DIY Flower Paper Box Favors
These paper flower boxes with cardstock lace decorations are so easy to make! They make great favor boxes for spring birthdays, Easter, tea parties, and more!
Paper boxes are so fun to make! There are tons of ready-to-cut images in Cricut Design Space that you can easily customize for any occasion.
I added a simple lace cardstock border around these flower boxes which makes them look so sweet and delicate!
The bright spring and summer colors make these perfect for Easter, Mother’s Day, spring weddings, tea parties, and more. Use them as favor boxes, treat boxes to gift a friend, or table settings.
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What you need to make spring favor boxes
- 12×12 inch cardstock: I used a combination of Cricut cardstock and Recollections cardstock from Michaels
- glue: this is my favorite papercrafting glue (and you’ll definitely want the fine point tip for these boxes)
- Cricut machine: I recommend the Explore 3 or Maker 3 for this project (but any Explore or Maker machine will work)
- LightGrip mat and fine-point blade
- scoring stylus or scoring wheel (scoring wheel is only for Maker machines)
- Cricut Access subscription: The box image and flower border image both require an Access subscription. See all the reasons why I LOVE my Access subscription. If you don’t have Access, you can look for free images to substitute or upload your own.
- brayer tool and tweezers
Can you make these boxes smaller or larger?
Yes! You can adjust the size of the box in Design Space prior to cutting if you want to make smaller or larger boxes. However, I don’t recommend cutting the lace border any smaller than it already is, so either skip it when making smaller boxes or replace it with a different image/decoration.
My boxes are about 2.75 inches in size once assembled, which is the maximum size using 12×12 inch cardstock.
If you want to use 12×24 inch cardstock, the maximum assembled size will be about 3.4 inches (resize the box height to 11.5 inches).
If you still want to use the lace border pieces, you’ll want to resize them at the same time as the box. Select all and click Align–Center. Then drag the bounding box or type in the new dimensions in the top toolbar.
Can you make these boxes with the Cricut Joy Xtra?
You can…but it’s not quite as easy since the Joy Xtra can’t score. You’d need to hide or remove the score lines in Design Space prior to cutting. Then score by hand with the scoring stylus using a ruler or the indents in a paper trimmer (this is how I would do it, anyway). It probably won’t be quite as precise, but it’s doable.
The maximum assembled size with the Joy Xtra will be about 2.5 inches (resize the box height to 8.25 inches).
How to make lace flower gift boxes
Customize in Design Space
Open my Lace Flower Box Favors project in Cricut Design Space.
Make any edits that you want: you can adjust colors, resize as mentioned above, or add additional embellishments from the image library.
Cut from cardstock
Click Make. Choose On Mat, For any material and click Confirm.
On the next screen, adjust pieces as needed to fit your material (if you’re using scraps instead of a full sheet for the lace border pieces). Click Continue.
Set your base material to Medium Cardstock or Cardstock (for intricate cuts) for the lace pieces.
Load your mat with cardstock. I like to roll over it with my brayer to make sure it’s adhered well (important when doing intricate cuts).
Load your scoring tool into your machine and follow the Design Space prompts to score and cut your material.
Remove materials from the cutting mat carefully: I like to flip the mat over and fold the mat away from the material, keeping the material flat against my table to keep it from curling.
You can use tweezers or a spatula to lift the lace border pieces away from the mat (go slowly to avoid tearing as they are very delicate!).
Assemble the boxes
Fold the box piece on all the score lines.
Next, glue the lace border pieces to the sides–these pieces are super delicate, so you will definitely want a glue bottle with a fine tip. Tweezers are also handy for holding the pieces while gluing.
Finish assembling the box by gluing the flaps to the box sides. Start with the bottom flaps, then glue the side (you’ll be gluing two flaps at once).
The top of the box folds together with interlocking flaps to keep it closed. Open and close carefully so you don’t tear the cardstock.
And you’re ready to use your box! Fill it however you like: paper shred, Easter grass, or tissue paper makes a good filler, then top with some small treats or candy!
How to make flower favor boxes
These boxes are simple but make the perfect little favor or gift for spring and summer.
Happy crafting!
