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

jkb

poppett wrote: »

if anyone is interested...I have just bought a HUGE 3.5kg tub of Swizzles sweets from tesco's for £9.99. These will come in very handy for making my sweet hampers and for Halloween. The Parma Violets are smiling at me as I type, saying "eat me". lol

Thanks just looked on-line and they are usually £19.99 :eek: so thats a good price :T will take a look next time I go in the shop as they didn't have a piccie on line.

bluenose1

irisrose wrote: »

Great idea my daughters favourites used to be flying saucers can you still buy them?

Yes,
they sell them in Woolies etc and they still taste delicious.

poppett

jkb wrote: »

Thanks just looked on-line and they are usually £19.99 :eek: so thats a good price :T will take a look next time I go in the shop as they didn't have a piccie on line.

Oh yeah sorry I forgot to mention...they are half price until the 30/10/07.

And on the subject of these sweet hampers I have walked the town today looking for boxes, The Works, Woolies, tesco's everywhere and no luck:mad: Might have to take a trip to Hobbycraft (30+ miles away!)

earthmother

Rainbow Drops are on bogof in Instore (Poundstretcher) at the moment, if anyone's interested. Didn't get a close look, so don't know the exact price though.

helenhugs

thanks for this. Just ordered 2 of the swizzles tubs from tescos. I've got 2 birthday parties coming up for my boys so these will go towards that aswell. Hope I havent gone ott with 2 lol.
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Helen

celyn90

This is the one I've just finished for my little brother (well, he's 26) - Large bags of sweets were 60 p each (200 g) in Julian Graves half price sale, all of the swizzles stuff was BOGOF mixed bags in somerfield plus a few extras (like Wham bars and sherbet fountains). I need to find some curly wurlies closer to christmas, but they won't last if I put them in now! Contents spread out below...



And in a bucket - (he'll just chuck a basket away, so a bucket was a better option here, even if it doesn't look as nice)



Thanks for the ideas guys - my brother is really difficult to buy for and this was a nice solution

jkb

I looked in Tesco Extra yesterday for the compartment boxes at 97p but couldn't find any I will try in another tesco just incase but has anyone found any others for a similar price.

I have checked my local cheap shop and they didn't have any.

Thanks in advance if anyone can help!!

debjk

I looked everywhere toowent to woolies, wilkos, 99p stores, poundland had some small ones with screws in which you could empty out but they were about half the size of the ones on here.
My local Asda had them for 2.49 in the tools section was looking for a bit cheaper myself but if I dont find them I guess Asda it will be

poohzee

I got a compartment box from tesco last week in the car section for £1.97 hth

rasmus

I couldnt find one of the compartment boxes but i did find a really nice large glass jar with a lid, not sure how to decorate it though (im not very crafty!) ive got glitter, glitter glue and glass paints i various colours.
Any ideas?