How To Make a Birthday Box Candy'Gram

We celebrated two birthdays in our family this week,

one being my Step-FIL's 70th!

He loves sweets, and I wanted to add a little something special

to his annual, usual, mundane gift of two shirts.  

I mean... what do you get a man who already has everything he wants?

I found several candy'gram posters for birthdays on Pinterest,

and also had a list from years ago, with a message made from candy bar names,

but they just didn't seem befitting.

And several of the candy bars used for the grams were hard to find.

So I decided to make my own Birthday Candy'Gram!

Instead of making a poster or using a bag,

I opted for a decorative cardboard box, found at Dollar Tree to hold the candy.

Wrote a few verses of my own

showcasing candy bars and gum that I knew he would like.

Used crinkled paper gift filler to fill the empty spots in the box...

...and after contemplating between a black or yellow bow to complete the

package, chose the later, and secured the gram message into place with hot glue.

Just so happens,

M&M's is celebrating 75 years,

so I added "And look on the bright side, you're still younger than M&M's!"  :)

I must confess, the pack of Extra gum disappeared somewhere between

 the store and home.  Meant to pick up another pack, but forgot.

But for less than $8.00,

a cute Birthday Box Candy'Gram was created!

You can hardly buy a birthday card for much less than that!

And my Step-FIL, he absolutely loved it!

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