Have you started thinking about Valentine’s Day yet? I have. I’ve also still been obsessing over dollhouse miniatures. The result? A miniature box of chocolates. I was inspired the other day at the grocery store; I was admiring all of the pretty heart-shaped candy boxes, and then a couple of aisles over, I found a rack of stickers. (I know, craft supplies at the grocery store! That’s dangerous!) There was a sheet of gorgeous foil heart stickers that I had to have. To justify buying them, I had to think of a project really fast. And so the tiny confection container was born. Want to make one of your own? It’s quite easy! Here’s how.
Project estimate:
- Sticker, on hand or $1 and up
- Card stock, on hand
- Foam core board, on hand or $1
- Xacto knife, on hand
- Glue, on hand
- Mod Podge, on hand
Total: Free and up
Place a heart sticker on a piece of red card stock. Carefully cut out around the sticker, leaving a border of red around the sticker.
Cut a second heart the same size out of the card stock. Trace the stickered heart onto the foam core, then draw a slightly smaller heart inside of it. Carefully cut out the smaller heart with an Xacto knife.
Cut a strip of paper the same width as the foam core board. Glue it around the outside edge of the heart. (Tip: It’s easiest to start and end the strip in the crook at the top of the heart.)
Glue the foam core board heart on top of the plain red heart.
Glue the heart with the sticker to the top. Seal the entire thing with several coats of Mod Podge.
Mod Podge is amazing stuff, turning a paper trinket into something a lot more durable. And paper is easy to manipulate, cheap, and comes in every color and pattern you can think of. Start experimenting with paper and you will be amazed at what you can make, especially when it comes to the teeny-tiny!
I also made a tiny Valentine’s Day card, which would be the perfect companion to this project. Visit my blog to see the tutorial!
11 Comments
heidi@thecraftmonkey
How cute! And Oh my gosh, wouldn’t Barbie LOVE to get a heart shaped box of chocolates from Ken! I think this is every little girl’s dream come true! Love it!
heather
That’s so cute! :) I wish it had teeny chocolates in it. :)
teri
That is super cute – I’m going to try it! :D
Care
!!! Love !!!
Beads
That’s gorgeous! Hopefully we can get a chance to do that too! Such a great craft project
Rose McGuinn
What a delightful idea! it reminds me of designing and making little things for my dolls when I was a little girl. Your choice of sticker was truly inspired!
Spencer @ Moo-Lolly-Bar
What a wonderful thing to make for Valentine’s Day. It would be good if you could fit a chocolate in there too!