How to make a simple Christmas Eve box for kids

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Here’s how to put together a simple Christmas Eve box for your kids, keep it straight-forward and cost-effective with a few well chosen things.

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How to make a Christmas Eve box for kids

I’m not entirely sure how I feel about Christmas Eve boxes.

They aren’t a tradition in the UK.

But they are the new thing… and at least apparently based on German tradition.

So there’s tradition in there somewhere.

Plus I do see that it’s a great way to add a little extra magic to Christmas Eve.

So I thought this would be the year that I’d dip my toe in the water and create a simple box.

Quick note: If you really don’t have the brain bandwidth to create a Christmas Eve box, scroll to the end of the post, where I’ve popped in details of a ready-filled Christmas Eve box.

Keep it simple and inexpensive

Christmas is expensive enough without spending a fortune on the contents of a Christmas Eve box.

It’s also hard enough to find time to buy gifts, decorate the house and plan hosting Christmas.

So the two essential things I’m looking for with a Christmas Eve box are:

Keeping the cost down
Keeping the shopping time down

What sort of box?

The least expensive way to make the actual box is to cut down an old cardboard box and cover it in Christmas wrapping paper.

But if you want to go a bit fancier and make something that can be used year after year, Hobbycraft do a good selection of wooden and cardboard boxes that you can customise.

Take a look at them here: Hobbycraft Christmas Eve boxes