Recycled Valentine Treat Containers

Today is "Thankful Thursday" (formally "Family Friday") over at Crazy About Cricut.

 The assignment is to make Valentine classroom treats or
 Valentine items that can be made in bulk. 

1. collect cardboard toilet paper rolls

2. cut your paper to cover the cardboard rolls, usually 4" x 6 "

3. emboss the paper (I used D'vine Swirls -- my kids love to do this step)

4. attach the paper to the rolls (we used my ATG tape
but any double sided tape should work)

5. fold the ends in on one side (fold in the seam edge first) - see the picture

6. add your candy (wrapped candy is the best) and fold the opposite ends in to match 

Yep, that's my Tinkerbell coffee cup in the back ground!
I love that little fairy! :)

7. tie some ribbon (or lace) around the body of the candy holder

8. add any decorations or tags - my kids like to add their classmates names - we added CAC hearts cut @ 1 1/2" RDS and used a gel pen to add the "to" "from" or just a classmates name - attach to the back of the treat container

That's it, I finished 7 of these in 15 minutes.  My sons each have 20 students in their classes, so in a few hours we'll have all the favors done! :)

This project is included in the "Fun Valentine Linking Party" over at Passionately Artistic.  Link up your fun Valentine idea too! 


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