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attempting a cake card box?

Teamhurldon Posted:

attempting a cake card box?

I'm thinking of heading to Michaels to attempt this on my own rather than spending 70+ for one on ebay.... has anyone done this yet? is it difficult? should i just buy the damned thing? LOL

PeteysBride Posted:

Re: attempting a cake card box?

Hmm as someone who did a lot of dIYs I will say that although they add uniqness to your wedding, some items are not that much less expensive than if you purchased them. I would take a pic with me of one that you like and then price out the materials at Michaels. If you are not very crafty, and you MUST have that cake card bosx, just buy it because the stress will make you cry, scream and generalyl have a stress fit and you dont need ANYMORE stress than necessary!

PeteysBride Posted:

Re: attempting a cake card box?

If you do want to make it, i found some directions online for standard ones I am sure you could adapt. Good luck!

Instructions #1:
Instructions
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Steps
1Step OneGet two round hat boxes in different sizes. Make sure the smaller one is at least 9 inches wide.
2Step TwoCenter the smaller box on the lid of the larger one and trace around it with a felt-tipped pen.
3Step ThreeCut a hole slightly smaller than the one you drew. You will be setting the small box on top of the hole and don't want it to fall through.
4Step FourCut the bottom out of the small box, creating a wide tube.
5Step FiveGlue this tube to the larger lid. The boxes with their lids on will look like a two-tiered cake.
6Step SixCut a wide slit in the small lid, big enough to accommodate a greeting card.
7Step SevenSpray paint the boxes and lids eggshell white. Use several light coats. Remember, the boxes are made of cardboard and will warp if they get too wet.
8Step EightLet the paint dry completely and spray on a coat of clear matte finish.
9Step NineUse silk or real flowers, pearls and lace to decorate your 'cake.'
10Step TenTop the cake with a plastic bride and groom.
Tips & Warnings
If you're ambitious, cover the boxes and lids with white satin attached with spray glue. If you get bubbles under the satin, roll them out with a wallpaper roller.

INSTRUCTIONS #2
Supplies needed:

*2 round hat boxes. I found this set of 5 boxes at Joann Fabrics. (It was priced at $20 but I used a 40% off coupon so I ended up getting 5 round hat boxes for $12). I used these two sizes for my project: 12.5” diameter x 7” (with the lid) and 8.5” diameter x 5” (no lid).


plain hat boxes


*exacto knife and metal ruler

*1 yard material - I picked out white material with silver specks in it.

*pencil

*scissors

*Tacky glue (or fabric glue) and foam brush or a popsicle stick

*package of pearl bead strands

*hot glue gun

*White satin ribbon

*silk flowers (the ones I used was ones our florist had left over from doing Jessica’s flowers and she sold them to us really cheap).

1. We will work with the large box first. Turn the box over so the bottom is facing up. Take smaller box and position it in the center of the bottom of the large box. Trace around it with the pencil Remove small box and with exacto knife, cut on the large box bottom 1” inside the pencil line. This hole will allow cards to fall down into the large box. It will be covered with the smaller box so the cut doesn’t have to be perfect or exact. Just make sure you don’t cut the hole larger than your small box.

2. Now get the smaller box, flip it over and in the bottom of it, mark and cut out a section measuring approximately ¾” x 7”. (this is where the cards will be dropped into the cake).

3. Spread out your material and using the boxes as your template, trace around them with your pencil and cut with scissors. You will need one round piece for the top of each box. Working with one box at a time, apply tacky glue to the flat sections of the boxes and adhere the fabrics to them. Once both are done and dried, with you scissors, carefully slice the material where the holes are. I glued the fabric of the card slot to the inside so the box didn’t show.

4. measure, mark and cut fabric to the height of each box. Spread glue and adhere the fabric to the sides of both boxes. Allow to dry completely.

5. Take the large lid and adhere white satin ribbon around it. This lid is actually the BOTTOM of your cake so it’s used upside down. With flat side down and using hot glue gun, glue bead strands to the outer top rim. You need to make sure the box will fit down inside the lid so don’t glue the beads towards the insides. Place large cake inside the cake bottom.

6. Place the small cake on top of the larger cake and hot glue them together.

7. Hot glue bead strands along the edges of both cakes.

8. cut 8-10 bead strands approx 8” long and hot glue them to the bottom cake allowing each one to drape or hang as shown.

9. cut 8-10 bead strands approx 6” long and hot glue them to the top cake allowing each one to drape or hang.

10. arrange silk flowers on the bottom cake and hot glue into place when satisfied with placement.






btw THESE all look fairly easy after reading the directions. the only issue you might have is with gluing fabric down if you decide to use it. that happened to me with ribbons and my unity candles-BIG PAIN! I would just spray paint the boxes then use lace and ribbons and fake flowers to decorate the boxes. JMO. Keep it simple.
melissankurt07 Posted:

Re: attempting a cake card box?

I made mine. It was easy and very cheap compared to buying one already made. I bought 3 different sized hat boxes. My had a design on them but it didn't matter because we covered it with fabric. We used adhesive spray to attach the fabric to the boxes. We trimmed with pearl garland for christmas trees around the edges and fall leaves cascading down the sides. I then just hot glued rhinestones around to add a little to it.


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