I made a few souvenirs here for the upcoming Teacher's Day.
Instead of buying standard gift bags, did chocolate makers. It seems to me that this is a great option for congratulations.
Strictly speaking, this technology is suitable for making packaging for any flat object - soap, books, boxes of chocolates, even cream in a flat bottle. Also, such chocolate boxes can be perfectly used as a gift envelope for money for a birthday or wedding - put chocolate and banknotes and give them in such a beautiful package.
Issue price:
sheet of cardboard from baby set"Colored cardboard"
sheet of single-sided paper for scrapbooking 15*15 cm - 10 rub.
ribbons - 4-6 rubles per 1 m (0.5 m is enough for one package)
additional decorations - upon request and opportunity
double-sided tape (one will last a long time and not only for chocolate makers)
and plus 15-20 minutes of time
With the first chocolate maker, it may take more time, but 2.3 and subsequent ones will be done much faster and with better quality.
The idea of such chocolate makers is not mine, but after studying many master classes, I made it as convenient and convenient for myself as possible. quick option.
1. Take a sheet of colored or white cardboard in A4 format. If you are making it not for a standard chocolate bar, but for something else, then the dimensions will have to be changed and the cardboard will also need to be larger/smaller. By long side set aside 26 cm
2. and cut off the excess
3. on the front side we put it from right to left: 8.5 cm, 1 cm, 8.5 cm, 1 cm
4. put aside 2 times 1 cm from the bottom and top and draw lines
5. cut off the excess with scissors according to the diagram
6. Now we need to push all the lines, so that it is easier to make bends on them. You can push it with a non-writing pen, or the corner of a ruler; I pushed it with round scissors. After pressing with an eraser, erase all lines. Fold the cardboard along the folds.
the outlines of the future box are already visible
8. glue
It’s important to glue it evenly, otherwise the box will end up crooked
We repeat the same on the other side. And the actual base of the box is ready. Now all that remains is to decorate it.
9. Glue small pieces of double-sided tape on both sides to secure the tape. For the ties we will need about 0.5 m of tape (more or less, if desired, and of any width). Wide ribbon bows look very nice.
10. Cut scrapbooking paper 15*15 in half
In the article you will find ideas for creating a unique postcard - “chocolate girl”!
Chocolate is far from a banal, but a very pleasant and tasty gift for any occasion. You can give chocolate to both a friend and your boss, the main thing is to present it correctly. You can choose any chocolate as a gift: black, milk, white, with additives, domestic, foreign, self made, tiles of 100, 200 and even 500 grams.
A modern way to “decorate” a chocolate bar is to make a chocolate bowl. This is a special wrapper, glued together with your own hands, decorated to taste. The good thing is that this decor for delicacies can be made for any holiday: New Year, Birthday, professional date (teacher’s, educator’s or doctor’s day).
IMPORTANT: You can purchase decorations for a chocolate card at any store that sells creative materials.
There are several types of chocolate bowls:
- Chocolate box-packaging – is intended only to serve beautiful packaging for a chocolate bar.
- Chocolate girl with congratulations - Inside each card there are poems or congratulatory words.
- Chocolate bar with tea– you can also put several tea bags in such a card (pockets are made for this) or coffee sticks.
- Chocolate girl with money - on one side there is a special pocket for banknotes
Chocolate maker - a way to decorate chocolate for a giftIMPORTANT: The chocolate bar must be presented solemnly, inserting it into the “chocolate box” packaging and trying not to damage the decor in any way.
Chocolate card with a surprise with pockets for tea: ideas, templates, photos
A postcard with chocolate and tea (or coffee) is a pleasant and very appropriate gift for any occasion. This is a sign of attention that indicates your sympathy or respect. Choosing chocolate and tea should be based on a person’s preferences. The tea should be packaged in a beautiful foil or paper wrapper and placed in special pockets inside the chocolate bowl.
How to do:
- Thick cardboard should be used as the basis for the chocolate postcard.
- It must be cut according to the template (rectangle measuring 22 by 7 cm)
- Looking at the template, bend the cardboard correctly to make a card
- You also need to cut tea pockets from cardboard measuring 8 by 14 cm (look at the template).
- All templates must be glued together (pockets inside the card)
- Then decorate the card to your liking (you can use wrapping or designer paper, lace, ribbons, beads).
Chocolate card scrapbooking: ideas, templates, photos
A chocolate maker is, first of all, a postcard, which means it must contain congratulations and pleasant words. Chocolate in such a card is just an unexpected and tasty addition.
