CHRISTMAS Letter Box Ensemble Project

Create a "master class" holiday display using up to nine

letter boxes.  This sample project substituted 3D objects

for some of the letters, with other embellishments and

delightful paper print accents. To complete the ensemble,

letters and 3Ds were mounted on a 34" long x 2.5" wide

cut-to-size poplar board which was wrapped with sections

of kraft corrugated "board" paper.

Here are closeup images to view details.

Above: letter C with sprig & twig front decoration

with dangling 3D jingle bell and holly leaves;

letter H with 2D thickened cardinal on hex post;

letter R with ribbon-tied miniature candy cane.

Below: Santa pyramid box with arms as

substitute for 'I' letter box;

S gift box with lattice bow as substitute

for first 'S' box;

letter T with ribbon-tied star wand.

At the end are:

letter M with twine-tied Christmas cactus tag;

fir tree slice form as substitute for 'A' box;

large letter S with gingerbread front accent

and hanging 3D elf hat [box] without base.

Letter boxes are combined, 

with some letter boxes replaced by 

dimensional elements or other embellishments.

Here is the list of extras, linked to their tutorials:

 (jingle bell, cardinal, mini candy cane, 

Santa pyramid with arms,

S gift box with bow, star wand, 

Christmas cactus tag, 

slice form fir tree, elf hat). 

Letter boxes assembly tutorials are available

in two separate posts within this blog:

CHRIS can be found HERE,

and TMAS can be found HERE.

Please NOTE that this is a project recommended for

paper crafters who have a good foundation of experience,

and that construction and assembly will require many hours.

For the sample project, once the letter boxes and 

other objects were assembled and the poplar board

cut to size and wrapped with kraft corrugated,

the letters were lined up in their simulated positioning

along the top of the plank, a front alignment line scribed

(5/8" back from front edge places them approximately

along the center of the plank), then they were hot-melt

glued in place. Pieces of temp tape helped plot where

each lead edge would be placed.

Front letter C lead edge aligns with left end of plank,

and end letter lrg S back "bulge" edge aligns

with right end of 34x2.5" poplar plank.