Heart Box Template

Skip the store bought box of chocolates and surprise your sweetheart with a Valentine Box of Chocolates filled with their favorite sweets. Easily make this by grabbing my free heart box template and following along with the step-by-step tutorial.

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Add a card to your heart box by grabbing these free Valentine wobble card templates or make this pop up Valentine card for a keepsake they’ll keep for years.

Related: Find over 30 Valentine’s Day Cricut ideas for more card templates, boxes and more!

Learn how to make a Valentine’s Day Heart Box

You’ll be able to make this Valentine heart box using a Cricut, Silhouette or any other cutting machine that is compatible with SVG or DXF files. But, in today’s tutorial I’ll be using my Cricut Explore.

Watch the step-by-step video tutorial to learn how to make this heart shaped Valentine box of chocolates here:

To Make this Heart Valentine Box, You Will Need:

• 12″x12″ Medium Weight Cardstock in Valentine Colors like this cardstock bundle.
• Decorative paper (for the box sides)
• .007 Craft plastic Sheets – these are the sheets that I am using.
• Cricut Pens for writing on your box top.
• A good craft glue – this Bearly Art craft glue is what I am using.
• Scoring Stylus (which is what I will be using in this tutorial with the Explore) or Scoring Wheel (Maker only). Or you can fold by hand.
• Cricut Maker or Explore Cutting Machine and a cutting mat.

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Step 1: Modify Score Lines & Text

Upload the heart box template to Cricut Design Space. For help with uploading SVG files, check out my tutorial here.

Click on “Ungroup” to ungroup all of your layers. You will see 4 layers with cut lines. These will be your score line so change the operation of these lines to score. Then select the score line and the layer underneath and select “Attach” to attach the score line where it will score.

Note: If you are not using a scoring tool then you will delete these lines instead.

Change the “BE MINE Valentine” operation to Pen. And then attach the pen layer to the heart layer your Cricut will write on. If you are not using your Cricut to write on this, or you want to write your own text, then delete the text layer instead. And then cut out all of your pieces.

Step 2: Assemble Bow

Glue the bow pieces on top of the bow outlines. Make sure to line these up before gluing so that you don’t add glue to the wrong side. Then glue the ribbon with the bow to the front of the heart box lid.

Step 3: Assemble Box Lid

To assemble the box lid, start by gluing the 2 matching rectangle pieces together. You are using the taller pieces for the lid and the shorter rectangle pieces later for the bottom of the box. Glue the decorative pieces on top.

Fold each of the tab pieces in and attach them to the box lid. To attach them, start with the middle part (where you glued the pieces together) and attach this to the top of the heart where the point starts. Work your way around the heart until all pieces have been glued down. Attach the sides together, gluing on the tab piece.

Step 4: Attach Clear Window

Glue the clear window to the inside of the heart lid. And then glue the red heart on top to give a clean finish for your lid.

Step 5: Assemble Box Bottom

Repeat step 3 to assemble the bottom box layer. Then fill your box with chocolates, candy or treats and add the lid. This valentine candy box makes a great alternative to traditional candy boxes on the shelves each year.

When you’re done, make sure to post these in my crafting group here or tag me if you post them on social media. I absolutely love seeing your crafts and can’t wait to see your Valentine candy boxes!