Birthday Cake Box

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You Will Need (12 things)

Steps (24 steps, 60 minutes)

1. 1

   Print the template and cut out the pieces.

2. 2

   Cut a long rectangle from your cake coloured card stock that is 3 inches wide and 12 inches long.

   Cut the same size rectangle from your icing coloured card stock as well. Then match up the ends of the icing card stock (but do not crease the fold).

3. 3

   Make a cut through both sides of the bent card stock, slightly curved and about an inch long.

4. 4

   Then unbend the card stock and continue cutting from one end of the rectangle to the cut at the other end, making random hilly bumps in between.

5. 5

   Trace the cake box bottom piece onto your cake coloured card stock, and the cake box top onto your icing coloured card stock.

   Before you cut the cake box bottom and top pieces out, use your mechanical pencil (WITHOUT any lead showing) to score along the interior circle on both those piece.

   This means you pull the tip of the pencil along that line, pressing firmly, to make a slight indent into the paper.

   Then cut those pieces out, being sure to cut the little v-shaped tabs out as well.

6. 6

   Now you have all the pieces for your cake bottom (the box bottom) and your cake top (the box lid) cut out.

7. 7

   On the round cake bottom and top pieces, bend the tabs in all the way around the circles.

   This will be very easy to do since you scored that inner circle beforehand.

8. 8

   Apply strong glue to a few of the tabs on the cake bottom piece.

9. 9

   Line up one long edge of the cake coloured rectangle with the base of the folded tabs, and hold into place till it's dry enough to stay on its own AND/OR put some tape over the tabs on the inside to hold it in place while the glue dries.

10. 10

    (Here's what it looks like on the inside.)

    Continue like this all the way around the circle till you get back to where you started.

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    Apply strong glue to the short end of the rectangle, and tuck it underneath the other end of the rectangle, taping it or holding it in place while it dries.

12. 12

    Take the cake box top and flip it wrong side up. Draw evenly spaced 3/8 inch long lines around its edges, one for each candle you intend to make and put on the cake.

    Then make a cut right along each line with an exacto knife.

13. 13

    Now attach the cake box top to the icing coloured rectangle just as you did with the cake box bottom.

14. 14

    Now for the candles! Cut a piece of coloured paper 2 1/2 inches long by 3/4 inches wide for each candle (or just trace the candle shape on the provided template).

    Also, cut a short piece of wire (about 1 1/2 to 2 inches long) for each candle.

15. 15

    Use a ruler and your mechanical pencil to score a line down the middle of each candle piece.

    Fold each piece in half, along that scored line.

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    At one end of each candle piece, cut a 1/4 inch long slit along this middle fold line.

17. 17

    Hold two small pieces of yellow or orange paper together and cut a flame-shaped piece out of them, so that you have two candle flames exactly the same shape.

    Do this once for each candle.

18. 18

    Tape a piece of wire to the middle of one side of the candle piece, and tape a flame piece to the other end of the wire.

    (The slit cut in the candle paper should be at the bottom of the candle.)

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    Apply glue to the flame, overtop of the wire. Place the matching flame shape overtop and press down firmly, holding till it stays in place on its own.

    Apply glue to the inside of the candle, down until you reach the slit cut in the bottom end of the candle. Fold the paper over and hold it in place, or use binder clips or paperclips to hold it in place till the glue dries enough.

20. 20

    Take the little tabs created by that slit cut at the bottom of the candle, and fold them outward.

    Repeat these steps for each candle you wish to make.

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    Take a candle, flatten its bottom folds back together, and slot them through one of those slits you cut in the top of your cake box, from the outside through to the inside.

22. 22

    On the inside of the cake top (the lid), fold the tabs open again, and use a little piece of tape to secure them in place, flat against the underside of the take top.

    Put a candle through each slit in the cake top this way.

23. 23

    Fill the box with goodies, then slide the lid on overtop of the cake bottom!

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    And finally, give to the lucky birthday boy or girl, possibly accompanied by singing.