Soap Favor Boxes by Erin

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Part of my graphic design training was creating package design, and making custom box dies was always one of my favorite tasks! It requires you to see a three dimensional object deconstructed into two dimensions and I think it is a fun brain exercise. I bought an eyelet setter a while ago and one of my first thoughts was how to make a soap box that could be tied together without the use of glue. This is one of my simple designs for a 2 inch by 3 inch by 1 inch bar of soap. The eyelets make clean holes to lace ribbon, and add a nice finished design element to the box. You can download the template for this box here and follow the simple instructions to put it together! ~Erin Pikor

Materials:

• Letter size (8.5 inch by 11 inch) piece of thick paper or cardstock

• Instant eyelet setter with 1/16th inch hole punch and 1/16th inch eyelet setter attachments

• Setting Mat or Cutting Board

• 1/8 inch Quicklets™ Eyelets in color of your choice

• 18 inches of Ribbon in color of your choice

• Scissors

• Rotary trimmer with scoring blade or any scoring blade and a ruler.

• 2 inch by 3 inch by 1 inch bar of soap

Directions:

1) Download the template and print it onto the Letter size sheet of paper. If you are using paper with a design on one side be sure to print the template on the blank side of the paper.

2) Cut out the design on the solid lines and score on the dotted lines. Save the scraps!

3) Punch out the grey circles using the hole punch attachment on your eyelet setter. Be sure to puch the holes over your setting mat or on a cutting board.

4) Insert the eyelets through the punched holes on the reverse side of your paper – that is the side that does not have the printed template.

5) Set your eyelets with the eyelet setter attachment. Again, do this over the setting mat or cutting board.

6) String your ribbon through the eyelets weaving in and out like a simple sewing stitch. The ribbon should be strung through the box so that it is coming out of the holes on the ends. Also, the ribbon sticking out on each side should be equal lengths so you have ribbon to tie into a bow.

7) Place your soap inside the box and fold the box up around the soap. The flaps should be on the inside of the box. If you want to you can glue the flaps to the inside of the box but it isn’t necessary.

If you want to glue the flaps do it before you place the soap in the box. Let the glue dry completely.

8 ) Tie the ribbon into a bow so that it is taught and you are done! Add a tag to describing the soap or the event if you are making them as favors!

Here is an example of some other boxes using the same template. I printed on the boxes and in the second box, left out some of the punched holes for more room on the front for printing text or to apply a label.

You can wrap small guest size soaps with the scraps or use them to punch out tags.