How to Make a Decorative Bakery Box (with Hallmark Magazine)
Homemade cookies are a terrific gift. With a simple bakery box and some ribbon, the package will be as pretty as the contents.
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You Will Need
- A bakery box
- Scissors
- A ruler
- A pen
- A hole punch
- Four 16-inch long pieces of ribbon
- Two sheets of tissue paper
- Delicious homemade cookies
- Wrapping paper
Steps
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Step 1
Flatten box
Open the box, remove the four tabs from the notches on the sides, and flatten.
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Step 2
Cut off tabs
Cut off the tabs.
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Step 3
Mark holes
Mark spots for holes on the edge of each flap, spaced evenly apart. Punch the holes.
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Step 4
Lace ribbon through
Feed one piece of ribbon out through one of the bottom holes and back in through the other. Finish lacing the ribbon like you would a pair of shoes, and tie at the top in a bow.
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Step 5
Repeat
Repeat on the remaining three corners.
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To make the box even more decorative, cut a piece of wrapping paper to line the inside bottom of your box.
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Step 6
Add tissue paper
Line the bottom and sides of the box with a sheet or two of tissue paper.
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Step 7
Add the cookies
Place the cookies in the box. Put the most delicate ones on top.
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Step 8
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It is believed that the Austrian kipfel cookie later became the croissant when Marie Antoinette introduced it to France.
