Wedding gift card box

Wedding cake card box.

Wedding cake card box

When thinking up bridal crafts, don't leave out the gift table. Here is the recipe for a picture-perfect faux wedding cake that is created simply by stacking a set of hatboxes.

This idea comes from The Artful Bride (Rockport Publishers, $22).

Supplies

* 3 papier-mache hat boxes in graduated sizes (8 inches, 11 inches and 14 inches in diameter).

* 9 sheets of 20-by-30-inch decorative paper in three patterns, three sheets for each box.

* Spray adhesive.

* Craft knife.

* Foam or silk flowers.

* Sequins, rhinestones and/or trim.

* Bride and groom topper.

* 10-inch piece of netting or tulle.

* Hot glue.

Directions

Remove lids from the 8-inch and 11-inch boxes (these will not be used in the final project). Choose a pattern of paper for each box. Working with one box at a time, add a coat of spray adhesive to the bottom and outside and apply paper. Smooth out any bubbles with fingertips. You now have the three cake tiers.

Take the lid to the 14-inch box and make a slit 11/4 inches from the edge with the craft knife. Make it long enough across the length of the lid so cards can easily fit through.

Use spray adhesive and paper to cover the lid and use the craft knife to cut through to the slit.

On all the boxes, cover up where paper edges meet by adding trim, flowers or rows of rhinestones.

Turn the top two tiers over. Hot glue the 8-inch box to the center of the 11-inch box, then glue that box to the lid of the 14-inch box.

Place the tiered lid on the 14-inch box. It will look like a round- tiered wedding cake.

Hot glue the bride-and-groom topper to the top of the cake and affix the tulle to their heads so that it drapes down over the back of the cake.

Place your new wedding cake card box on the gift table so guests can insert cards.

TIPS AND VARIATIONS. Use fabric, wrapping paper or paint instead of paper to match your wedding colors.

Gannett News Service