Christmas gifts – Lori Whitlock

Hello crafty friends! Aimee here and I say it’s never too early to get a jump start on Christmas gifts so today I have a tutorial for a small gift box that’s filled with Christmas yummies that is perfect to give to a teacher, neighbor, or co-worker. I’ve used one of Lori’s new Divided Candy Boxes that has this adorable little Santa Claus face on the top of the box (Lori’s SVG Shop, Silhouete Store). Lori also has a bundled set of these fun little candy boxes found here if you want all 4 because you have a hard time choosing just 1.

To get started, cut out all of your pieces from your chosen card stocks and patterned paper. You will need to cut out 9 of the little boxes that go inside the big box.

To get started, I glued all 9 boxes so they could dry while I was putting the main box together. A little tip to help you speed things up…use mini clothing pins to hold the sides together while the glue is drying.

For the main box, I folded on the score lines for both the top and the bottom pieces and then adhered the panel pieces to the top lid. Next I glued the sides together on both pieces.

For the Santa piece, I flipped the beard and face pieces over so I could line up the dark brown/black piece so the hole doesn’t cover the nose. The red from the bottom piece of Santa will show through for his nose.

To add some dimension, I took the mustache, lining of the hat and the pom pom of his hat and used pop dots. I also added some glitter to those pieces to make him a fun and glitzy Santa.

Lastly, I attached Santa to the top of the box, added the little boxes inside, and filled with some Christmas Rolos. The bite-sized pieces fit perfectly with 2 to each box.