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

searching_me

ooo the lego one could work as im getting him giant lego for xmas i'll go look .. thanks x

midnightraven3

has anyone seen any good boxes this year yet?
wanting to make some retro boxes this year
but i am never in any shops that sells things like this
so any recommendations would be most welcome:)

searching_me

im doing stockings but i have seen some lovely plain air tight jars in 99p store .. might be worth a look x

midnightraven3

i have jars
i'm a jar-a-holic:o

i was hoping to use those sectional boxes
so they could use them afterwards
its primarily teens i am making them for, to put in their christmas eve hampers

mary-op

midnightraven -when I did them the other year I got some little tool box type things from Woolworths.........no chance this year but for a change I'm doing old fashioned sweets in layers in a jar for grandchildren and a few others........any kitchen jar suits me -just put a cover on the lid.
We've got an old fashioned sweet shop just opened here so think I'll get stuff from there..........like to support the local shops where I can

searching_me

also try craft shops the boxes that section up threads and stuff .. usually only a quid or so ..

but look at these ..
http://direct.hobbycraft.co.uk/productdetail.asp?productcatalogue=320624

midnightraven3

thank you:j

i also love to support my local shops
hence i am never in the bigger shops in the city
i shop online for everything else

those little buckets are lush
now i am going to do mini pots of gold
(which i wasnt planning on!!):rotfl:

searching_me

try your local carboot sale or charity shop my mother picked up a couple there x

harib0uk

searching_me wrote: »

also try craft shops the boxes that section up threads and stuff .. usually only a quid or so ..

but look at these ..
http://direct.hobbycraft.co.uk/productdetail.asp?productcatalogue=320624

those are nice but very tiny if I'm reading the dimesions right 2" high by 1.25" across the top you'll get one boiled sweet in there if your lucky!

I got my boxes from here: http://www.shcweb.co.uk/eshop/section.php?xSec=5&xPage=1&jssCart=5ab605afc2d1588948d18380f5c7a82f last year as I couldn't find any local ones cheaper.

I got the Medium 18 compartment ones and they were the perfect size.

midnightraven3

:Tthats the kind of thing i am after

thank you
the little buckets are small
but so so lush:j