Star Wars Advent Calendar

My grandson has just turned five years old and is obsessed with everything Star Wars. For Christmas this year, I made him the perfect gift using the GSL Advent Calendar Shadowbox.

 It comes with the large base piece, four exterior pieces, interlocking interior pieces and lots of spacers. 

After assembling it with tacky glue I painted the exterior and drawer slots with black acrylic paint.

 

The GSL Set of Pre-Cut Drawers are easy to assemble using a bit of glue. I used craft clips to hold them in place while the glue dried.

The Tiny Number Plates - Silver, which are available at Alpha Stamps, are the perfect size for this project.

To fill the large space in the center of the shadowbox, I cut black chipboard to size and added some black and white images that were edged with tiny dot dresden border.

 This is for a five year old so of course there had to be glow in the dark stars added!

The last thing to add were some Star Wars figures. These were glued in place with E6000. Not to worry, he's also getting some other Star Wars figures to play with this year. 

The only thing left to do is fill the drawers. I am hopeful he will enjoy this as a keepsake for many years to come. Thanks for stopping by!

Gypsy Soul Items Used

Advent Calendar Shadowbox

Set of Pre-Cut Drawers for Advent Shadowbox

Tiny Number Plates – Silver

Other Items Used

Acrylic paint

Tacky glue

E6000 glue

Printed images

Tiny dot dresden border

Glow in the dark stars

Star Wars figures

A Plethora of Presents

I absolutely love Christmas and gift giving. If I could, I'd buy something lovely for every single person I know. Alas, my bank account is firmly against this.

BUT I had a nice little idea! I saw the Set of Pre-Cut Drawers intended for the Advent Calendar Shadowbox and thought that they'd make a sweet little base for tiny tokens of holiday cheer. Super simple to assemble and sold as a set of 25 they just lend themselves for en masse making.

AND!!! AND!!! A strip cut from a 6" sheet will wrap around the boxes just so, with just a sliver needed to be trimmed. So, you only need a 6" scrapbook pad to cover these cute wee things. These boxes have all been covered with papers from Authentique's Vintage Christmas. The items I've used are all inexpensive but festive.

Covering the boxes with different papers and embellishments, like Miniature Bookplates or decorative brads, make the tiny gifts feel personalized and not mass produced. Filling the boxes with a variety of dodads and treats makes each little box feel like a unique present.

The items I've chosen to fill the boxes are all inexpensive but festive. I think they're rather sweet.

Some ARE filled with sweets! Then a bit of celophane and a simple tie. If you want to be extra fancy, you might place a single gourmet truffle inside. 

Pieces from the Snowflake Shape Set or Winter Shape Set also make sweet little embellishments.

Or perhaps you'd like to top your box with Christmas fairies or angels.

Or send a little holiday message.

While these little tokens have a decidedly Yuletide feel, these could easily be adapted to any theme as party or wedding favours. 

While these are super simple to create, I do have a video tutorial for you. You can pop over HERE to see just how easy they are!

The list of bits I've used:

Set of Pre-Cut DrawersMiniature Bookplates

Snowflake Shape Set
Winter Shape Set
Victorian Corners 2
Banner Border Strips

Authentique's Vintage Christmas
Wrapped Gift Box Ornaments
Tiny Wrapped Gift Box Ornament
Retro Bottle Brush Tree
Fancy Scalloped Gold Dresden Borders
Little Sweeties Collage Sheet
Angel Wings Collage Sheet
Brads
Fake snow
Moss
Candy
Tissue Paper
Cellophane
Ribbon