Valentine and Snowflake 3D Bowls

A pair of hexagon bowls for winter and Valentine's seasons.

Each has fold-over walls and integrated handles. 

Lacy accents or coordinated paper patterns on outer walls 

plus coordinated interior overlays add visual interest. 

Each assembled bowl is attached to a base with 

tabs thru slots, with a bottom reinforcing layer 

to hide tabs. 

Doily Valentine's bowl measures approx. 5.876” wide 

x 5.875” long x 2.75” tall (2” excluding” handles) when assembled.

Snowflake bowl measures approx. 5.25” wide x 

5” long x 2.5” tall (excluding 1.75” handles) when assembled.

 NOTE that because of similarities of assembly,

this tutorial will focus on the hearts doily bowl.

Minimal additional information for snowflake bowl

will follow at the end.

ASSEMBLY: 1. Identify and cut the shapes:

A bowl hull shape with integrated handles cut in

lacy exterior accents B handle panels (2) and

C regular panels (4)

Interior accents D handle panels (2),

E regular panels (4) and F base hex

G doily base with slots & H offset scalloped base

2. Prepare the main hull panel by bending back

on all perforation lines for hexagon base and tabs,

wall tabs and cross wall folds (including the tiny

perf cuts that allow the handle walls to bend back

with the handles . . .

. . . remaining unbent and upright.

3. Invert the hull shape as shown, then bend two adjacent

walls inward to align the straight side wall edge across

the neighboring tab flange to perforation line, then

glue in place. 

NOTE that it may be helpful to place the seam being

joined flat on work surface in order to apply fingertip

or thumb pressure all along until fully joined.

Repeat for the remaining 5 seams.

4. Apply adhesive to undersides of connected interior

wall panels, one by one as they are ready, then bend

each to the inside to join back to back with main hull

walls. Place the assembly on flat surface for each

folded-in wall to apply sufficient smoothing/attaching

pressure to that panel, then move on to the next

until all 6 panels are bent inward and attached.

5. Add the exterior lacy accents which have a small

offset margin around upper, side and handle edges 

so that the hull shows evenly. 

The heart trio accents are added in the same manner,

with offset margin along top and side edges.

6. Position and attach the interior wall accent shapes

in a similar manner.

7. Position assembled bowl over front of doily base

to align and insert the 6 tabs through slots.

Push tabs through completely.

On the underside, apply glue to the inward surface

of tabs, then bend inward to attach to underside

of the doily base. To help with attachment . . .

. . . place assembly base-down on work surface and

apply fingertip pressure to each spot where tab is

located each is until fully joined.

8. Apply adhesive to the underside of doily base,

then position on top of offset solid base, adjusting

to achieve the even offset margin all around.

Quickly work all around to apply fingertip pressure

to doily that shows at edges, and also in the center

hexagon of the bowl assembly.

Here is the completed bowl filled with treats.

SNOWFLAKE BOWL

9. Here are the similar cut shapes to create

this bowl.

A bowl hull shape with integrated handles cut in

exterior accents B handle panels (2) and

C regular panels (4)

D interior accents  (6) and E base hex

F snowflake base with slots 

G offset scalloped base

10. Follow Steps 2-8 in similar manner for the Valentine

bowl, except the snowflake bowl interior accents do not 

include handle arch extensions. These images show 

the similar way that the bowl assembly tabs are inserted 

into the snowflake base, and . . .

. . . the snowflake base fitted onto the "scalloped"

(offset snowflake) base in final steps.

And here is the completed, filled snowflake bowl.