Interesting crafts from candy boxes

After the holidays, there are empty candy boxes. If you show your imagination and put in a little work, empty boxes will turn into beautiful and useful things.

Organizer for small things

Most candy boxes have a special honeycomb liner called Correx. The packaging will make a convenient and beautiful organizer.

To make it you will need:

• box with correx;
• colored paper or fabric;
• decorative elements: beads, flowers, lace, ribbons;
• scissors;
• glue.

A box with a drop-down non-removable lid will do. You will get a box that is easy to open.

Cover the outer surface with colored paper or cloth, decorate with beads or flowers to your liking. Glue a loop to the edge of the lid, and glue a button on a leg or a large bead to the box, then the organizer can be closed.

A convenient organizer will also come out of the box, in which the inner part slides out of the lid like a desk drawer. Glue the tape in the form of a handle to one side of this "box", then it will be easier to pull it out.

Packages that are closed on top with removable lids are less convenient, but they are also quite acceptable. It is necessary to ensure that the lid opens easily, without effort. With a sudden movement, the contents of the organizer will fall out.

Place small items in the cells, for example, multi-colored beads, rhinestones, buttons. Large cells are suitable for storing jewelry.

Rings and brooches will be better preserved without touching each other or other things. Once you open the organizer, you can easily find the item you need.

Jelly or ice compartment

Inserts-cells have a beautiful shape. If you pour the jelly mixture into them and cool, you get original embossed figures in the form of flowers, leaves or hearts. They look more appetizing than ordinary jelly pieces.

To extract the finished jelly from the correx, dip the bottom of the molds into warm water for a few seconds. Place the chilled jelly in bowls or bowls and serve. Your guests will appreciate the unusual dessert. Children will be especially delighted with him.

Candy boxes can also be used to freeze ice. Pour water and place in the freezer. Ice for drinks will be ready in a few hours. Remove it by immersing the mold in warm water for a couple of seconds. Ice hearts and flowers will decorate glasses with drinks.

Container for freezing dumplings

Any housewife knows: if just put together dumplings in one bag, they stick together. To prevent this from happening, they should first be frozen separately.

Empty candy box inserts are ideal packaging for freezing dumplings. Put each of them in a separate compartment, slightly dusted with flour, and send to the freezer. After a few hours, they can be taken out and folded into a bag for further storage.

New chocolates

The figured insert from the box is useful for making new chocolates.

You will need:

• Correx from a box of chocolates;
• two chocolate bars;
• nuts, coconut or other filling filler.

Use a bar of dark or milk chocolate to taste. Break it into pieces and place in a small saucepan, place in a water bath and melt.

Pour the chocolate about 1/3 of the way into the wells. Let it harden to the state of plasticine. Make holes in the chocolate and place inside a nut, coconut, puffed rice, or whatever you like.

After melting the second chocolate bar, fill the mold with it to the top. Align the bottom of the future candy and set it to freeze.

Remove the finished candy by holding the pan over steam or warm water.

Seed growing box

The box liner can be used to grow seeds. The convenience of this method is compactness. The seedling box takes up a lot of space on the windowsill, it is heavy, it is difficult to take it out into the fresh air to harden the plants.

Not all seedlings can be grown in cells due to their small volume. However, many vegetable and flower crops will have enough land.

Instructions:

1. Cover the box with the plastic or plastic bag you removed from the box. This is to prevent water from leaking out.
2. Make holes in each cell to drain excess moisture.
3. Cover with fertile soil.
4. Make depressions and sow the seeds.
5. Water and cover with plastic on top until germination emerges.

Place the box on a sunny side of a windowsill and remember to moisten the ground. Transplant the seedlings outdoors in the spring.

Beautiful bouquet

Golden cells can be used to create a dramatic bouquet.

Cut the leaves out of the insert. Since correx usually has a relief surface, the leaves look spectacular, they will sparkle and shimmer in the light.

In the lower part of each leaf, make a hole with a needle and pass a thin wire, secure the leaf.

After stringing the required number of leaves, create flowers and branches. Complete the composition with large beads to match the main material. Group the beads into clusters of berries.

Collect a bouquet from the branches and fasten it with a common wire so that it does not fall apart. Place in vase. The bouquet will serve as a wonderful interior decoration.

Crafts with children

A box of chocolates with a wide rim is a ready-made frame, inside which you can create a still life or landscape. This frame gives the painting a three-dimensional feel.

Make an applique of autumn leaves and flowers at the bottom of the box, or glue the flowers using the quilling technique. Paint the frame in a suitable color and you have a wonderful painting for a school exhibition.

Younger schoolchildren and kindergarten students love to create crafts from natural materials. A thick candy box will serve as a suitable basis for the composition. Place the figures of animals, a house, trees on the bottom. Spread out moss, grass, and leaves for summer craft, or cotton wool and foam grains for winter craft. You will get a craft-scene from village life or a forest fairy tale. Bumpers create a feeling of completeness of the composition and protect the craft from damage.

If the box has a hinged lid, you can use it as a background to paint a blue sky with clouds and sun or a night sky with stars.

Take your time to throw away empty candy boxes. They will serve for the manufacture of original jewelry and useful things in everyday life.