Making tiny little boxes

I'm making good progress with the little boxes that will form part of the advent calendars. This is what I want them to look like:


I want it to have a lid so the kids feels as if they are actually opening a little present and I will then decorate it with a Christmassy type of picture on the front as well as a number for the little box and then for good measure (or rather to make sure the kids don't peek), tie a string around it so it will look like a little Christmas present. Then each time the kids opened one, they can put the lid underneath the little box and it will be easy to see which ones they have opened and how many still left.

First I drew my templates (one for the lid and one for the box) onto green cardboard and then I started cutting them out (enough for 48 little boxes - 24 for each calendar):


And here we are - 48 little boxes awaiting their lids which I need to fold and stick today:


Still a bit more to do today, but I'm getting there :-)

Pre-countdown preparation

I'm trying very hard to finish an advent calendar that I want to make for the girls. It will be something like this (if all goes according to plan):


The past week I have been copying my template onto green cardboard and now for the big cutting out. The plan is that there will be a little chocolate inside each little box as well as some or the other activity that we could do together - sort of focusing on quality family time and making the countdown just a little bit more fun :-). My boxes however will look like little presents and have a little lid that the kids can put underneath each time they opened one. This way they'll easily see how many they have opened and how many more are still left. So fingers crossed I am all ready to give it to the girls on the 1st of December.