Tutorial - Free Printable Heart Gift Boxes

Add confetti for a bit of extra fun

Tutorial at AKI 1 a.m. Blog

"We are already into Valentine’s Week and these printable gift boxes are perfect to show your love for the special one. The final size of each printable gift box, after assembling, is 3 inch x 3 inch x 3 inch (length x breadth x height) so they easily fit all small size tokens of love. Depending on which day of the Valentine week it is pick your gift. A ‘will you be my valentine’ banner for propose day. Heart shaped chocolates for chocolate day, the gift box fits 6 pieces of one-and-half-inch heart shaped chocolates. A small teddy for teddy day. Printable love coupons for promise day- includes rubs, hugs and kisses".... Read more

Tutorial - Make Fabric Covered Foam Bowls and Boxes

You can make various shaped containers

Tutorial at Hands On Workshop Blog

"These colourful containers were created by Guest Presenter Lynn Pavey. She made them from ‘dollar shop’ craft foam and fabric offcuts. They are handy lightweight containers that can be used for containing anything (fruit, coloured pencil stash, stationery bits, or party treats (lollies, wrapped chocolates, serviettes).  Lynn has also figured out a way of using the colours in the mixed foam sheets pack that aren’t your first pick. As you’ll see if you team the tone with the just the right fabric, it can look sensational. Sometimes it doesn’t need to match, just harmonise, to look right. Give it a try, and test your own shapes".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Fabric Box with Attached Lid

Recycle cardboard or cereal boxes you have on hand

Tutorial at Mad for Fabric Blog

"Unlike my previous fabric box where you can adjust the height and width dynamically, here you need to decide ahead of time how large you want your final box to be. I wanted the dimensions of my box to measure approximately 7D x 7W x 5.5H. Here is a diagram I made to help you calculate how large your fabric needs to be. I cut a piece of craft paper to use as a template first to make sure the size was to my liking before I cut my fabric. I ended up cutting 2 pieces of fabric measuring 19″ x 29″ and used 1/2″ seam allowances".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make an Ombre Watercolor Box

Even a non-painter can make this pretty catch-all

Tutorial at One O Blog

"I’ve been loving watercolor graphics for a while now, but hadn’t ever made a real craft with it. Probably because I can’t think myself as any kind of painter, and are no good with brushes either. I decided it’s time to change this trend! I have been keeping this box received as a wedding gift for a few months, awaiting to find the right craft. Boxes like this can be used in all sorts of different ways, as table decor centerpiece, as planter, as desk organiser.. As shelf also? Just add two brackets beneath it to make a nice key and money catcher at the entrance".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Fabric Box

Only requires sewing three seams, and can be customized to a size you like

Tutorial at Mad for Fabric Blog

"Today’s post is a tutorial on how to sew a fabric box. I was in the midst of organizing my sewing space and thought a box made from pretty fabric would be a perfect accent. I looked at many tutorials on how to make a box and in the end came up with my own method that just required cutting half a yard of fabric and sewing the 3 seams. Want to give this a try".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Vacation Keepsake Box

Disney themed keepsake box from park maps

Tutorial at The Chilly Dog Blog

"Disneyland has held a special place in my heart ever since my daughter and I made it our annual tradition to go there, just the two of us. We spend two and a half days, taking in as many attractions as we can. Our personal record is 38 attractions in one wonderfully exhausting day. To preserve some of our magical memories (park tickets, pins, etc.) I made a special Disneyland map box".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make an Origami Box

The size of the paper depends on the size of the box you want to make

Tutorial at Akamatras Blog

"You will need two pieces of paper and a pair or scissors. You can use any kind of paper. Bear in mind that if the paper is not thick enough the box will not be sturdy. Depending on the thickness of your paper you’ll also need something to help you crease the paper, like a bone folder".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make Boxes for a Gift Tower

Fill with sweet treats for a delightful gift

Tutorial at A Joyful Daisy Blog

"These boxes are super simple and can be made in a jiffy.  The best part is probably stacking them all up and adding ribbon but picking out the paper is pretty fun too!  Choose three coordinating scrapbook papers, medium- heavy weight paper works best.  Then choose three coordinating solid papers for the bottoms of the boxes".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Coconut Shell Box

Use for storing small treasures

Tutorial at Radhika Hobbycrafts Blog

"Here is the tutorial of making the box. Supplies you need are one coconut shell (coconut shell i used is little big than normal one), m-seal,kundans, 3d outliners, black color, 2 plastic lids one large and one small, sand paper, 1st smooth the coconut shell with sand paper then attach the plastic lids to the shells large one for the bottom  stand and small one for the top as lid with M-seal".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Matchbox Ring Organizer

