DIY candy boxes: original ideas, step-by-step description

The original packaging is an important part of the gift, it is especially nice to make it with your own hands. To create a DIY gift box for chocolates according to the template, you will need a little free time, any materials at hand, imagination and a blank from the presented article. The preparation of the base can be performed in one of the listed ways, and the packaging design is at your discretion and taste.

House number 1

You can make a box for chocolates in the shape of a house. This gift will appeal to children:

1. The submitted template must be printed in advance.
2. If this is not possible, you can try to draw it on a regular sheet of paper, and then transfer it to a beautiful packaging wrapper.
3. After that, cut out the scheme and carefully bend along the outlined dashed lines.
4. Starting to collect the boxes, the folds can be further glued (optional).
5. At the bottom of the box using an office knife, you need to make two slots and stretch a satin ribbon through them.
6. Finally, put the sweets inside and tie a bow on top.
   

Round box

A handmade box for a set of round-shaped sweets looks very original, which is likely to be used after removing the gift.

To create it you will need:

• medium density cardboard;
• glue;
• scissors;
• compass and pencil.

Manufacturing Technique:

1. Using a compass and a pencil, 4 circles are drawn on cardboard: 2 larger and 2 slightly smaller.
2. Then they draw 2 strips, their width depends on the desired height of the finished box, so it is chosen at your discretion. The length of each strip should equal the circumference of the larger and smaller circles plus 0.5 cm.
3. All details are cut out and proceed to assembly of the box.
4. Two smaller circles are glued together, then apply glue to the side and glue a strip of overlap.
5. Do the same with the remaining parts, the cover.
6. The finished box can be painted with paints, pasted over with beautiful paper, attached an elegant bow on top, beads and rhinestones.

Plastic container and felt

The packaging, which is based on a plastic container, is ideal for giving fragile gifts.

To make a box for chocolates with your own hands you will need:

• round plastic container;
• felt;
• double sided tape;
• scissors.

Sequencing:

1. Stripes equal to the width of the container and circles of the same diameter as the bottom with the lid are cut from felt.
2. Using double-sided tape, the felt is glued to the mold starting from the sidewalls, and then proceed to fix the circles.
3. To hide the joints, in a circle sew the braid a little stepping over the edges. The upper part is decorated with a floral felt arrangement, chains, beads, buttons and other materials.

Origami and box bud

To create a DIY box for chocolates in the origami technique you will need:

• 2 squares cut out of paper, while one should be 2-3 mm smaller;
• pencil;
• ruler;
• scissors.

How to do:

1. From corner to corner, 2 lines are drawn diagonally, then the lower left coal is bent to the center of the square.
2. The resulting fold is folded in half and unfold in the original form of the square. The same thing is done alternately with each corner.
3. After that, the square is turned to itself in the shape of a rhombus and 2 cuts of equal width are made from above and below, not reaching the center line.
4. The lateral angles are bent toward the center, and then the walls are raised along the bottom formed.
5. The upper and lower walls are bent inward in the same way and fixed with the left and right sides.
6. The same thing is done with the second square. The box is ready, you can decorate it with ribbon, rhinestones or stickers.

The template for the bud box is quite easy to draw by hand or print on beautiful paper. The workpiece is cut out and folds are made using a ruler along the dotted lines. So that the edges of the package are combined with its background, the sponge paint over the places of the slices. After drying, a gift is placed in the center, and the box is collected by inserting the petals one into the other.

Square box

DIY candy boxes can be made in the shape of a square:

1. According to the presented templates, a diagram is printed on paper and cut out. Then it is transferred to cardboard and cut out using an office knife.
2. To make the bends even, on the sides, top and bottom, it is recommended to additionally draw a dashed line.
3. Then, using a ruler, bends are made along the strokes.
4. Each part is assembled separately, the joints are glued for greater strength. The lid and bottom of the box are ready.
5. Additionally, you can decorate it with lace, beads or other themed decoration.

Another variant of a square box in a disassembled form looks like two connected circles. The advantage of packaging is that you can make it in a hurry and without using glue.

How to assemble:

1. The template is cut along the contour and bent along the intended lines.
2. First add one part of the circle, then the other.
3. They place a gift and connect both parts so that the box does not open.
4. Around tie a ribbon with a bow.
   

Hexagon box and pyramid

You can make a box for chocolates with your own hands of an unusual geometric shape.

On a white or color cardboard, you need to print two templates of the future box. If the printer is not at hand, you can draw the picture yourself using a ruler and pencil. The advantage of your own drawing is that the box can be made larger.

1. The template is cut out and folded in dashed lines.
2. Proceed to the collection of boxes of the place of folds, they are carefully glued.
3. Inside, the product can be decorated with a gathered fabric, and the cover can be decorated with artificial flowers, applique or other details.

A pyramid box is one of the most original and simple to manufacture, to make it yourself you will need:

• thick paper;
• pencil;
• ruler;
• hole puncher;
• needle;
• tape.

