Gingerbread House Box - Christmas paper crafts

 

Today, I’m posting my first Christmas craft on the blog! 

This Gingerbread House Gift Box is absolutely adorable and it’s also an editable printable, you can personalize the box with the name of your kid or anyone! 

FUN WAYS TO USE GINGERBREAD HOUSE BOX

- If you’re planning a Gingerbread House Decorating party or Christmas party, this box is great as:

• Favor boxes
• Party Decor   

- Gift box for your secret santa friend, kid or anyone. Just don’t to forget to personalize the box to make it extra special!

- Christmas advent calendar. Edit the text and type the days until Christmas!  

- Craft activity to make with kids!

- Christmas tree ornament or any Christmas decorations 

MATERIALS

- Printable Gingerbread House Box (Find it here)

- White cardstock

- Scissors

- Ruler

- Bone folder

- Glue

- Hole Punch

- Ribbon or twine

HOW TO PERSONALIZE THE BOX

1. Open the Printable Gingerbread House Box PDF file in the latest version of Adobe Reader; you can download for free here. Please note, you can only edit the text in Adobe reader on your computer.

2. Type over the sample text (Highlighted in blue) and fill in your own text in its place. TIP: To edit the font style, font size or font color: Select text, then press Cmd-E (Mac) or Ctrl-E (PC).   

3. Save the changes you make!

HOW TO MAKE THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE BOX

1. Print out the Printable Gingerbread House Box on white cardstock.

2. Cut out the Gingerbread House Box. Remember to cut along the solid lines.

3. Score along the dashed lines using a bone folder and ruler.

4.  Fold all the scored edges.

5. Apply glue in the tabs where indicated. Only the tabs that say "GLUE".

6. Assemble the box as shown in the video.

7. Fill the box with candies, small toys or whatever your heart desires.

8. With a hole punch, make holes in the chimney and string a loop of ribbon or twine to through it.  

9. You’re done!

Play the video below and watch the step by step video tutorial

FIND PRINTABLE GINGERBREAD HOUSE BOX HERE

The Printable Gingerbread House Box is an editable PDF file, you can edit the text highlighted in blue and personalize the box. The box is formatted to print on US Letter (8.5 x 11”) size paper, but also print perfectly on A4 paper. You can get the printable at my Etsy store. 

 Click here to find Printable Gingerbread House Box

TIPS

- I recommend using cardstock from 65 lb / 176 gsm to 100 lb / 270 gsm. I used 80 lb to make the Gingerbread House Box.

- You could use double side tape instead of glue.

- The PDF file comes in a zipped folder, you need to unzip the PDF file to your computer first. On a Mac, just double click the zipped folder to unzip it. On a Windows PC, right click the zipped folder and choose Extract Here or Extract All.

How would you use the Gingerbread House Box? I’m using it as a Christmas tree ornament 🎄!

If you any questions, feel free to ask me in the comments below. See you in the next DIY!