Adviсe:
- Cut out a card template from thick cardboard
- Make a pocket for chocolate (and tea or coffee)
- Between the pockets or on the other side (opposite the chocolate bar) of the postcard, glue poems printed on paper and cut out.
- You can also use clippings from magazines and phrases carved from wood (sold in handicraft stores).
- Decorate the outside of the chocolate bowl with lace, ribbons, pictures and cutouts.
Chocolate card for March 8: ideas, templates, photos
A chocolate card for March 8th can be given to your mother, grandmother, sister, girlfriend, teacher, colleague, classmate. This chocolate bowl should be decorated in a special way.
- Artificial flowers
- Half beads and rhinestones
- Magazine clippings
- Decoupage
- Satin ribbons
- Lace
- Serpentine
- Sequins
- Designer paper
- Wrapping paper
Chocolate girl on March 8 (option No. 1) 
Chocolate girl on March 8 (option No. 2) 
Chocolate girl on March 8 (option No. 3) Chocolate card for the New Year: ideas, templates, photos
For the New Year, you can give such a card instead of the usual card, the main thing is to decorate it thematically. You can make all kinds of three-dimensional decor using what you find in the store (holiday wrapping paper, cutouts and stickers). Use a large amount of glitter, streamers, foil, broken glass (for example, from old Christmas tree decorations).
IMPORTANT: Decor in the form of cinnamon sticks, dried orange slices, snowflakes, Christmas trees and Santa Claus figures looks very stylish.
Design ideas:
Birthday chocolate card: ideas, templates, photos
You should definitely invest extra in your chocolate bowl for your birthday. banknote. Thus, the chocolate box will replace the envelope postcard.
Chocolate girls for birthday:
Chocolate maker with “fragrant” decor Chocolate card for Teacher's Day, September 1: ideas, templates, photos
Congratulate gorgeous gifts It is simply impossible to have all the teachers in the school, so the chocolate maker will be very relevant. You can decorate each one according to the subject given by the individual teacher.
Chocolate options:
On Teacher's Day 
Chocolate card for February 14: ideas, templates, photos
If you want to please and surprise your “other half” at the same time, try to make a chocolate bowl for her with your own hands. You can put any surprise in this card: a gym membership or cosmetic procedure, cinema or circus tickets, money, declaration of love, valentine.
IMPORTANT: B in this case chocolate will only be a pleasant addition to the main gift.
Options for chocolate bowls for lovers:
Stylish chocolate maker for Valentine's Day Chocolate card for February 23rd, for a man: ideas, templates, photos
Even men love sweets, and for those with a real “sweet tooth” there will be a chocolate bar pleasant surprise. It can be supplemented with any surprises, confessions, notes and congratulations.
Chocolate option:
Chocolate card for a kindergarten teacher: ideas, templates, photos
Some parents and children prefer to congratulate their teacher on kindergarten for every holiday. To diversify your gift ideas from the usual box of chocolates and a jar of coffee, you can try making a chocolate maker with your own hands.
Ideas for chocolate makers:
Chocolate card for a wedding: ideas, templates, photos
You can replace the usual gift envelope for newlyweds with a chocolate box. In addition to the fact that this postcard holds money, you can also place congratulations, poems and a nice bonus - a chocolate bar!
Wedding chocolate ideas: Beautiful chocolate bowl as a gift for the hero of the day 
Chocolate card for a doctor: ideas, templates, photos
TO professional holiday you can prepare chocolate cards not only for doctors (you can put money or a gift card with a certain amount inside), but also for nurses (put a few bags of tea and coffee inside).
Chocolate option:
Video: “Chocolate girl in scrapbooking style”
Today we will make original packaging for a sweet gift for March 8th. This will be an envelope for chocolate, which will also serve greeting card. Making a chocolate box with your own hands is very quick and easy and will evoke more positive emotions than regular store-bought packaging.
To make this chocolate bowl we will need:
- cardboard;
- pink cardboard or paper;
- corrugated paper in pink and white;
- any decor: beads, flowers, etc.;
- the inscription “Happy March 8” printed on paper;
- organza white ribbon;
- pink ribbon;
- ruler;
- pencil;
- curly scissors;
- glue gun;
- regular scissors.
How to make a chocolate bowl
First you need to take measurements of the chocolate bar. In this master class, the size is 8x18 cm. If the size of your chocolate bar is smaller, then the packaging will still fit and the size does not need to be reduced. 
In order to draw a diagram of a chocolate maker, you need to draw a rectangle measuring 9x19 cm. Then we retreat 1.5 cm from each side of this rectangle and draw parallel lines. 
