sturdy round gift box

These gift boxes are surprisingly easy to make.  I got the idea and instructions from Youtube. Unfortunately I cannot remember the ladies name  or what she called these balls.

However I can remember the measurements she gave made the smaller red ball. I was a little disappointed that I couldn't get very much  in the gift box when finished. So I scaled it up a bit for the green ball. Again I felt this was still too small. I could probably get a  tightly rolled up pair of  men's socks  in  the green ball and  a small piece of jewellery in the red one. So I scaled it up again to make the blue one. Now this size would probably be a good size to fill with  individually wrapped  sweets or chocolates.

But I wanted it bigger still. So I scaled it up again. This time each face measured 2 inches square.  

 This gave me a much bigger ball, in which I could fit 5 or 6 bags of sweets and several lollipops. 

This large size uses a 12x12  sheet of card. 300gsm makes for a nice sturdy box.

Unfortunately I didn't have time to get a photograph the large one before giving it away.

 

Gift box ideas

Yes I know ........ You're thinking I have gone mad. but this is a post for my lovely up and coming crafters. Some months ago now, I spent ages trawling the internet looking for a template for a box to fit a gift I had purchased.
I couldn't find one that was just right and I really wasn't in the mood to sit and design one.
So I started searching through my kitchen cupboards and found a range of boxes that could be used as templates for gift boxes.
Anyway, I did find the box that was absolutely perfect.... It contained Stan's bottle of liquid pain killer, prescribed by the vet after Stan had an encounter with a vicious squirrel . Well Stan didn't need the box .... but I did........ it is now the template I use for boxes for small bottles of bubble bath.
Another box or should I say tube, I have used for a gift box is the Pringles tube.......the Stampin round wheels fit in them perfectly. I had bought several for my sister for her birthday. The tube looked great once I had washed it out, decorated it and added a cord handle.
Small bottles of wine will fit into them too.