DIY Heart Gift Box Using An Old Plastic Bottle

If you still haven’t decided on which gift box to use for your candy treats or other gifts, then why not try to make your gift box using old plastic bottles? It is cheaper and so much better than store-bought ones because you can customize it to your liking and put as much design as you want. It is also very easy to prepare that you can make more than one! This plastic heart gift box is a clever idea of The Craft Gallery India via YouTube.

Materials:

• Plastic Bottle
• Foam sheet
• Glitter foam sheet
• Glue gun and glue sticks
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Cardboard
• Pencil

Directions:

Step 1

Cut the bottom and top part of the bottle, then only take the straight and flat textured part, cut, and even out the raw edges. Pinch and crease both sides, then turn one side inward and shape into a heart. Prepare strips of foam sheet with a width of 1cm (0.4 inches), and the other with a width of 1.5cm (0.6 inches), also cut strips of glitter foam sheet with 0.5cm (0.2 inches) width.

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Use a 1cm (0.4 inches) strip to cover the upper edge of the plastic heart with hot glue, then use the 0.5 (0.2 inches) glitter foam strip to line the top of the foam sheet. Flip the top side down and place it on top of a foam sheet, attach it with hot glue, then cut around the excess. Trace the shape of the plastic heart’s other side onto cardboard, then cut around the excess. Take the cardboard heart template and cover both sides with a foam sheet, then cut around the excess.

Step 2

Attach the 0.5 (0.2 inches) glitter foam strip on top of the 1cm (0.4 inches) foam strip, then cover the sides of the cardboard heart with it, it’s okay for the foam sheet to overlap at the bottom. Take another glittered strip then place it on top of the cardboard heart, on the side without the overlap, cover the seams with it, and your lid is ready.

Cut a 12 x 12 cm (4.7 x 4.7 inches) square of a glitter foam sheet, then draw lines diagonally to form an “X”. Cut the lines but leave the center intact, then draw a curve on each seam edge, and cut it out. Fold the pointed tip of the left and right triangles towards the center, secure it in place with hot glue. Then cut a triangle on the center of the lower triangle, for the upper triangle, cut out the sides and shape it into a 1-inch thick strip. Flip the two slanted strips at the bottom in an upward manner, then fold the thick strip over and wrap in a downward manner, and you have your bow ready. Simply attach the bow on top of the lid.

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DIY Heart Gift Box Using An Old Plastic Bottle