Here's a great project when you want to surprise someone with a sweet treat -- in this case a full size Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar that's been wrapped in the pretty First Edition newsprint style Designer Paper from Stampin' Up and then hidden inside a card stock "tube" to be revealed when the recipient pulls the ribbon.
Here are dimensions and scoring instructions to make the candy bar sleeve (and at the end I'll post measurements that I use when I do not wrap the candy bar.):
6” by 6” Marina Mist Card Stock (stamp it as you like, I used Marina Mist ink and the Nature's Walk stamp set for a tone-on-tone look. The label was made with the Four Frames set and the words came from Teeny Tiny Wishes -- a must-have word set!)
Test the square’s “grain” and score along the side that bends easiest for neater folds. (So the most “bendable” direction is horizontal in the Fiskars Trimmer or your scoring tool.)
Score at 2 ½” — 2 ¾” — 5 ¼” AND 5 ½” from one end.
** The wide panel closest to the ½” side flap is the front. Punch a little down from the top of this front flap with the Word Window Punch BEFORE assembly & with the wrapper open flat. This will create the slot that you will thread your ribbon through later.
I wrapped my candy bar in a piece of the newsprint paper that was 6 inches wide and 6 1/2" tall. I needed that extra 1/2" to be able to tape the ends closed with SNAIL adhesive and then I crimped them a couple of turns in the Paper Crimper to give it a finished look.
Seal the card stock sleeve closed using Sticky Strip or the liquid Tombow Glue. Cut a piece of wide ribbon 16 ½” long. Here's a look at the candy bar pulled up so you can see how the ribbon is wrapped around the bottom of the candy bar, which is then slid down into the sleeve.
You'll be threading just the ribbon on the front of the candy bar through that Word Window slot that you punched on just the front panel. When it gets to the bottom it stops and it's easy to slide the candy bar out of the ribbon. (I've also attached a Gift Card to the candy bar before so that surprise pops up when you pull the ribbon.) I just tied linen thread around my ribbon tops -- and you want to tie it close to the top of the candy bar so it holds it in. This was a nice way to keep it "manly looking" since this one was a Father's Day theme.
And here is a look from the back so you can see that there is NO slot there, just in the front.
Here are those adjusted measurements to make the sleeve a little smaller when you use a candy bar just in its wrapper without the added bulk of the designer paper wrap: Use a 5 ½" wide by 6” card stock square and score at: 2 ¼” — 2 ½” — 4 ¾” AND 5”
These are so much fun to make and like I said before, stick a gift card onto the candy bar with a couple of mini glue dots and it's really a treat!
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