Hubby's Valentine Day Tot or Shooter Box

Benetta
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Hubby's Valentine Day Tot or Shooter Box - closed gift box Here is a cute little alcoholic shooter or tot box for your hubby on Valentine's Day. Made from a recycled lasagna box, this box is sure to steal his heart.

Total Time: 20 minutes

Yield: one gift box

Supplies:

a suitable empty box ~ in this case, an empty Orgran lasagne box was used
A4 sized piece of suitable gift wrap
9 x 9 in soft black linen material
two pieces of black-with-white-polka-dots grosgrain ribbon, each piece 1.4" long
small alcoholic shooter bottle
black felt-tip pen
quick-drying craft glue (such as Bostik Clear)
4.4 in wide heart-shaped cookie cutter
standard scissors
blue ballpoint pen
ruler

Steps:

Cut off the top and bottom flaps of the lasagne box, and then cut the box open along the side panels.
Place the cookie cutter on the front panel and trace around it. Trace a second heart on to the front panel and then cut out both hearts. Glue the two hearts on top of each other to make a sturdy base for the gift box.

Hubby's Valentine Day Tot or Shooter Box - trace and cut out two heart shapes and glue together for the base of the box

Cut two strips from the side panels, each with a width of 2.3". Note: The length of the two strips together should fit around the heart base, and have a little extra to overlap with each other. Draw a line 1.6" from the side of each strip. Cut indents - about 0.3" apart - into each strip, cutting up to the line drawn at 1.6", and then cut each indent at a slight angle. Bend each cardstock flap between the indents at an angle of 90 degrees.

Hubby's Valentine Day Tot or Shooter Box - draw a line on the sides of the box to make strips for the heart shaped box

Hubby's Valentine Day Tot or Shooter Box - cut slits

Hubby's Valentine Day Tot or Shooter Box - notch slits

Glue the side panels around the heart base, gluing the flaps to the base of the gift box, and making sure that the two side panels are glued together where they overlap. You may need to cut off one or two flaps to ensure a neat fitting where they overlap.

Hubby's Valentine Day Tot or Shooter Box - glue side strips to base with notches on base

Hubby's Valentine Day Tot or Shooter Box - glue both strips

Hubby's Valentine Day Tot or Shooter Box - glue overlap

Hubby's Valentine Day Tot or Shooter Box - flaps may need to be cut off to ensure good fit at overlap

Hubby's Valentine Day Tot or Shooter Box - box sides complete

Cut strips from the gift wrap and glue them to the side panels of the gift box. Neatly cut off any gift wrap protruding from the edges.

Hubby's Valentine Day Tot or Shooter Box - cover sides with gift wrap

Add glue to the inside and bottom of the gift box. Drape and cover the inside of the gift box with the black linen.

Hubby's Valentine Day Tot or Shooter Box - apply glue to the inside of the box and glue linen in place

Now make the lid:
Trace and cut one heart from the back panel of the lasagne box. Trace a second heart on to the remainder of the lasagne box, but trace one that is slightly bigger than the first, and cut it out. Cover the back of the bigger heart, as well as the front of the smaller heart, with gift wrap. Glue the smaller heart on to the bigger heart. Color the area around the smaller heart with the black felt-tip pen.