The other day I stumbled upon this great tutorial (and free template) from Curbly for a very simple gift box, and I made these out of card stock.
Immediately, when I saw these with the way the little tabs stick up, they reminded me of little animals. So I decided to turn a couple of them into a dog and a cat.
I used the scraps of card stock leftover from the template to cut out little arms and tails for the dog and cat. I attached everything with a glue stick. I added little eyes, paper noses, and details with an ultra fine sharpie. You could have fun and decorate these boxes as almost any animal. They are such a fun way to give a small gift, gift card, or party favor to kids, or grown-up animal lovers like me.
How to make the ears and tongue:
When cutting out the template for the cat and dog boxes, I drew new lines over the tabs (make them longer, NOT wider), in the shape of dog and cat ears. I used red washi tape for the insides of the ears and for the dog’s tongue. These gift boxes are also reusable.
These are adorable. I shared a link to them on my facebook page:
facebook.com/ArtisanGiftWrapping
I can't get over how you took that simple design and turned it into an extra special gift box! BRAVO!
How cute are those? I love it!
Your gift boxes are adorable BUT the way you have them posed is even cuter.
They look so cute!
Aaaawwwww! Nice idea and super cute.
Very fun, Rachel!
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These are so cute. Thanks for sharing.
I'm pinning, hope that's ok.
These are sooo cute!
These are great. Cute!
Lol- what a fun way to spruce up some average boxes! The cat one is just too cute. My sister is SUPER into cats so I might have to pull this one out. =D I know you've linked up before- if you have the time, I'd love for you to share on Sweet Sharing Monday! http://saynotsweetanne.com/2012/sweet-sharing-monday-4/
What a cute way to give a gift!!! I've pinned this already! Thanks so much. Linda
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We loved these cute boxes! We have shared your brilliant gift boxes in our teachers gift tutorial over on our brand new blog (only made public today!)http://papermilldirect.co.uk/community/easy-teachers-thank-you-gifts
What an adorable idea for boxes. Thank you for sharing! You are so talented! I pinned so all my friends could enjoy. Thanks again!
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Amazing Idea!!!
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really love your boxes, I recently made one for my boyfriend. I made it a black cat, and inside I stuck spring up "fireworks" and "balloons". Turned out great!! Thanks so much for the inspiration! 🙂 x
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What a great idea.
ButI can not find the template for the cat box on: http://www.curbly.com/
Who can help me with this.
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Where is the template for the dog one?
i HAVE A DOGGIE PARTY TO ATTEND SATURDAY SO I THOUGHT A LITTLE DOG GIFT BOX WOULD BE PERFECT , HOWEVER, I CAN NOY FIND A TEMPLATE FOR IT!
Thanks for letting me know! I just went through and checked and the original template from Curbly was removed at some point. I’ll try to create a new template, but it may take me a little while. Also a doggie gift box would be so cute for a dog party! Thanks again for letting me know and sorry for the inconvenience!