Lunch Box Make-Over
My Sweet B is starting at a new daycare this week, and while she has been in daycare for about a year, it feels different for some reason. Maybe it's because I see how quickly she is growing up, maybe it’s because I know that the next time we start a new program it will be pre-school and then kindergarten and then college, well maybe not college but you get the point. How is it possible that you can just barely blink and your sweet baby is like a tiny human and then like a giant human that you have to look up to in heels #shortmom. Anyways, for her new school, she needs a packed lunch, and what kind of crafty mom would I be if I didn't jazz up her new lunch box. So we did a little bargain shopping at Dollar General and picked out a cute unicorn lunch box, and then mommy got to work to make sure it was as unique and special as my little girl.
Cute Right? And I found a cute Rubbermaid lunch set that fits perfectly inside it as well.
After B is all tucked in bed and my smallest one finally falls asleep, I slip away into my craft room and get to work. I love crafting, and my Cricut makes it so fun and enjoyable, and personalizing B's lunch box was a perfect quick project for my Cricut.
I found a cute design of a unicorn that would match her new lunch box. (Bonus Points *** I already had the file on hand because a customer purchased the design for me to cut for her daughters birthday shirt). I uploaded the design in the Cricut Design space and welded it to Brianna's name so it would cut as one piece. This design is cut out of HTV or Heat Transfer Vinyl, this is a permanent adhesive that I will actually adhere using a heat press in a later step.
I also cut her name in a very basic font to add to her Rubbermaid Lunch Blox. This is cut on the Cricut and the Vinyl is Oracal 651 (in my opinion, the very best vinyl I have worked with)
Once my designs are finished cutting on the Cricut, I weed them and then its time to transfer them to my surfaces. First Up the Rubbermaid Lunch Blox.
So one of my favorite tips that I share with all my Cricut Crafty friends, is that instead of using expensive brand name transfer tape, you can use Glad Press'n Seal to transfer regular vinyl.
I line up my designs and press it down, give it a good rub, and peel back the Glad to reveal her adorable new Lunch Blox!
Next up the Unicorn Lunchbox. I heat up my Cricut Easy Press and lay the top of the lunch box flat on my heat-resistant surface, and following the Cricut Easy Press Heat and Time guidelines for the material of the lunch box I heat the Design and press it onto the top of her lunchbox.
And there you go. This whole project took me less than 1 hour, most of my time was honestly spent picking out the font...
Bonus Tip !!!
Did you know???
If you have scrap Glitter HTV, even without the clear transfer sheet attached, it will cut out cleanly with a punch? Simple punches work best. I knew I loved the unicorn, but I also felt that it needed just a little flair, so I pulled out my star punch and a piece of glitter HTV that I honestly threw away the night before. Those little scraps worked perfectly for just a touch of glitter, because what unicorn doesn't need glitter???
So her lunch box is all packed and ready to go, this is my teary-eyed pic as I watch my sweet B and her daddy walk into her new daycare, lunch box in hand. Gotta love it!
I am glad to be back sharing my love of crafting, I am so thankful for each and every person that reads and follows our story. It's not perfect but it is ours.
