Such small chocolates in the spirit of our favorite chewing gums from the 90s will incredibly delight your soul mate! Making such surprises is very simple, for which you only need:

small chocolates
plain paper
color printer
scissors
glue stick

How to do:

1. Download the template or find a picture on the Internet yourself, or do it in Photoshop, by the way, you can add another photo of your beloved (beloved) and print it on a color printer.

2. We take small even chocolates. In this case, the author bird's milk". In Ukrainian sweets shops they sell such small chocolates with letters, they are called "Azbuka".

3. Remove the wrapper from the chocolate and paste your own!

4. You can decorate the box beautifully by gluing it like this, and put, for example, your loved one in a car or bag.

5. You can beautifully tie chocolates with a ribbon and put them in the car or in the pockets of your loved one. Or hide it in the drawer of his desktop - such a find, believe me, will be a huge and very pleasant surprise!

Templates:

Well, here is the long-awaited MK for working with Photoshop. Stock up on patience and time, especially if you are new to this program. To implement our MK, you must have Photoshop installed (the version does not matter, I have Photoshop CS5)

In this Masterclass we will do Box - Packaging for chocolate, or rather its template.
We will create a document in Photoshop from the very beginning.

So first of all download and save files for MK, from a topic on the forum.

1. Open the Photoshop program. We create a document with A4 format, this is the format we need to fit the template.
To do this: click (1) "file" - (2) "create", in the Set line select (3) - International paper size, Size (4) - A4, (5) - OK.

We have created a document - "basis".
You should have a sheet and a window containing layers on the screen. The window in which the layers are displayed is called "layers panel", if it is not displayed, you need to activate it by pressing F7.

2. Now you need to insert an image into our “base” - a file "pattern".
To do this: minimize Photoshop and open the folder in which the files for MK were saved, select the file "pattern" !do not click on the file itself, so that it does not open in the photo viewer!
We move the cursor to the desired file icon, hold down the left mouse button and drag this file into Photoshop. If Photoshop appeared on your screen and your image crossed out with two diagonal lines, then everything was done correctly. Press Enter, now the picture has been added to your “base” document, and added as a separate layer (this method of adding an image to an open program file allows you to add an image and it will automatically fit into the format you specified).

We will need the added pattern in order to correctly place the pictures and inscriptions on the template, so that in the future everything will be in place when we make the finished box.
The inserted image of the pattern needs to be corrected, and in order for the correction of the file inserted in this way to be possible, you must do the following:
We move the cursor over the layers panel and right-click on the line of the layer with the name of the pattern, select the line “rasterize layer” and click on it (this is necessary for further editing the picture).

Next, we will work with Toolbar- I have a vertical bar on the left side of the screen, you probably have it in the same place. The tools used in our MK are available in any version of Photoshop, but the names may differ.

3. Now you need to get rid of the white background around and inside the pattern for this:

Hide the layer for clarity. "background" . Please note that on the line with the name of the layer, at the very beginning there is an “eye” icon (1) with its help we can hide unnecessary layers (although you can delete completely unnecessary ones, for example, erroneous ones, the easiest way is to select the layer and press delete) .
On the toolbar, select the tool (2) “magic wand”, move the cursor to the area located outside the pattern (3) and click the left mouse button, we see that the space outside the image of the pattern is highlighted with a dotted line, press Delete, and the selected area is deleted on the layer with a pattern, then we do everything the same, but by highlighting the space inside the image of the pattern.

This is how it should turn out

4. Now we begin to create the packaging template itself.
Paste the file into the "base" "snowflake background" . Don't forget to rasterize the layer. And remove the white background using the "magic wand".

We now have a template background to which we will add text and images. But for the correct arrangement of text and pictures, the “pattern” layer must always be on top of other layers.
The arrangement of layers can be changed, move the cursor to the desired layer, hold down the left mouse button and drag the layer up and down (all this is done on the layers panel).

