Flowers & Lunch Boxes

3/2/2020

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Today I have a Spring special for you. As you can see...I have prettied my lunch box! Who wouldn't like to receive a cute little lunch box decorated and filled with flowers to help brighten their day on a rainy April day? We all can use something nice to look at now that Spring is on it's way. I know I could from time to time as I spend most of my days in an office unable to really get a look at something beautiful. Having something like this to sit on my desk really brings a smile to my face.

This adorable paper lunch box comes from Pazzles Craft Room. I truly enjoyed this project because it was a different type of gift box or craft box that you wouldn't normally see very often. I remade this box in my own fashion. I figured that since we are in spring that I would incorporate some flowers into this project. And so I dug through my digital paper collection and found an adorable set from Frou Frou Craft, that fit perfectly.

Round Top Lunch Box (Cut to 15.778" x 7.904")
Watercolor Floral Paper Pack
Electronic Cutting Machine
Cardstock Paper White or Printed
Gold Mylar Paper
10 Tiny Brass Brads
White Chiffon Ribbon
Piercing tool
Aluminum Wire

Sewing Machine
Liquid Glue
Pink Tulle
Hot Glue Gun
Cropodile
Small Brass Eyelets
Artificial Flowers
Folding Knife
1/8" Double sided tape
Small tag with sentiment

After The Cut!

For this image I decided to set the group size to 15.778" x 7.904" since I wanted to have a smaller box more as a decoration. Once I have cut it out using your electronic cutting machine, I'm ready to assemble. Below are all the items you should have ready to put together.

*** Click on any of the images to make larger.

I started by passing some of my images through the sewing machine (lid, upper front panel and all four side panels).

This was something that added a special touch to the craft that really said hand made. I loved the look it gave on the final product. I feel that it's the small details that really make the craft.

Next I began folding all of my creases and going over them with a bone folder in order to make crisp lines. I glued the rounded tabs to the inside of the sides (left & right).

Allow for you item to set and dry for at lest 15 minutes.

While the base is drying I moved onto the lid. This can be a little tricky. First I creased the front and back and then creased the side tabs. I then rolled the center of the lid back and forth so that it would stay curved. This made it easier to glue the tabs to the side of the lid. Note that the sides of the box are not perfectly straight up and down, but has a tilt to it on the back side.

This is what you should have once you are done. set it all aside to allow for it to dry. The lid will take some time as you want to make sure you are holding the tabs in place as you go since it can come apart while wet.

Once both pieces have dried I glued the two pieces together with a cut and scored rectangle . I folded the piece one way and then the other to make it a more flexible hinge.

Time to add in some details and embellishments. The file has these cute little hinges that I cut out of gold mylar. Make sure you fold the mylar in the direction you want to have your box as it is fairly stiff and will not be quiet so easy to have go in the opposite direction. Since I wanted my box to remain open, I did it in a way that it would hold the lip open for me. **I used double sided tape for this as liquid glue will not work on mylar.

With the hinges done I moved onto the side panels. This box comes with four side panels, but I decided to use only the two side panels for it. I thought the base paper was way to pretty to fully cover up. For the small front piece, While it indicates to use it with the curved side up, I decided to use it kind of as a pocket to the lunch box and used it with the curved side down centered 1/4" from the bottom of the box. For this piece I adhered the pocket with double sided foam tape in order to give it dimension.

I used the pocket as a guide for the latch piece. In this craft it's more for decoration than functionality since the box is going to remain open. Otherwise you would use this to tie a ribbon through and act as a closure.

Moving on to the final touches, I added the cameo next. I gave the cameo piece some dimension by using foam tape. then attached it to the pocket on the front. I broke up the coloring by using the same dark print of the lunch box base.

We are almost getting there! The final touches to the box itself will be adding the handle with brass tabs. The handle already had hole on it, so I used that as my guide when I marked where I wanted the pierce to be. I then set the handle towards the back of the box in order to set my brads. Next I worked two eyelet punches in the front of the box around 1/4" apart in in the center and tied a chiffon bow through the holes.

With the box completed I had the option to use treat filled tulle circle or add some floral embellishments. I decided on the flowers! In order to add the flowers I used a paper straw to adhere a rose and some smaller flowers to using a hot glue gun. I then cut 4 lengths of tulle (about 6" long) and glued them to the straw as well. Once I was done i glued the straw up and held it in place in the box as I wanted it to be.

To finish off this project, I trimmed down the tulle to the desired length and added a small aluminum wire heart with a pearl embellished sentiment tag (something I had in my stash). The heart and tag are optional, but I felt it added a special touch.

Here are the pictures of my finished craft!

Thank you for visiting. I hope that you found some inspiration for your next project.

XOXO - Heartcraftpaper

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