Sweet Love or Love Sweets?

Chocolates. We thought we can still make that box of chocolate speak more clearly and send that message of LOVE. We don't just place that message on the box or packaging. But we place it on the chocolate bar itself!

For the food craft you will need...

1. Wilton silicon candy mold (valentine message)

2. Milk Chocolate and Dark chocolate (1 bar each of 100g or 120g)

3. microwave

First clean and dry your silicon mold. Break your chocolates into small square pieces. We like that hand crafted look of how these chocolates turned out. Spots of milk and dark chocolate swirls left to form. Place all the broken chocolate on your silicon mat. Make sure to mix them up and fill the silicon just up to the rim. Set the microwave power level to half the power and zap the chocolates in the silicon mat for 30 secs. You will notice some of the chocolates may have not melt. You can use a spatula to mix the chocolate a bit careful not to break the swirls formed by the melting chocolates. If you find some chocolates that are still hard. Put the silicon mold with the chocolates back inside the microwave and zap it for another 30 secs. We did this in 3 zaps. Note that different chocolates melt faster. Chocolate chips and candy melt melt so much faster.

To set the chocolate place the silicon mold in the fridge and let is chill for 30 mins before you un-mold the chocolates.

There you go a Message of Love molded in Chocolate Bars.

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Find Your Love: Love for Sugar or Love for Coffee?

How about pairing a box of sweet treats and a tag of a sweet pickup line? Well, that’s going to be a sweet, sweet, love.

Supplies Needed:
Cardstock Paper
Transparent Film / Acetate - Some notebooks have hard transparent film in front
Ribbon / Thread
Gift Tag
Glue/Double-sided Adhesive Tape
Cutter / Scissors

Instructions:
1. Download the template, and follow the guide for cutting and folding.
2. Stick the transparent film to the hole you made.
3. Glue/tape the flaps to make a closing.

Lastly, tie a ribbon/thread and a tag with a sweet phrase related to your gift. You can see a full list of phrases here.

You can also add decorations if you want to. For our pink box, we used a diecut border.

Heartstrings: Sew A Bag of Chocolates!

It’s the first day of February and we can already feel love in the air. Here’s a simple crafting idea for those who love giving gifts on Valentine’s Day - a cute bag to catch chocolates inside.

Supplies Needed:
1. Paper - Preferably a cardstock paper
2. Hole puncher
3. Scissors / Cutter
4. Thick String / Yarn
5. Transparent film for the window / plastic for the chocolates

Instructions:
1. Download the template here (Flower | Heart), and follow the guides for cutting and punching.
2. If you’re making a window, make sure it has a transparent film or wrap your gift in a plastic.
3. Sew a thread through the holes.
4. Use the extra thread to tie a tag or make a handle.