5. Now let's add an inscription:

(1) The letter "T" stands for the "text" tool. We left-click on it once, then move the cursor to the place where we want to place the text. The exact location down to mm is not important, because the location can be edited later.
We put the cursor and type our text (I used the “Brought” font, your text will be the default font), after writing the text, you need to press Enter to save the layer with the font.
(2) The name of the font and its other parameters (size, color, etc.) will be displayed at the top of the window, this will happen immediately after you activate the "text" tool, i.e. click once on the letter "T".
(3) By clicking on this icon, along with the layers panel, you will open the "character and paragraph panel", a panel designed for text correction.
If necessary, you can move the text using the move tool (4). Activate it by clicking, then move the cursor over the object and holding the left button move it to the desired location. (Don't forget, all tools work only with the active layer, so if you went to other layers and then decided to adjust the text layer, you need to activate this layer by clicking on it in the layers panel)
If you need to edit the text after writing, move the cursor to the line of the layer with the text and double-click on the layer image, i.e. text is highlighted and can be edited.
If we need vertical text (in our case "Christmas Chocolate"). To do this, there is a button with the image of the letter "T and arrows on the side and bottom", located on the top panel. We activate this button and we can immediately print vertically, or first horizontally, and then, by selecting the text layer, make the inscription vertical.

6. Now let's place an image on our template.

(1) Just as we inserted our background with Christmas trees, we also insert Santa Claus. The layer with DM will be inserted above the layer that you had last active. Please note that the DM layer should be above the snowflakes layer, but below the text layer, move it where necessary (do not forget to rasterize the layer for further work with it).
Now we need to get rid of the white background on which the DM is located (by the way, the problem with removing the background can be solved by using clipart images).
We already know about removing the background with a magic wand, here the background merges in some places in color with the picture, so the magic wand will not help, consider another way:
(2) select the eraser tool, when we click on it, the editing line of this tool will be displayed at the top.
(3) click here, and the eraser settings panel will open, you can select the size, hardness, shape, etc. Experiment and choose the one you need (it is advisable to reduce the rigidity to a minimum, then the edges of the eraser will be soft - fuzzy). Next, move the cursor over the image with DM, hold down the left button and move on a white background, you can continuously, you can use individual clicks, you will have to change the size in the process of removing the background (if you suddenly erased something superfluous, you can fix everything, or refer to the top panel: click edit - step back, or the keyboard shortcut ctrl + alt + z).
As a result, we get a DM with an “aura”)))), you can, of course, take a hard eraser and erase the entire white background, but this is a very painstaking work and in our case there is no need for that.
(4) In the process of work, we will come across the fact that we want to see some elements closer, for this there is a “scale” tool.

7. The layer with the picture may not fit into the framework of the template, to change its size, press ctrl + t and the layer correction is activated. By placing the cursor on the edges of the layer, and holding down the left mouse button, you can resize it, but in order for the change to be made in proportion on all sides (for example, so that it is not unnaturally elongated or vice versa compressed), to do this, when resizing, you will need to hold the shift key.

Well, here we have learned how to insert objects and make inscriptions.
When creating this kind of products, other tools are generally involved, but I don’t see the point in describing them here, if you are interested, you can find tutorials on working with photoshop on the Internet. Personally, I learned a lot with the help of the lessons of the site "photoshop master".

Remember:
1. When performing any actions in photoshop, they are performed only on the active layer, carefully monitor which layer is active and which one you want to work with.
2. If you make a mistake, then everything can be fixed by canceling the action (well, except for closing the file without saving)))))
3. It is better to insert different objects on different layers, this is convenient for correcting individual elements.

For those who do not have the time or desire to perform all the steps described, but want to make a box for a chocolate bar, I am enclosing a template with a ready-made design, where you will only have to enter the name.
I wish you all creative success and boundless imagination!

