Shamrock Treat Boxes...reposted

One of my friends said the nurses are having a bake sale at the hospital on St. Patrick's Day. She asked if I could make some things to make her sale extra special.











I suggested these cupcake boxes and treat boxes. I said, a plain cupcake sells for fifty cents, but one in a festive box, 1.50!
I used some St. Patrick's day coordinating paper I have around the craft room ,and mixed the lids and bases for variety. These do require glue and I found some Super Tacky Alen's glue, perfect for getting the box sides to adhere quickly.
The shamrock cut in the top, provides a view of the beautiful cupcake inside.























The next treat box is easy to cut and asemble, as no glue is required. It is held together by the slits on the two ends, through which the box adornment is pushed.

These would be great for a brownie, two cookies, or an assortment of candy.












The Cancer Ribbon makes this a nice thing to decorate your seats at your next meeting and provide a little "thank you" to your workers. Fill this up with something special and they will be grateful to you for the nice gesture.







I almost forgot to include the files:


Shamrock Cupcake Box svg
http://www.mediafire.com/?ryyowwmgt2i
Shamrock Treat Box

shamrock_box.svg

http://www.mediafire.com/?h2zwhnm1onc
Cancer Ribbon Treat Box

Breast_cancer_box.svg
http://www.mediafire.com/?u1mxnijjdmz


Basically you can change that treat box to have any shape as long as it will fit through the slot and lock the box.


UPDATE: AFTER MAKING SOME OF THESE BOXES, I DECIDED IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE AN INSERT WITH A HOLE IN IT THAT WOULD HOLD YOUR CUPCAKE STRAIGHT IN THE BOX. WHEN I MADE IT, AND PUT IT IN THE BOX, IT LOOKED GREAT, BUT I DECIDED THAT THE BOX MIGHT NOT BE BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BAKERY CUPCAKES WITH ALL THEIR ICING ON THE TOP. I'M SURE IT IS FINE FOR THE KIND YOU MAKE AT HOME, WHERE THE MUFFIN TINS SEEM TO BE SMALLER.


I DECIDED IT JUST WASN'T POSSIBLE TO MAKE A BIG ENOUGH BOX OUT OF A SINGLE 12X12 PIECE OF PAPER, SO I SEPARATED THE BOX BASE FROM THE LID AND INSERT. YOU CAN CUT TWO LIDS AND INSERTS FROM A 12X12 PAPER. THIS MAKES THE BOX ABOUT 2.5 INCHES TALL AND 3.5 INCHES SQUARE. THE FIRST FILE I COULD ONLY GET 2 INCHES TALL BY 3 INCHES SQUARE, AND GET IT TO CUT FROM 12X12 SHEET OF PAPER. I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE ROOM TO CUT OUT A CUPCAKE WRAPPER AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CUPCAKE BASE THOUGH.

NEW FILE:(YOU MAY NEED TO FIX FILE NAME, i TRIED BUT MEDIAFIRE WOULDN'T UPLOAD FILE AGAIN)

shamrock_upcake_box. with insert_base_only.svg
http://www.mediafire.com/?hmjodgmzy0t

shamrock_upcake_box. with insert_lid_and_insert.svg

http://www.mediafire.com/?nwnz2jm2qtz

Ballerina Princess Dress Cupcake Toppers..Free svg file

I came across this great idea for a "cupcake" topper on this blog:
http://composinghallelujahs.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-make-paper-dress-cupcake-toppers.html
People are so creative!

She gives a great tutorial on how to make them. You can't cut tissue paper on the cricut, I've tried, so it would still require some hand cutting. I did convert the top of the dress pattern and am including it here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?g0eidlmtwi5

If you have a girls birthday party or wedding shower, I think these cupcakes would be great! Especially, if you use my wedding dress and tuxedo favor boxes!

Please check out the tutorial on composinghallelujahs.blogspot.com.

Then I started looking around on the net, for other types of cupcake toppers. I see a lot that we can make on our cricut.

Here are just a few ideas. I combined some of the nestible shapes I had made earlier to make a frame. Them I used different stencil fonts to add a message and used dingbats to add a picture. Stencil pictures work really nicely(I used ge nautica and ge silhouette teddy). Also you can use any die cut you already have(I wouldn't want to use any with too many pieces!). You can attach them to a lollipop stick, a lollipop, or a popsicle stick so you can stick them in the cupcake. Those are safer than toothpicks, for small children.

The ideas are endless...Make your favorite sports mascot for the men in your life or a super bowl party, your favorite cartoon character, or something to match your paper plates. You can also make a centerpiece by making the same design larger and putting it on longer stick in a flower pot or piece of styrofoam. Don't stop there. Make a string of the cupcake topper designs to make a border or banner.




Here is a link to these samples I made I don't know if you'll want it, but just in case, I'll attach it. The monkey is new.

http://www.mediafire.com/?tzyvzz4dzdw