DIY chocolate wrapping ideas

 Valentine’s day is right around the corner and every Valentine is incomplete without chocolates. You would be thinking of gifting homemade chocolates and learn how to present them in innovative ways. Well, we are here to just ease your burden.

 

It’s always thoughtful to put extra effort and if you are considering packing your chocolates in DIY packaging then here are a few fun DIY creative chocolate wrapping ideas.

 

1. Roll them up:

1. Take an empty paper towel roll and cut it in half.

2. Glue crepe paper or any tissue paper on the outside of the paper towel roll.

3.Wrap all the way around in such a way that there’s about 2 inches excess on either end.

4. Tie one end with a thread or a baker’s twine.

5. Put your chocolates into the tube from the other end and tie that end as well.

 

2. Bejewelled Heart box:

1.Using a ruler and craft knife and cut four strips of card stock paper with a size of 1 ⅛ inch strip for the base and two 1-inch strips for the lid. The width of the board will be 32 inches.

2. Print templates for the box base and lid.

3. Trace tow of each template onto the card stock paper and cut them. You will have two bases and two lids. Keep one base and one lid aside.
4. Place the base on a flat surface and stick one end of the strip to base with glue. Wait till 20 seconds for each section to dry and repeat the process till you reach the end.

5. Trim excess strip carefully so that it has a neat finishing. Repeat to affix the strip on the other side and repeat the same process to stick the strips on the lid.

 

To cover the sides of the base and lid:

1. Cut a long strip of any fabric of your choice that is ⅛ inch wider than the base and long enough to wrap around the side of the box.

2. Working in sections and using découpage glue, stick the fabric by aligning the edge of the fabric with the lid’s top edge, pat in place and trim the excess fabric. Repeat this process to cover the side of the entire lid.

 

To cover the base and lid:

1. Cut two large squares of the same fabric, a few inches larger than the heart.

2. Apply découpage glue on the top of the second base with the help of a brush and stick it on the centre of one fabric square.

3. Trim 1 ½ inches fabric around the heart.

4. Make cuts in the excess fabric and glue the flaps in the back of the base.

5. Repeat the same process with the remaining lid and the fabric.

6. Using découpage glue, stick the cording tape to the back of both the pieces so that the cord runs along the edge.

7. With hot glue, stick the covered base and lid to the bottom and top of the box, respectively.

To decorate the box:

1. Take some beads for embellishing the front of the box. Using hot glue, stick the beads or gemstones on the lid in a pattern.

2. Tie a bow with a ribbon and stick it in the centre of the lid.

3. Chocolate box:

1. Take a red paper of any size.

2. Mark 2 cm at the end of the paper and connect them, making a straight line with a ruler. Repeat the same process at the second end of the paper.

3. Now fold the edges of both the sides of the paper till the marking.

4. Make folds in every corner of the paper

5. Fold the paper in half and then fold it like an envelope leaving a little margin.

6. There will be two folds inside the paper and trace those lines using a ruler.

7. Snip the paper from the bottom on both the sides where there are markings done when connecting the lines.

8. Glue the small edges of the box on the bottom.

9. Glue the middle snipped corners with the top half of the box.

10. Glue the top corners with the flaps that are behind them.

And your chocolate box is ready.

 

We hope that these DIY chocolate gift wrapping ideas will help you gift your chocolates in creative packaging that will make your loved one feel special.