12″ sheet. You could make the box up to 12″ tall!