We draw another rectangle (lid) on top, retreat 1.5 cm from the extreme line and again draw parallel to it. We also draw two parallel lines on the sides of the lower rectangle, but at a distance of 2 cm. We connect all the lines, cut out the workpiece and make cuts in those places where the red lines are drawn in the drawing.
Now you need to draw the fold lines with scissors and, best of all, under a metal ruler. Using scissors, press them a little into the cardboard. We form fold lines along all lines from the pencil.
Now we make rounded corners at the side pockets using some round object.
We also round the corners of the outer strip of the lid and make a hole in the middle at the bottom of the workpiece. From the squares that we cut, we form triangles.
We glue these triangles to the adjacent walls, forming a right angle.
It turns out this is a box. 
We cut an organza ribbon 40 cm long and glue it in the middle only to the top cover so that the ends are the same length. We tie the ends into a bow.
All that remains is to decorate the box. This stage depends only on your imagination, so the option in the master class serves only as an example. Cut out a pink rectangle slightly smaller than the box lid. We cut off the corners with curly scissors and glue them on top, making even indents on three sides only.
We glue the pink blank with a white rectangle of corrugated paper. We decorate the middle of the box with twigs, beads, bows, and at the bottom we glue a congratulations inscription.
The chocolate envelope is ready! Thus it turns out original packaging-card for congratulations on March 8th! 
There are a lot of ideas for gifts. A chocolate bar looks original as a present, but not an ordinary one, but a properly presented one. To emphasize the solemnity of the event, you need to know how to turn an ordinary chocolate bar into a gift.
The design depends entirely on who is giving the gift and for what occasion.
For men
How to pack a chocolate bar as a gift with your own hands? Present for loved one You can wrap it in a white sheet of paper, simulating a folded shirt. For greater similarity, you can separately cut out a collar or “butterfly” from colored cardboard, thick fabric.
Ribbons that imitate suspenders will also look interesting. Your loved one will surely love this gift.
In a homemade box
On February 23, you can present your work colleagues with chocolate in themed packaging. It will take a minimum of time. From the materials you should take:
- thick cardboard;
- colored or designer paper;
- glue.
A rectangle is cut out of cardboard. The optimal dimensions are 17x22 cm. Inside, using paper, you can select two side and one central sections. Their design is a field for imagination. It will look original if you leave a small gap between the sections.
A pocket for chocolate is made from cardboard, resembling a box without one large side.
If desired, additional pockets can be placed on the opposite side. Their contents are varied: small cards with wishes, individual or.
The external part is decorated with a thematic picture. You can also make a clasp that imitates a buckle. For this it is better to use thick cardboard.
Original gift ideas in the form of a postcard with chocolate are varied. They can be applied to any occasion: for a guy on Valentine's Day, for a husband on a wedding anniversary. You can choose the following options for sweet cards:
On the poster
Often gifts are made on behalf of the whole family. If you want something original, you should pay attention to gifts on whatman paper with chocolates. Their progenitor is a woman familiar to everyone from school.
The idea is universal and can be used for any holiday. To implement it, you will need a sheet of Whatman paper (sizes are selected individually), chocolates, snacks, candy bars, pencils or felt-tip pens. You can also add . 
Important Note: It is better to attach sweets to paper using double-sided tape. This eliminates the possibility that glue components that are dangerous to humans will penetrate the product.
How to make a poster with chocolates as a gift for dad? You should start with a selection of sweets - their names will suggest the texts of congratulations.
Invented phrases are written by hand or typed on a computer. For the latter case, you should choose an unusual font (perhaps imitating handwritten text).
If you arrange phrases on a bright background, different from the main one, they will look even more interesting. You should also pay attention to the space between the chocolates and the text. It is filled with dim decor.
Present for lovely ladies
Women are most often given gifts for several reasons:
- March 8;
- birthday;
- The 14th of February.
What woman would refuse chocolate? That's right, none. A luxurious bar of Swiss chocolate will melt the heart of any lady. But this doesn't mean you can ignore packaging.
For a birthday, you can make an original chocolate box - a card with a sweet surprise hidden inside. Individual tea and coffee bags will be added. You can replace them with congratulations in verse, designed on beautiful leaf paper or cardboard.
Handmade
Chocolates designed in the form of a sculpture, a flower, or various types of chocolates look original. large quantity elements. Simple options are easy to make at home. You will need high-quality chocolate without additives and silicone molds.
The chocolate is melted in a water bath and then poured into molds. Carefully place them in the freezer and leave for several hours (preferably overnight).
After everything has hardened well, the resulting figures are carefully removed, packaged and presented to the hero of the occasion.
In a bag or envelope
If a man knows how to sew, he can make it for a sweet present. 
