Every year my grandchildren save their Valentine’s Day Candy Boxes to turn into new craft projects the following year. Many of those boxes are too cute to throw away and others can be redecorated into something you like.
The kids like to decorate the windows in the living room and the front door with holiday and seasonal decor. These upcycled candy boxes are a frugal way to add a pop of color and to celebrate Valentine’s Day on the cheap!
You’ll want to remove the plastic trays that keep the candies separated and discard them. Shake out any crumbs…make sure they’re clean inside! If you don’t like the design you can cover it up with pretty scrapbooking paper, cut-outs from greeting cards, gift wrap, stickers, scrapbooking embellishments, etc.
In our photos you’ll see one that we kept the original design and in the other photo we used scrapbooking paper, felt embellishments, and rub-ons to change its look. Use a hole punch to make a hanging hole at the top of each box. You can thread colorful ribbon or clear fishing line through the hole to make a hanging loop. Use a tad of glue to glue to the 2 halves of the box together and let dry for 1-2 hours.
They can be hung up in your windows or onto the front door. You can glue a magnet onto the back of the smaller boxes and use as refrigerator decor. You can use them all sorts of different ways and it keeps them out of the landfill. You’ll need to pick up a pack of little suction cups at the Dollar General Store or a pack of Command Performance Hooks. I personally like the clear Command Performance Hooks!
To go along with them you may be interested in making our Conversation Hearts Refrigerator Magnets that we featured on the blog last year. The grandkids had a great time making those cuties too!
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I do love the idea of saving and converting Valentine’s Day boxes. They are so pretty that it is a shame to throw them out.
I so love this craft idea and we are so going to do this one. I always hate to throw away the cute Valentine’s Day boxes and now we don’t have to.