This year I made another advent calendar for my 7 year old.
I used 6×6 inch paper and cut each piece into four, so that they were 3×3 inch.
To start off get one of the 3×3 paper and place the coloured side down and fold corner to corner, then do the other corner to corner. you should than have what looks like four triangles
Then get one corner and fold to the middle, do this for each corner then unfold.
fold each corner to the closest crease. Then unfold
Now this is the hardest part. Make to cuts on the bottom and top. making sure that you only cut upto the 4 little squares in the middle. Do Not cut at the sides
Now take the corner where you didn’t cut and fold over as in the photo. Then do it with the other side bringing in the flaps
There is no need to glue, but you can if you like. You have just made your lid. Then do exactly the same with the piece of paper that is slightly smaller then 3×3 to make the base
I placed little treats inside each one the placed in a small kilter jar. I added a tag and a bit of ribbon
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So pretty Natasha! What a cute idea:) Thanks for linking up to the CHQ Blog Hop! See you again next week!
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This is a great variation on the advent calendar. Your little boxes are beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Donna @onceuponasewingmachine.com
I’ve never seen this variation on an advent calendar. So cute! Love the little boxes. Nicely done tutorial!
Heather
Oh that’s really cute, I’m all about advents this week 🙂
This is a great idea and I love the box tutorial! 😀
Super Cute! Great tutorial!
First I LOVE those little boxes. And I think this is such a great idea for an advent calendar. Thanks so much for sharing on We Made That!
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I love this idea, have a small home and this would be the ideal advents calendar.
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Wow so lovely tutorial, it’s amazing an such a beautiful job! Love the idea and your wonderful blog 🙂 have a happy weekend
Such a great idea. I really want to do this for our kids x
Wow, what a fab idea. Might just have to do this with my nephew.
This is a really cute advent calendar idea.
What a great idea, love it
This is such a clever version of an advent calendar. Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJ’s, you are being featured on my blog!
Clever idea and really cute must try this will be something different
What a cute idea! Thanks so much for linking up at #IMadeItMondayLinkParty 30. Pinned.
What an awesome idea. I love the boxes you made, and I am gonna use that to make small boxes as two of our grandkids prefer cash (read old enough to know what they want) so it will be perfect to add it into these beautiful boxes.
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How cute these are. What a lovely and personal idea xx Jacqui.
Cute boxes and easy to make, a fun Advent gift! Thanks for linking at Is This Mutton.
This is really cute, would you mind if I added it to an old round up of advent calendar ideas?
No That’s fine hun. Thank you for including it
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Thanks for sharing how to make all those lovely little boxes. This post will be a feature this week. #HomeMattersParty
Oh this is so cute and so much more meaningful than buying an advent calendar. I might use that box technique for other things, like a gift box for birthdays
I love this idea! Great instructions, too. Will definitely be using them to create some little boxes for little fossil gifts. Thank you.