Pencil box Cookie Box Craft

Get Ready . . . One empty Girl Scout cookie box (TIP: It works best if the top tear strip has not been pulled. Open box at bottom, instead) Markers Glue Scissors Paper Hole Punch Hair Elastic Brads (traditional or decorative) Clear packing tape Colorful electrical tape or Repair tape Get Set . . . Open the cookie box at the bottom. Do NOT open the top!! Empty the contents of the box

  

Go . . . Cover the top of the box with clear packing tape to reinforce it. From the bottom, with the box on its side (wide side up) cut the two short ends and only ONE long end, to create the lid to your pencil box.(refer to above picture) When you cut the short end at the bottom, one of the flaps will fall off – save it for later. Now take the remaining three opened tabs that you opened (at the bottom) and fold them back into their original/natural positions, (like they were before you opened it). Take the flap that was cut off and put it back in place. Use the tape to cover the bottom of the box and hold it all in place You should now have a “closed” box with only one opening flap on the biggest/widest side of the cookie box (see photo above) Cover the cut edges of the cookie box with colorful electrical tape. Punch a hole at the center of the lid, near the front edge Insert a hair elastic through the hole. Then pull one loop through the other and pull tight, per photo Close the box and mark a dot where the bottom of the loop falls Insert a brad at the dot. Secure back of brad with tape. Pull elastic over brad to close. Cut a piece of paper to fit the inside of the box lid. Suggest to girls that they write cookie goals, or selling techniques, or simply decorate with cookie art. Glue inside lid. Optional: Cover box in clear packing tape, for a more durable, finished looking box

This easy to make “trinket box” is just the item to make for customer appreciation gifts. Or what about encouraging girls to give it as a thank-you to a special adult in their life, like a grandparent, aunt, or their parents? It makes a great Mothers Day gift too!

Get Ready . . . One empty Thank U Berry Munch Girl Scout cookie box White electrical tape and Repair tape Velcro reclosable fasteners (adhesive backed) Scissors Sharpie or marker Ruler.