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Make Printable Miniature Heart Shaped Boxes in Doll's House Scale

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Assemble the Materials to Make Miniature Heart Shaped Boxes
Parts sheet for printable miniature heart shaped boxes in several scales

Heart shaped box parts in mix and match colors in scales from 1:24 to 1:6 or party favor size.

Photo ©2008 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.

To make printable miniature heart shaped boxes you will need:

  • A computer printer
  • A letter sized sheet of photo paper, lightweight card, or good quality printer paper and some thin card to glue it to.
  • White (PVA) glue
  • Sharp Fine Pointed Scissors curved and straight
  • Straight Edge for scoring the box side tabs
  • Paper embossing tool or a rounded toothpick or other implement to press the glued tabs in place
  • Optional – lining paper for interiors if you wish.

Printing the Box Parts

Begin by printing the Adobe Acrobat (pdf ) file for the Heart Shaped Box Parts. This file will print the parts for four boxes in 1:24 scale, four boxes in 1:12 scale and two boxes in 1:6 (fashion doll) scale which can also be made into favor boxes to hold candies, chocolates or small presents.

The favor boxes are approximately 1 ½ inches square by ¾ of an inch tall. The dollhouse boxes represent ten inch heart shaped boxes in each scale. All boxes can be made with separable lids and the colors and patterns can be changed to make red, gold, silver, white or pink boxes.

Favor Box Size Only- The boxes are also available as pdf files for favor boxes only (each page makes five)

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