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

tartantotty

This is a fab idea!! I am going to make some of these for chrissie pressies!! Any ideas where I can get a few boxes fairly cheap? I am looking to make about 6!!

ps I have had loads of ideas for pressies on these threads! I am well chuffed, so thansk everyone!!!

tartantotty

Duh I have just read the posts from this morning!! I will wonder up to Woolies later!

hollydays

couldn't find these in my small town shops-darn it willhave to go to the busy places..

rainmac

I'm so excited about filling my boxes with sweeties. Am I sad? Don't answer that one I've also got 2 big jars to do too. I've bought lots of sweets in packets already like cola cubes, midget gems (Tesco value), sherbert lemons, cola bottles, flying saucers etc in Tesco and Woolies. Some were 3 bags for £1.

Such a fab present :T Can't believe the first post on this thread saying a box was selling for £25 :eek: But saying that, I saw small jars of boiled sweets in BHS for £6 :rolleyes: Do people really buy them at these prices?

RustyFlange

rainmac wrote: »

I'm so excited about filling my boxes with sweeties. Am I sad? Don't answer that one I've also got 2 big jars to do too. I've bought lots of sweets in packets already like cola cubes, midget gems (Tesco value), sherbert lemons, cola bottles, flying saucers etc in Tesco and Woolies. Some were 3 bags for £1.

Such a fab present :T Can't believe the first post on this thread saying a box was selling for £25 :eek: But saying that, I saw small jars of boiled sweets in BHS for £6 :rolleyes: Do people really buy them at these prices?

The answer to this question is yes ... and I am about to say that I am guilty of paying upto £10 for things like this in the past yes yes I know but I never imagined I could make anything so good for a price remotely near the ones they charge! Now I know different!

rainmac

I know what you mean Rusty, I now look at EVERYTHING and before buying think can I make this, do it myself, get it cheaper, do with it? If the answer is no, no, no, no I tend to still buy it but only after thinking about what I'm doing whereas I always used to buy without thinking.

mary43

I did these for my twin teenage grandchildren for easter this year and used the boxes from woolworths. Son was so impressed he wanted one so I'm doing one for him for Christmas.

trixietoes

I'll be making a couple of these too.

I have about 5.00 of my friends christmas budget to fill and she'll love these as will my OH he LOVES sweeties.... I'll be off to the market when I get back at Christmas, can't wait.

tartantotty

I went to Woolies yesterday, and got 5 boxes, with a hinged clear lid and 10 compartments (that you can alter the size of) for £1 each. I then went to Asda and got some smartprice and 3 for £1 bags of sweets and filled them up. They look really smart! My OH (who was sceptical) was even impressed! I am really pleased with them!!

Millie2008_2

For those of you who missed the Asda robot lunchboxes, I found a plastic equivalent in £ land today- they also had some girlie ones

hth someone

mills x