Any soft fabric, even organza will do. A rectangle is cut out, slightly larger in size than a chocolate bar, and the edges are sewn together.
Several cuts are made in the upper part into which the tape is inserted - it will act as a tie.
Another packaging option is an envelope made of colored, designer paper. Various decor and appliqué will decorate it, giving the gift a special charm.
On whatman paper
A gift with pasted chocolates and inscriptions will suit your beloved girlfriend, wife, mother, sister. The basis will be whatman paper or designer cardboard (it has an original background). The sweet part of the gift is glued onto it using double-sided tape, and congratulations are written next to it.
The text can be interspersed with photographs of the birthday girl. If you have the skills to work in a graphic editor, it is easy to remake the original chocolate packaging by adding individual features.
In a cardboard box with fresh flowers
How do you like the idea of hiding sweets in a homemade box and adding flowers? You don't have to spend a lot of time or money on production.
The materials you will need are thick cardboard, scissors and glue. Having assembled the basic item, they put a chocolate bar in it, a congratulations card on top and several rose buds. Simple, but very original.
Whatever method of gifting chocolate or packaging option is chosen, you should remember that the gift should be presented with an open heart and always smiling. This way, even a modest gift will be appreciated.
Happy first day of spring, dear friends! Another selection of ideas for the holiday! This time - let's be inspired by watching original ways gift wrapping for March 8th!:)
IDEA No. 1. FLOWERS
The most unprepossessing packaging can be refreshed and made festive by adding flowers.
For example, you can decorate with artificial flowers, dried flowers, flowers made from corrugated paper, napkins, fabric or felt. There are many options.
This packaging with paper flowers can be made with a child. From colored paper, you need to cut rectangular blanks, roll them, glue strips of napkins or colored paper inside, then glue them in layers to the gift wrapping.
You can even decorate it fresh flowers. This design is short-lived, but very unusual and festive. In order for the composition of flowers on a gift to last longer, you can place it in a floral sponge. You can cover the tips of the flowers with paraffin for longer preservation, or use special flasks with a solution (for example, orchids are sold with such flasks; they can be used to decorate a gift).
You can watch a master class on decorating a gift with fresh flowers
IDEA No. 2. POM POMS FROM napkins
Original and budget idea- make pompoms from napkins! I love decorating our house with such pompoms for the holidays, making them is very simple, just fold the napkins, cut them out and fasten them with thread or a stapler. Cutting such “flowers” is easier than snowflakes.
IDEA No. 3. GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS
Satin ribbons, a few colorful embellishments, and plain cards can make for some spectacular gift wrapping!
IDEA #4: CUPcake tins
IDEA No. 5. LACE
With lace, you can decorate regular craft paper (as well as any plain paper) wrapping paper and fabric).
Templates music paper or black and white postcards, can be downloaded on the Internet and printed on a printer.
IDEA No. 6. PACKING A SCARF OR SCARF
Very beautiful and interesting option- postcard-packaging for a neckerchief or scarf. I still haven’t found a detailed master class. But it’s quite possible to download a retro, vintage or pin-up picture from the Internet. Print it on a color printer on thick paper (you can first select the format in Word so that the format resembles a postcard), and then fold it in half like a postcard, make a cut and insert a scarf. Then glue along the contour.
FUROSHHIKI
Another interesting packaging option - Furoshiki. This Japanese technology gift packaging, which originated back in 710 - 794 AD. Now this is an environmentally friendly, original packaging and way of storing things. Detailed master classes and diagrams, look
Using scarves, you can decorate gifts of various shapes for March 8: perfume bottles, handbags, bottles, sweets, cosmetic bags, etc.
IDEA #7. FEATHERS
Such feathers can be made from watercolor paper or thin cardboard. You need to cut out the shape of a feather from paper or cardboard, make cuts and paint it using gold or silver gouache, or decorative spray. This packaging will be relevant for stationery or book packaging.
IDEA #8: FAMILY PHOTOS
IDEA #9: SOUVENIR CONES
In order to make a cone, you need to cut out rectangles from paper, suitable size, roll up and secure with a stapler, double-sided tape or glue gun. On a computer, you can print beautiful font wishes for March 8, print and paste! Add decor - bows, rhinestones, ribbons, buttons, flowers and butterflies.
IDEA No. 10. BOWS
In order to get neat bows, you need to use a template. Now on the Internet, you can download many templates for such paper bows, in any suitable color.
Or, you can download the template, move the outline onto the paper you chose for the gift, and cut it out.
With the help of such a paper bow, you can decorate regular craft paper!
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