If you have any questions, I will be happy to answer and help in any way I can, questions can be asked both in the comments and in the topic for discussion on the forum.
On the forum, you can now download the psd file in which I worked when creating the packaging, it will be much easier to work with it, just go to the layer you need, double-click on the picture with the layer image and edit the layer.
Good luck.

Packaging plays an important role for the buyer. There is printed information about the product: composition, expiration date. Often, pictures are printed on the labels with what is inside in order to interest the buyer. The type of food causes appetite - a long-known fact.

This is the tip of the iceberg. A wrapper is much more than just a cover. Half the success of a product depends on design. Therefore, well-known brands do not radically change the design of their products. The well-known chocolate "Russia - a generous soul" can be recognized from a thousand. This applies to chocolate bars "Mars", "Snickers". New varieties of treats appear, the design can be updated, but the developers always leave their product recognizable.

What is the reason for such conservatism? The fact is that pictures evoke certain associations. Chocolate, beloved since childhood, will be associated with something warm, pleasant. A sharp change in design will inevitably lead to a decline in sales. It doesn’t matter that there is a famous delicacy inside, people are more likely to buy the familiar than the new. The choice is always based on associations, it happens on a subconscious level.

DIY chocolate wrappers

A popular type of gift is a chocolate bar packed in a self-made wrapper. Chocolate is often used as gratitude for services in certain establishments. This is the most popular courtesy and can refer to:

• "Thank you";
• "thank you for your concern";
• "you are beautiful";
• "I'm sorry";
• "I like you";
• "I invite you on a date."

This is an incomplete list of what a gift of chocolate can mean. It is often difficult to distinguish one from the other. To be understood correctly, you can take care of the label in advance. You can write text on it. It can be a congratulation, words of love, gratitude or a request for forgiveness. People perceive gifts differently. Even for a nurse in a hospital, a chocolate bar with words written specifically for her will be a special gift.

Today, sites on the Internet offer to make a wrapper for chocolate with your own hands. For this, contact a specialized photo salon. They will select the design and appropriate paper. If you are good with Photoshop, have a color printer, buy paper for this purpose and make your own chocolate wrapper. There are programs that are ready to help with this online.

As for the rustling candy wrappers - you have to work hard. This paper is hard to find in an office supply store and is rarely available in a photo studio. It is better to contact specialized institutions. Their addresses will be prompted by any search engine on the Internet.

Design

If you are planning to launch your own line of sweets or chocolates, you should think about how to make a profitable design. This is half the success, especially at the beginning. Successful brands have bright eye-catching packaging. But it is not at all necessary to follow in their footsteps, drowning in a mass of similar colorful wrappers. If the products have a delicate refined taste, choose bed tones in combination with noble brown or universal gray colors. Come up with a phrase that will describe the products, take care of the logo. Place bright photo products on the cover.

In order to make a nice gift from a chocolate bar, place a photo of a person on it, decorate it with a festive inscription. A wrapper for chocolate will immediately become a sign of attention, a postcard and a message. For a more organic gift, keep the design of the chocolate bar and just slightly change the usual inscriptions. This will require templates for printing, wrapping paper, a printer and a person who owns Photoshop. Contact a photo studio with an idea, the masters will do the work quickly and efficiently. Templates for printing can be downloaded on the Internet, fortunately, such things are freely available.

Please your loved ones with an individual gift, completely different from others. The chocolate wrapper will be kept as a commemorative postcard. Thus, you will make a pleasant gift and show a sign of attention to a particular person. Attention is what distinguishes an ordinary chocolate bar from a gift chosen with soul for a particular person.

A chocolate wrap makes a strong impression on someone who buys chocolate. It has been proven that it is she who becomes the decisive argument in favor of buying one or another bar, and not the taste or quality of chocolate. More than a dozen marketers and designers are working on the attractiveness of the wrapper, understanding how the chocolate cover is a fundamental issue.

