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How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker

November 21, 2019 By: Katie2 Comments

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Create a sealable Treat Box using the Perforation Blade and the Cricut Maker! An easy DIY Gift Box Tutorial great for any celebration!

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

Have you seen the new tools that Cricut has come out with to use with the Cricut Maker? I can’t believe everything they can do!

Before we get into the project let me show you what they are because we will be using some of them on our project!

New Cricut Maker Tools

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

Basic Perforation Blade Tip – Creates a perforated line that easily tears away. Perfect for tear-out booklet pages, raffle tickets, homemade journals, or for any project that demands a neat tear. 

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

Wavy Blade Tip – Add a wavy decorative edge to any design. Great for vinyl decals, iron-on designs, envelopes, cards, gift tags, collage projects, or any time you need fabulously finished edges!

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

Fine Debossing Tip – Step up your paper crafting game with debossing! The rolling debossing ball inside this tip provides detail in your designs that you haven’t been able to provide before. Creates a stunning effect on foil cardstock, coated paper, shimmer and glitter paper, basswood, and much more

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

Engraving Tip – Get professional results when engraving on Cricut Metal Sheets or anodized aluminum to reveal the silver beneath.  Create monograms, draw decorative flourishes and embellishments or inscribe your favorite quotes on a keepsake.

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

QuickSwap Housing – All of these tips require this housing. You can easily swap out the different tip to create a project and they store easily in your Cricut Maker!

Don’t you want them all? They each do such a specific task, and I can think of so many projects for each tip! You will be seeing lots of fun projects coming up!!

For the time being, let’s get to this tutorial where I use the Perforation Blade and the Debossing Tip.

Supplies Used to Make DIY Treat Boxes

Some links may be too similar items when exact items couldn’t be found online.

  • Cricut Maker
  • DIY Treat Box – Cricut Design Space
  • Perforation Blade
  • Debossing Tip
  • Double Scoring Wheel with Housing
  • StandardGrip Mat
  • Metallic Posterboard
  • Spatula Tool
  • Double-Sided Tape
  • Favorite Candy

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How to Make a DIY Treat Box with your Cricut Maker

The cut file for this project is completely ready to go! Simply click here and you will be taken to Cricut Design Space. This treat box says Happy Birthday but you can detach the design and change out the sentiment. Just make sure to attach the new sentiment before you begin cutting.

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

You can also resize the box by highlighting the complete file and dragging out to the desired size.

Once you are ready to cut, click Make It and follow the prompts on Cricut Design Space.

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

Since you are using several different blades, Design Space will tell you exactly when to place the different blades into the machine.

Be very careful when removing the cutouts from the mat. You don’t want the perforated lines to tear away prematurely. I found the spatula tool super helpful to get under the design without tearing the perforated pieces off.

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

Now the pieces are ready to be folded and assembled.

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

Assembling your DIY Treat Box

Fold the box pieces along the score lines. A bone folder can be helpful in getting a nice crisp fold, or you can just use your fingers.

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

When folding the tabs you will want to prepare your pull tab for the perforated strip. Looking at the lid of the box with the sentiment right side up, chose the tab that is to the bottom left of the design. Carefully tear the tab away from just the folding tab of the box.

On the tabs of the treat box, apply a strip of double-sided tape. Make sure not to apply the tape to the pull tab of the box.

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

Assemble the lid of the treat box by tucking those tabs in and creating corners for the box lid.

Repeat for the lower part of the box, although you won’t have a perforated strip on this box.

Before assembly, apply another strip on the outside square of the base of the box. This is where the lid is going to adhere to the base.

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

Assemble the base of the box the same as the lid.

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

All that is left is to fill your DIY treat box with yummy candy or a small surprise!

I chose truffles – YUM!

Slide the lid of the box onto the base, and then apply pressure around the base of the box. This will glue the top and bottom of the box together creating a seal.

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker
How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

Opening the Treat Box

Didn’t your DIY treat box turn out so cute? I can’t believe I made that!!

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

To open the DIY treat box, gently pull on the tab that is sticking out of the box.

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

Pull the perforated strip away, around the entire box.

Slide the lid off, and voila! Yummy Truffles!!!

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

Aren’t these just the cutest little handmade gift? AND you can make them for any celebration, birthday, baby shower, or wedding.

Want to learn more about the possibilities of Cricut? Click here to purchase your own Cricut Cutting Machine!

How to Make a DIY Treat Box with Cricut Maker, a tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker

What reason do you have to give cute treat boxes? Share and leave a comment below!

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Comments

  1. Janice says

    October 13, 2019 at 9:15 pm

    This is fantastic…thank you so much! Can you please tell me where you find the double-sided tape dispenser.

    Reply
    • Katie says

      October 15, 2019 at 9:16 am

      I get mine on Amazon.com. Here is my affiliate link https://amzn.to/2O7ttbR

      Reply

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