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

Nicolefury

Thanks to the above poster, I've ordered 3 to try this out and see what they look like

harib0uk

Just been and got my sweets for when the boxes arrive...

Went to the range who had various packs of retro sweets for 99p
I got:
2 x Swizzels Matlow Variety bag (226g) includes drumsticks, love hearts, parma violets and refreshers amongst others.
Wham mini bars (225g)

They also had a retro tub of sweets including the above and fruit salads/black jacks etc.. for £4.99 (850g) which is a great price! (58p/100g)

Then I went into Sainsburys and got from their 3 for £1 range:
Flying saucers, Foam Shrimps & bananas, Dolly mixture, jelly beans,white buttons, chocolate buttons.

And for the oh I got 2 packs of mixed mints for £1

The Range also had 27 x 18cm boxes for £2.99

GemzyKate

Hi all,

Not sure if anyone has already mentioned this site, but I ordered the sweets for my retro hampers from www.handycandy.co.uk. It really is a fab site and was great to quickly receive a HUGE box of sweeties!! I had to really tightly seal it back up as they are too tempting!! They do also sell ready made retro hampers, but I brought enough sweets for 3 hampers for the same price as one of theirs.

phantom_zone

Well I've mine finally done! Not a box or a bouquet but along the right lines!

Few pics...bit dark but you get the gist - Good old mobile photography!

Sweets from aquarterof.co.uk, cello bags and tie twists from eBay, personalised stockings from eBay!

You could of course do the writing on the stockings yourself but I haven't the time TBH! ( gold glitter fabric paint )

hollyandmatt

here is mine, were so fun to make the flowers have sweets in the middle too!

thefamousexcuse

I am using an "Old fashioned" glass jar's, can get them online for £2!! So once I have put in the sweets will decorate the jar with ribbon and a candy caine, so a gift for under a fiver...lets hope all the xmas shopping goes this way : )
xx

mikazza2

This is a great idea, thanks.

I'm a bit skint this year, looks like everybody is getting a christmas sock from the pound shop with some sweets in it. I've only ever bought sweets online once and that was from eBay, a shop called candy monkey, although they also have a website which I got from their flyer (sorry cant post links but if you google candy monkey you will get it).

Also like the plant pot, but think i'll go with the stocking.

shiningdove

Definetly doing this.. anyone have an idea where a cheap place to buy the box from is?

i mean this about the pic that the OP did lool
sorry

mikazza2

You could try the pound shops, I have something like this box if I remember right it was from Lidl or Aldi (can't remember which).

bluenose1

Home Bargains have clear plastic storage boxes for displaying the sweets that would be ideal. They have them in 3 sizes. I bought medium ones which think was £1.49.
Don't put the sweets in the boxes until a day or two before Christmas as they taste stale ( Iknow from experience.)
This is one of the best received gifts by my 3 kids - age 16, 13 and 6