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

BigMummaF

You folk ooop norrf are soooo lucky with your shops...Our closest Asdas are a 50min car ride away in either direction & neither served by public transport. And you can forget Poundstretcher & the like:( Hence the address bit in my avi! Of course we are loaded wiv dosh dan 'ere innit, n we pays fur the reel jubba innit.....NOT!:rotfl:

Went to our nearest 'big' town & couldn't find any boxes either, so got to thinking about other things to use as containers. Do you think a nice glass would work?:rolleyes: Perhaps a jokey pint for the lads & those nice ones on coloured stems for the lasses? Also thought about those little tool boxes as a 'his n hers' version for a couple....the folk I have in mind for this one is he adores candy floss so the bottom layer would be ideal for him, & she likes anything with chocolate so the tray for her!

BTW...my prediction about me muvva was spot on:rotfl: ! I told her I was doing them for the offspring & immediately she starts going on about what to do with the box afterwards....perhaps I'll look for a little glass vase or something

:idea: A selection of dried herbs & spices for a crafty cook! Packs of seeds for a gardener!

I like the idea of using the garden twine, raffia, ribbons, etc to decorate the boxes, cuz you don't know what folk would like to use them for afterwards.

Good Luck everyone.

Trow

BigMummaF - although at the other end of the country, I empathise completely as we don't have any shops that you mention either!

I got my boxes here:

http://www.stamps.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=5445

I ordered ten and they said they would have to wait for stock - but I got the boxes in about a week. They accept paypal as well, which is great if you have a balance to use, rather than using 'proper' money...

density

Am definitely going to do these this year. Popped into BHS yesterday, and was astounded at the price of their sweets.
There was 3 shertbet fountains and a dip-dab sherbet in a plastic bag for £3.00. In another bag about 20 twenty fruit salad chews and black jacks for £3.00. Extortionate!!!

ladyfalco

i bought my box from woolies. not huge but ok for £1! cant wait to fill it for oh when is the best time to do it?

Browntoa

for those of you who need to but these sweets online, quidco has

http://www.quidco.com/a-quarter-of/ 9% cashback

themmackas

Last year I made my two boys boxes of sweets but I also made them a glass with micky mouse on £2.00 from the disney shop filled with bubbly gums which they also loved.
This year my 10 year old d/s wants a box of jelly bellys :eek: which in tk max are £15 so i think that im going to buy a couple of bags for £3 each which will have more weight in them than the box and fill last years box with them, I cant bring myself to pay £15 for a box of jelly belly sweets. I was also thinking of making a chocolate theme for my 14 year old d/s but any suggestions what I can put the chocolate in, I thought of a bin so that he can use it later any other suggestions?

Lara

princess1983 wrote: »

Just been looking for the storage boxes online and found these:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/search.aspx?MenuNo=11789&MenuName=Storage+Boxes&FromMenu=y&doy=17m10

Hope they are useful

I love those Maplin ones with their own lid on each section. Think I'll have to invest in some of those. Thanks!

peechy

themmackas wrote: »

Last year I made my two boys boxes of sweets but I also made them a glass with micky mouse on £2.00 from the disney shop filled with bubbly gums which they also loved.
This year my 10 year old d/s wants a box of jelly bellys :eek: which in tk max are £15 so i think that im going to buy a couple of bags for £3 each which will have more weight in them than the box and fill last years box with them, I cant bring myself to pay £15 for a box of jelly belly sweets. I was also thinking of making a chocolate theme for my 14 year old d/s but any suggestions what I can put the chocolate in, I thought of a bin so that he can use it later any other suggestions?

does he have a games console/ use cd's? you could buy a cheap cd box,fill with the choc and then he could use it after to store his games/cd's in.

jimsmum

themmackas wrote: »

Last year I made my two boys boxes of sweets but I also made them a glass with micky mouse on £2.00 from the disney shop filled with bubbly gums which they also loved.
This year my 10 year old d/s wants a box of jelly bellys :eek: which in tk max are £15 so i think that im going to buy a couple of bags for £3 each which will have more weight in them than the box and fill last years box with them, I cant bring myself to pay £15 for a box of jelly belly sweets. I was also thinking of making a chocolate theme for my 14 year old d/s but any suggestions what I can put the chocolate in, I thought of a bin so that he can use it later any other suggestions?

if you don't want to spend a fortune on jelly belly's why not buy the cheaper version : http://juliangraves.com/?pageid=796&texttofind=jelly+beans
they taste the same to me

debjk

Anyone have an Idea how to personalise the boxes was thinking of putting Names on them but not found anything suitable I want the letters to be at least an inch high(hopefully a bit bigger) so they dont look lost and also dont want to pay much