Happy Valentine's Day! I made Cupid Hello Kitty themed cookie boxes to share with my "gal-entines" this year.
I found a few cute Cupid Hello Kitty images in my library of Hello Kitty coloring books and converted them into cutting files to piece together for my hinged lid boxes. I used Hello Kitty peeking from behind a cloud for the box front and used a Happy Valentines Day sentiment die from Mama Elephant for the greeting.
Opening the box reveals a pop up scene on the lid inside.
Amazed by the many beautiful and unique pop up packaging designs I've been seeing on Pinterest created to hold expensive Asian cookies and teas, I knew I wanted to give this style of box a try. Of course, my simple two tier pop up can't be compared to the intricate boxes that inspired me, but it was fun trying to figure out how to make one.
I started by using a svg cutting file template for a rectangular hinged lid box with reinforced sides from
"Stick and Crop".
After enlarging and altering the original template to create a box 5.25" x 4.5" x 1.5", I created and glued an insert with a depth of 1 inch to the inside of the box to be the platform for the pop up. Hello Kitty and clouds were then popped up with strips of cardstock glued in as cubes.
Boxes were filled with homemade shortbread cookies for special friends. This was a fun box to learn to make. Thinking that next time I may want to try this style of box again, but maybe with a different type of pop up mechanism inside.
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