Candy Bar Favor

Making a candy bar favor that is designed especially for your favourite person is a certain way to impress. You may need to do some stealthy 'research' first to find out what kind of chocolate bar your friend likes, then it's a simple matter of going to the shops to buy a chocolate bar, then you are probably going to be all set to make your favor. More instructions follow below.

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Here's what you will need:

• A chocolate bar - a flattish one works best
  
• Some plain cardstock and some designer (patterned) paper
  
• Embellishments of your choice - I used stamps and ink and punched elements on mine but be as imaginative as you like with this
  
• Some lengths of ribbon
  
• A slot punch
  
• A ruler, a pencil, double-sided tape, scissors, a straight cutter, a bone folder, some deckle-edged scissors and other papercraft tools of choice such as a paper crimper

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Now let's continue on with the Candy Bar Favor instructions:

Here's what to do to make a pouch for the chocolate bar:

• First take a length of ribbon and measure all the way around the width of your chocolate bar, then add 2 centimetres (1") to this length. This is how wide your pouch must be. Mark your plain cardstock with this measurement
  
• Now use your ribbon to measure the length of the chocolate bar and add 5 centimetres (2.5") to this length. This will be the length of your pouch. Transfer this measurement to your plain cardstock. Draw lines to show where to cut the pouch out and then cut it out
  

  

  

  

• Using the ruler, measure 1 centimetre (1/2") from the long edge of your plain cardstock and score a line there. Then score a line half way between the newly scored line and the opposite edge of the cardstock
  

  

• Decorate the plain cardstock if you wish. I used a stamping wheel and Versamark ink to apply a pretty pattern to mine
  
• Now fold the pouch along the two scored lines, smooth the folds with the bone folder and apply some double sided tape to the 1 centimetre (1/2") edge and along the bottom of the pouch so you can fix it together
  
• If you like, crimp the bottom of the folded and adhered pouch to look like a proper packet
  
• Punch a slot as wide as your ribbon in the middle of the top of the pouch
  

  

Here's how to make a Belly Band:

• Cut a piece of designer (patterned) paper the width of your chocolate bar and wide enough to go all around the pouch that forms the candy bar favor sleeve with 1 centimetre (1/2") to spare
  
• Score the belly band at the 1 centimetre (1/2") mark and measure in from that to score again where the band will fold around the pouch
  

  

• Edge your band with deckle edged scissors or scallop punch it, and ink the edges if you wish
  

  

• Fold along the score lines and smooth the folds with a bone folder
  
• Wrap the belly band around the pouch. Cut A length of double sided tape to fix the 1 centimetre folded edge to the main part of the belly band.Trim away any excess overhanging paper
  
• Tie a length of ribbon around the middle of the belly band and make a bow at the front. You can continue decorating as you desire - I punched out some scallop edges circles and some plain circles and stamped a message on them, then adhered them to the pouch and belly band where I thought they looked nice
  
  
• While the pouch is flat, finish decorating and writing your own message on the front of the pouch
  

How to insert the chocolate bar inside your Candy Bar Favor:

• Cut a length of ribbon long enough to wrap around your candy bar from bottom to top, with about the same length as the candy bar overlapping at the top
  

  

• Insert the chocolate and the ribbon into the pouch
  
• Thread the ribbons through the punched slots at the top of the pouch
  
• Push the candy bar down to the bottom of the pouch snugly, then tie a bow at the top of the pouch. (I included a little yellow envelope with some money in it along with the chocolate bar). Be careful not to draw the candy bar up the pouch when tying your bow
  

Now your Candy Bar Favor is complete!

Be sure to let me know if you make one of these little candy bar favor beauties!

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