Unique DIY wrap

Everyone has a chance to present a gift that will be remembered by the addressee for a lifetime. Do-it-yourself chocolate, and even with the author's design, is a great idea for any holiday. The design of chocolate packaging depends on a flight of fancy and a bit of skill. It is available to everyone and will be able to fit any celebration budget.

Such creativity is very easy to carry out at home. The easiest way is to simply buy a chocolate bar and carefully remove the wrapper from it. It is better to work with disposable cellophane gloves so that there are no fingerprints on the chocolate. Unfold the package so that the paper or foil does not tear.

The next step in creating a unique chocolate wrapper is to take measurements from the old packaging. The old packaging is applied to the cardboard, circled with a pencil or marker. Why cardboard? Because in this way a durable template will appear, which, unlike thin paper, can be used repeatedly. When unfolding the bar, pay attention to how the chocolate wrapper was wrapped. Behind this type, a novice chocolate designer will have to act.

Then a beautiful thick paper is used. A template is applied, the required area is measured, and carefully cut out. A chocolate wrapper is applied to the bar. Glue and a thin brush should be ready. The packaging is folded and glued in the right places. So you need to leave the product for a few minutes so that the paper can stick well.

Now an unlimited design flight of thought comes into play.

If there is a desire to give a unique chocolate bar to a loved one, a joint photograph is taken that is suitable in size and glued to the “face” of the tile.

Tie the chocolate on top with a ribbon, add a bow. You can give such chocolate not only to your soul mate, but also to a married couple by attaching their joint photo.

Packaging for chocolate in its execution does not necessarily need needlework. If you have the skill to work with the Photoshop program, the scope of design activities is even richer. Anything can be placed on the wrapper. You can print a lot of wrappers for all occasions, delighting your family and friends with miracle chocolates.

Back to zmistu DIY chocolate

With your own hands, not only the wrapper is easily made, but also the tile itself. What is needed for this?

To prepare the first recipe, you will need the following ingredients:

• cocoa powder - 5 tbsp. l.;
• fatty butter - 2 tbsp. l.;
• cane sugar or honey - 1 tbsp. l.

The more cocoa powder, the darker the chocolate will be. The more butter you use, the more chocolate you get. The butter is cut into pieces, placed in a saucepan and sent to a slow fire. When the oil comes to a boil, cocoa powder and cane sugar (honey) are added to it.

The resulting mixture should be thick and remain on low heat for 2-5 minutes. Remove from heat, pour into a mold, let the mass cool slightly, then send it to the freezer. After a few hours, the chocolate is ready.

After such a master class, you can take up the preparation of milk chocolate with your own hands. Required Ingredients:

• 1 tsp cane sugar;
• 2 tbsp. l. fatty milk;
• 4-5 art. l. cocoa powder;
• 50-70 grams of fatty butter.

Also, as in the first case, fatty oil is cut into small pieces and put on fire, do not bring to a boil. A mass is prepared from milk, sugar and cocoa powder, mixed until smooth, while the milk should be warm.

Next, the mass is mixed with almost boiling butter. The new mass is cooked on fire for up to 3 minutes, but it should be stirred regularly to prevent burning. After that, the mixture is removed from the heat and poured into molds, sent to the refrigerator.

A variety of fillings for chocolate will be appropriate if the tastes and preferences of the recipient are known. It will be unpleasant if the chocolate, which was prepared with difficulty and perseverance, does not please the one who receives it. If preferences are unknown, pure milk chocolate is the best choice, as it is the most popular and sure-fire type of sweet.

Anything can be used as supplements. There is chocolate with the addition of sea salt, chili pepper and many other unusual flavor combinations. There are also more canonical types: nut mixture, raisins, chopped dried apricots, candied fruits, caramel, fragrant mild spices. The addition is made when the chocolate is removed from the stove. This must be done before it goes to the refrigerator or hardens.

To please loved ones, you do not need to look for a reason. A sweet tooth lives in every person, who is happy even with a small bar of chocolate, not to mention the author's dessert made by one's own hands.