Technique of execution:

1. The template presented in the video is printed on paper, it can also be redrawn.
2. You can hide the outlined lines if you cut the same part and glue it in, but this is not necessary.
3. The workpiece is cut out, bent along the specified lines and passed through them with a needle to sharpen the edges, like a pyramid.
4. Holes are made in the corners with a hole punch.
5. Then thread the tape as follows: inward from the upper right lobe down to the lower left, then on the outside to the upper left and on the inside to the lower right.
6. A gift is placed in the center and the ribbons are tightened, a bow is tied over it.

Diamond box

In view of the many facets, making such a box for chocolates with your own hands will require a little patience and concentration.

To create it you will need:

• thick paper;
• glue or double-sided tape;
• ruler;
• scissors.

Technique of execution:

1. A template is printed out on paper or traced independently. It is better to immediately apply the template to the paper from which the diamond will be made.
2. The workpiece is cut strictly in accordance with the drawing.
3. To easily form a diamond, it is important to bend it very carefully and additionally be passed through them with a needle or other hard object.
4. Glue is applied to the edges of the workpiece or double-sided tape is glued.
5. They begin gluing the product when the box is half assembled, put a gift in it and complete the assembly.

Candy box

A colorful and bright New Year's candy box in the form of sweets will not leave indifferent either adults or children. You can pack into it not only “snacks”, but also any other object of oblong shape.

For work you will need:

• color cardboard;
• pencil;
• ruler;
• glue;
• scissors and office knife;
• tape or thick thread.

How to do:

1. A finished printed or drawn template is cut out of cardboard.
2. With a clerical knife, rhombs are cut from the workpiece.
3. Using a ruler in places where dotted lines are applied, bends are made.
4. A gift is placed in the middle of the form and the packaging is folded.
5. The edge of the box can be glued or left as it is.
6. A thin tape or thread is tied at both ends.

Corset

This type of packaging is intended for giving to the beautiful half, the box in the form of a corset looks very unusual and stylish. To make the packaging yourself, you will have to work a little. Do-it-yourself candy box layout is presented below.

How to do:

1. According to the template, the front and back parts, cups of the corset are cut out and all available slots are made.
2. Parts are folded along the dashed lines, then the cups are glued to the front of the corset.
3. After the parts dry out, connect the front and back of the corset.
4. A ribbon of contrasting color is inserted into the holes.
5. Packaging is ready, it remains to put a gift inside.

Bonbonniere

It is believed that the bonbonniere is intended for packing sweets, but you can put anything inside. To make it, you need:

• cardboard or heavy paper;
• scissors and office knife;
• pencil and ruler.

The technique of making boxes for candy from paper do-it-yourself:

1. A template is printed on the printer or drawn on paper. This is very easy to do, even to a person who does not have artistic talent.
2. The workpiece is cut out and with the help of a clerical knife do all the necessary slots.
3. After that, using the ruler for greater accuracy, make bends according to the markup.
4. To give shape, each petal individually needs to be twisted inward and held for just a couple of minutes.
5. The box is ready. A gift is placed in the center, and then a bonbonniere is collected starting from the details with flowers, putting petals with slots on them.

House number 2, shoe

Packaging in the form of a house is ideal for a gift for family holidays: New Year, wedding anniversary, etc. For packing toys, the template can be increased several times, the child will receive not only a gift, but also a new toy house.

To independently make a box for chocolates, you will need:

• thick paper;
• scissors and office knife;
• ruler;
• glue;
• pencil;
• narrow tape.

Phased production:

1. The finished printed or drawn template is cut along the contour.
2. With a clerical knife, the windows of the house are carefully cut.
3. Using a ruler, make bends along all available lines. Now the house takes shape.
4. Glue the form on the side, then go to the bottom.
5. After that, a gift is placed inside and only then the roof is sealed.
6. Above the door you can stick a wreath, in accordance with the season - from fir branches, flowers or leaves, and on the roof place a pipe. Here everything rests on imagination and creative inspiration.
7. Finally, the packaging is tied with a ribbon with a bow.

A gift wrapped in a shoe is a beautiful DIY candy box that will equally please a woman and a girl. You can make it in a simple style or, conversely, bright and original.

Equipment:

1. It is desirable to draw or print the template on paper and only then transfer it to the packing list.
2. There should be five parts. Of these, three in a single copy and two side.
3. Each part is pre-bent in dashed lines.
4. A toe is glued to the sole, then the side parts and finally the heel.
5. You can decorate the shoe with a bow, buttons, beads or sequins.
6. The gift is usually placed in the bow, but can be placed along the entire length of the insole.

It is extremely rare in the store to find half of the described packaging options. Any person, regardless of age, will be pleasantly surprised by such a gift design and grateful for the time and attention spent, and some continue to store not only the present itself, but also its packaging.