Make retro candy/sweet boxes and bouquets for adults & kids + Photos (MERGED)

troll35

Wow furndire I remember having those too...but it wasn't necessarily sweets. One of the annual Xmas parties we went to had brantubs -1 for girls and 1 for boys, with the small gifts wrapped as snowballs.

troll35

I went to our local Netto yesterday and couldn't find any:(

dlb

Me neither!! But got them from instore/poundstrecher £2 for a large one.
Ps they look wicked when you have done them!!
Cant wait to give them out for pressies.
See the original thread for loads of ideas, eg im doing a nut one for hubby and others are doing mint ones!

jopsey

There is a fab stall on Widnes market called Hankins they sell all kinds of retro sweets and also sugar free sweets if anybody is lookin for supplies in North west

mamajustify

I bought some of these boxes in Netto, pink, blue or grey for 99p. I went in Tesco today and bought lots of little pens, erasers, folding rulers, highlighters, from their Go Create range, some were only 36p.I've made two boxes up with those and I'm going to do another pink one full of hair accessories for my little girl. I thought of doing little game pieces for my son , dice,marbles,tiddlywinks etc.

Sallys_Savings

dlb wrote:

Me neither!! But got them from instore/poundstrecher £2 for a large one.
Ps they look wicked when you have done them!!
Cant wait to give them out for pressies.
See the original thread for loads of ideas, eg im doing a nut one for hubby and others are doing mint ones!

any piccies of the finished ones?...I'd love to be nosey

sarahdh

Hi,

Going to make these for my mam and aunty. Does anyone know which sweets were most popular in the 60's?


Thanks,


Sarah

bobsa1

Can anyone tell me what price these are working out at roughly. i know the price of the box varies but ideas appreciated?

lyns_2

I got 3 of the boxes today from the NEC craft show cost £1.99 each.
Now i can go and buy the sweets.

dlb

Hi i will try and post some soon, if i can work out how to do it!!