Last night while perusing the You Tubes for card-making ideas, I came across this video by Jan Tinklenberg making a magical marquee card. A very clever idea that will surely wow anyone who receives one. Make sure you watch the video to the end to see Jan’s finished examples. That bee is sooo cute!
This weekend I drew a template for a teeny, tiny milk carton…and I LOVE it! Perfect for favors–for kids’ parties and showers of the bridal and baby variety especially–or use them as gift boxes. The finished size of each carton is 1 1/2″ by 1 1/2″. Here’s what you do to make one:
First, download and print the milk carton template out on to card stock. (There’s two templates per one 8 1/2″ 11″ page.)
Using a scissors, cut the template from the page.
Using a boning tool and a straight edge, score all the lines of the template.
Even the pointy lines!
Then valley-fold all the horizontal and vertical lines.
Re-fold the top fold as a mountain fold.
Cut up to the first horizontal fold as shown.
Glue the tab shut on the side of the carton. Then fold in the bottoms of the carton and glue in place.
Decorate your tiny milk carton, fill with your goodies and then glue the top shut, securing with a butterfly clip until dry.
Here’s some more decorating ideas for the cartons!
Mrs Missy Muffet sat on her tuffet and knitted this oh-so-darling baby cocoon. Because she used super bulky yarn and size 13 needles, I’m pretty sure the pattern would translate to a Knifty Knitter pretty easily. A long loom might be the way to go, with the optional clips, which you could adjust as you decrease toward the end. Perhaps I’ll give it a go and post the results! Travel on over to mrsmissymuffet for the FREE pattern. Thanks Mrs. Muffet!!
