We are fast approaching the wonderful Advent season and have already recreated a magical idea from our dear Gitti in our cheerful Christmas collection. These quickly made Advent boxes offer plenty of space for pre-Christmas surprises!
As a special extra, there is a suitable plotter file for you to download HERE.
What you need for this
- design papers of your choice
- glue
- bone folder
- plotter
Advent, Advent, a box is created...
First one thing:
The first thing to do with the plotter is to make sure that your design paper has the right grain, at least for the front of the box tower. This will ensure that your pattern is not upside down afterwards.
Fold all of your plotted papers, fold them inwards and attach double-sided adhesive tape to the adhesive tabs. Attach the two large folded pieces of paper together by leaving the open side at the top. Now put the valley-folded paper into this.
Then two:
The second Advent box goes directly on top of the first and consists of a very simple cube. Here all the folded sides come together and are also connected with double-sided tape.
Then three:
The third box for the Advent tower is a bit tricky - but with the right approach it's no problem.
Here it might be useful to start with the two V-shaped valleys. These are closed with the two small rectangles.
Now find the matching side part and glue this on as well, so that the little tip has a matching counterpart on the other side, as shown in the picture.
Then four:
The fourth box is again similar to the second and therefore very simple.
The two parts are glued together and form the 6 sides of the cube.
And now the Advent box tower is at your place!
We hope you have fun decorating and dressing up this little Advent surprise!
From us to you ⭐
Gitti & Graphics Team
If you want to see more of Gitti's work, follow her @schwetzbrigitte on Instagram.
5 comments
Hallo Gitti,
dein Boxenturm ist einfach super. Leider gehören ich auch zu denjenigen, die keinen Plotter besitzen. Aber Dank deiner Anleitung habe ich es basteln können und ich bin von meinem Werk total begeistert. Vielen Dank dafür und noch eine schöne besinnliche Adventszeit.
Heike
Merci beaucoup pour ce tuto! Je viens de découvrir votre site. Ce que vous faites est vraiment magnifique! Félicitations.
Eine tolle Idee. Mir gehts wie Ingrid, ich besitze leider auch keinen Plotter…..
ciao gitti. la misura del lato del cubo del primo progetto cosa hai usato? grazie
Ein toller Beitrag. Ich habe keinen Plotter, was wäre für mich die Alternative?