How to make a cute treat box
Make these adorable boxes for distributing sweets this holiday. Your kids will love decorating them, too!

Photo: Ryan Szulc
Creative gift wrapping for sweets
Cute and easy
These cute boxes are great for holding holiday goodies like fudge, bit-sized cookies or White Chocolate Crunch.

Supplies
Here’s what you’ll need:
small box with open top, two different patterned pieces of paper, scissors, tape, X-acto knife, button, glue, small paintbrush

Step 1
Place box on paper; measure out sleeve. Fold sleeve around box and score edges with your finger. Wrap box in other paper. Cut an “x” in paper with X-acto knife on open side of box, tape flaps down.

Step 2
Add a button. Paint glue on button’s underside.

Finish and fill
Attach button to the box. Tape open ends of sleeve together. Fill box with treats in candy liners; slide sleeve over box.

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