Recycle a matchbox into a ring holder

Tutorial at Alternate Creations Blog

"Here's a simple ring organizer you can make with things that you most probably have lying around.  You will need: A large Match box, A Piece of thermocol / foam,  Some Fabric, Rubber bands, Pins,  Glue, Craft knife".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Heart Shaped Hanging Box

Tuck a message or small gift inside

Tutorial at Cards, Crafts, Kids Projects Blog

"Dear friends I am overwhelmed at the response to my heart shaped swinging box..I never imagined you would like it so much!That shabby chic style heart box was not my usual style and my little 6 year old critique even told me "how dull it looks"!  So to oblige my little daughter,for my GD for ICR ,made a more "kiddy style" swinging heart shaped box".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Felt Box

No hemming or ironing necessary

Felt Box Tutorial at Oomanoot Blog

"Storage. Storage. Storage. Storage.  I think that if you’re a crafter, you can never have enough of it. There’s always more yarn to buy, a bag of fiberfill you can’t find room for, or scrap fabrics you know you will need some day.  I was almost done organizing my craft space (it’s always a WIP, but almost done this stage), I was only missing a few boxes to store said fabric and yarn in. What I really wanted were folding boxes, the type they have at Target – but there is no Target here, and IKEA didn’t have the right shape and color for what I wanted. I did not want to make them, and I put in a lot of effort trying to find ready made ones but couldn’t. So, I was left with no choice but to make them myself".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Fabric Box

Tutorial shows how to make a French seam

Tutorial at Sew There I Was Blog

"I'm madly making mug rugs with my scrap fabric. One square didn't turn out, so I decided to make a fabric box out of it. The box is made with French seams, omitting inside folds at the corners. The seam is on the outside because I thought it squared up the box better".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Map Covered Box

Using a vintage map makes this box even more special

Map Box Tutorial at Miss P Blog

"Still on a bit of an organizing kick here (since I can do no sewing right now) and some of the things I have never really had a specific place for are things like passports, leftover currency, travel adaptors and the like. Every time I need to lay my hands on things like that, I can never remember where I put them last. In the proverbial "safe" place of course! Trouble is, I can never remember what that safe place is so I decided to make a "travel" specific storage solution to corale all of those bits together in one place and  put pay to the last minute, panicked passport hunt that precedes most of our foreign trips".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Secret Jewelry Box

Recycle an old book into a jewelry hideaway

Jewelry Box Tutorial at Make it Easy Crafts Blog

"When is a book not a book?  When it’s a box of course. Find an old book, add a few supplies and when you are done you will have a jewelry box where you can store all your secret or not so secret items".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Fabric Heart Box

Heart box measures 10'' x 11''

Heart Box Tutorial at Geta's Quilting Studio Blog

"You probably noticed my addiction for boxes! I made new heart boxes. And I thought about other box lovers and I made a tutorial too.  Let's make some heart boxes"... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Steampunk Style Box

Add clock rub-ons and stamps

Box Tutorial at Crafting by Dominique Blog

"I keep floating more and more away from cutting out pieces of tissue and gluing them down. With each project I very rarely have a finished look in my head, or even if I do, I alter the concept, the colour scheme, etc. It was no different with this little box. Initially, I imagined a steampunk like piece of collage luring from underneath the glass with a few metal gear elements on top of the lid. The collage was created… and then never printed out. Btw, I love browsing the web for exciting vintage and quirky looking images, but once saved, they all end up on a ‘perhaps’ list".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Memory Box

This Mom made a keepsake for her daughter heading off to college

Memory Box Tutorial at Crafty Staci Blog

"I’ve mentioned this before, and you will hear about it again because it’s the BIG THING in our house right now:  our only daughter (and oldest child) is leaving home in September to go away to college.  Fortunately for us, “away” is only a couple of hours from here, but the thought of not hearing her bounce through the house every day is still heavy. Before I break down (again), I want to show you what I made for her as a graduation gift.  It’s a box to keep in her dorm room where she can put a few things that remind her of home".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Chocolate Box

Make these from double sided scrapbook paper

Chocolate Box Tutorial at A Spoonful of Sugar Blog

"A lovely reader, 12 year old Thea, has turned our hand drawn sketch into a template for you to download. (Thea and her friend are very enterprising girls who do odd jobs to raise money for their favourite charities - you can read all about them on their website Shiny Clean). Thanks so much Thea".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Fabric Covered Box

Adding dividers is a nice touch

Fabric Covered Box Tutorial at Oop-Lah Blog

"First decide on the size of of your box: width, depth, height. Then measure and draw out the lines on cardboard. You will need: 2  pieces for the lid and base (width by depth) 2 pieces for front and back (width by height) 2 pieces for sides (height by depth (depth minus 0.5 cm) ".... Read more