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Daycare gift box
Instruction
Information
We needed something to thank the nice ladies at the daycare for taking care of our daughter in the past year. She is leaving the second group and joins the pre-school group.
A great time to put our crafting skills to the test.
All kids have an animal assigned to their coathanger. Our daughter had a bunny.
So I asked AImake to design a diaper-wearing carrot-eating bunny that points at the camera, and after a few tries, this one came out, perfectly suitable for the job.
Since she cleared the second group, it was obvious to state 'Level 2 cleared'.
I searched for a suitable box and started designing.
A bunny and text on the front, a thank you on the inside of the lid. A foam to rest a few macarons on, some airplac for a nice finish and 24 macarons with the name of our daughter engraved on them.
Instruction
Step1: Engraving the lid
Start by engraving the lid of the box.
Get some painters tape and cover the left side of the lid.
Step2: Score the text
Score the painters tape and remove the pieces carefully
Step3: Coloring the text
Use some pencils to highlight the text
Step4: Engrave the inside of the lid
Add a little thank you note
Be careful with this step, the laser head bumped into the lid and I had to resand my piece >.>
Step5: Cut foam insert
Cut a foam insert to raise the macarons to the desired height
Step6: Cut an airplac insert
Cut the airplac that will hold the macarons in place and insert in the box
Step7: Create jig and laser macarons
I needed some kind of repeatability, so I created a jig in 6mm mdf.
Glue both pieces firmly and place the macarons in the center.
Set a name and center it over each macaron. Use the jig to help with the positioning.
Step8: Put it all together
Once done, just put it all together and you'll have a nice thank you box.
Daycare - Level 2 cleared!
