When I had finished designing the monster snack boxes I looked at them and wondered if I could make a 3D monster character that could stand up on its own. I started working on a template, the first few didn't feel sturdy enough. I kept wracking my brains trying to think of a template that would be sturdy when made, yet easy for someone to make (a tricky combination). So after more failed attempts (and nearly giving up) I finally designed a template that worked! And not only that, I found a gift could be placed inside the monster's head without it toppling over.
The monster had turned out better than I was expecting, not only was it a character that you could place on your desk or shelf it was a gift box too. So with the thoughts of it being a gift box I wanted to add editable text to the file so people could personalize it. I came up with a bag design that would have an editable text area. I was happy enough with this but then my partner said he thought it would be better if you could personalize the monster as well. Hmmm I thought, I'm not sure how I can do that. But whilst looking at the monster I saw the space on the back of the head and thought that would be an ideal place for someone to personalize with a message. If they wanted to leave the back of the head blank then they could by simply erasing the sample text within the file.
I really wanted the file testing before I put it up for sale, so I contacted one of my close friends and asked her if she would mind testing the file out for me. She said she would be happy to give it a go.
I was very pleased with her result! I think you can see from the photos below she did a great job of making it. She said it was a lot of fun to make and the illustrated instructions I had made were very easy to follow.
I was very pleased with my monster and excited to design more. I came up with the name 'Paper Monster Pets'
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Yay, it's my monster! I *loved* making him so much. The instructions were really clear and it was such a fun evening cutting, folding and sticking :)
ReplyDeleteYeah girl you did a great job, especially as you said you're not very good at cutting out! I'm going to have to employ you as my file tester :D
DeleteI'm left handed so cutting out can be tricky, but it's definitely worth the effort when you get such great results like your boxes! Always happy to test for you :)
DeleteThank you Joey, that's very kind of you to say :)
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