DIY Rainbow Treat Boxes
Create these colorful rainbow treat boxes! Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day, birthday parties or any day of the year! Fill with sweet treats or tiny gifts. Free printable and cut file!
Hello Crafty Friends! Today I have a new tutorial for making these cute Rainbow Treat Boxes – perfect for St. Patrick’s Day, rainbow-themed parties or really any time of year. I filled my boxes with Skittles, gold coins and shamrock rings and they made the best little favor boxes for St. Patrick’s Day!
These boxes come together quickly using a cutting machine. After cutting the box out of white cardstock, simply slip the free printable rainbow underneath the lid and the box is ready to be assembled.
DIY St. Patrick’s Day Crafts
I love crafting for this holiday and have some fun DIY projects on my blog!
- St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Wreath
- Shamrock Pillow Boxes – Free Printables
- St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Box
- DIY Fabric Shamrock Banner
- St. Patrick’s Day Pillow Wreath
DIY Rainbow Treat Box
Supplies Needed:
- Free PDF and SVG Cut Files – Grab the free files by filling out the purple form at the end of this post.
- White cardstock – I use Neenah 110lb white cardstock
- Adhesive – I used 1/4″ Scor-Tape
- Cutting machine
- If making these without a cutting machine you should have these supplies
Step One: Cut out all of the box pieces.
Use the free SVG Cut file to cut out the two box pieces. Make sure to change the score lines (in pink) to score rather than cut and “Attach” them to the correct pieces. To attach them to the correct pieces you’ll need to first “UnGroup” everything. Once they are attached you will be ready to cut! Double check the mats before cutting to make sure the score lines show up as dashed lines on each piece.
Print the free printable rainbow. The rainbow is formatted to fit the box lid perfectly. If you choose to change the size of the white box, you will need to adjust the rainbow as well.
Step Two: Score and fold along the fold lines!
Once all of the pieces are cut and printed, it’s time to assemble the box! Fold along the scored lines of the box. If you have a scoring board and stylus, you can go over the score lines. I like to do this because although my Cricut Explore scores, I find going over it with a stylus makes a deeper and smoother score line. It isn’t necessary though!
Step Three: Adhere the rainbow into place.
Adhere the rainbow printable under the box lid so it shows through the cutouts. I used my double-sided tape, 1/4″ Scor-Tape. Make sure the rainbow cutout stays within the fold lines and peeks through with the color separated.
Step Four: Assemble the boxes using double-sided tape and the tabs.
Adhere little strips of Scor-Tape to each tab on the lid and bottom of the box.
The boxes are finished! This was a fun pattern to create and I love how pretty these boxes turned out. You could fill these with any fun rainbow candy or snack for the perfect treat! I filled my boxes with Skittles candy, chocolate coins and St. Patrick’s Day rings! *Keep in mind the paper you use is most likely not food safe, so wrapped candy and treats may be preferable.
Check out my other fun crafts for St. Patrick’s Day for more holiday ideas!
Get the Free Rainbow Treat Box Files!
Fill out the purple form below with your first name and email address! The free file will be sent straight to your inbox! If you have already filled out the form below, don’t worry – you won’t be added to my list twice! This freebie is for personal use only. I hope you enjoy crafting something special. Please let me know if you have any questions :)
