Custom Advent Calendar Packaging for Branded Campaigns
Present your whole collection in a countdown using bespoke Advent calendar boxes with compartments sized around your products, so smaller discoveries and full-size favorites can share one branded presentation.
Turn the seasonal campaign into a sequence of discoveries
An Advent calendar gives a brand a way to introduce a collection through a countdown. Each opening belongs to the same seasonal campaign, while the products and messages give individual days their own role. The packaging needs to connect those discoveries within one recognizable presentation.
SleekBoxes makes custom empty Advent calendar packaging for agencies developing seasonal PR and gifting projects. We build the design around the intended countdown and actual assortment, using your supplied brand artwork. The box connects the individual discoveries to the campaign, with a place considered for each selected product within the sequence.
Give every item the space it needs
A wide cream jar, a tall bottle and a flat accessory each need a different space. The layout is built around the collection you want to present with individually sized compartments that bring every product together in one calendar.
Smaller items can appear throughout the countdown, with a larger compartment reserved for a hero product on the final day. We develop the internal supports around the contents, including heavier bottles or jars.
We design compartment layouts based on your products’ quantities and dimensions, whether you need a 12-, 24-, 25-day Advent calendar or a custom countdown length.
Choose how each day opens
A drawer pulls out to reveal its contents and a door opens onto the compartment behind it. We develop either approach around the product dimensions and the room needed to lift each item out.
The outer presentation is a separate choice. A book-style concept, for example, can introduce the campaign with a larger opening graphic before revealing the numbered compartments inside.
Carry your client’s artwork through the countdown
The outside introduces the collection. Numbered panels and interior printing give you further places to carry its colours, imagery and message as products are uncovered.
Using your supplied artwork we can position graphics around compartment edges and opening areas. Foil can draw attention to the collection name; embossing or debossing can add relief to a logo. Spot UV and matte, gloss or soft-touch finishes provide further options, with the selection matched to the construction.
Review the artwork and structure together
Give your client a packaging proposal they can review as a whole to show where each product sits, how the countdown is numbered and where the campaign artwork appears.
We prepare the packaging layout, dielines and print-ready files using your supplied artwork. Design support, revisions and prepress preparation are included at no design-support charge.
Handle a sample before the production run
A custom physical sample gives your team something to handle before production. Review the compartment fit and check the space available to remove each product.
Existing samples are also available whereas physical sampling is optional. The sample type and cost depend on what you need to assess. Sample charges are credited against your final production order.
Plan for individually mailed calendars
The filled calendar and its mailing carton need to work together. We can arrange opening and transit checks on demand for the agreed configuration.
We ship our empty packaging in separate outer cartons. Product sourcing, filling and recipient distribution need separate arrangements.
Work with your client’s delivery requirements
We can work under an NDA and deliver the packaging directly to your agency’s client. Your supplied artwork determines what we print on the packaging.
Tell us about any specific sender details or shipping-label requirements before ordering so these can be addressed in the delivery arrangements.
Build your calendar around the collection
Tell us what you want to include, your countdown length, approximate quantity and required arrival date. Add product dimensions if you have them.
We’ll prepare a custom Advent calendar packaging quotation, with free design support using your supplied artwork.
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Product supplied | Bespoke empty Advent calendar packaging. Contents supplied separately. |
| Countdown length | Custom compartment counts. Layouts developed for 12-, 24-, 25-day or other countdown briefs. |
| Product fit | Mixed-size compartments and internal supports developed around the assortment. |
| Compartment opening | Drawer or door-opening concepts developed around product dimensions and access. |
| Outer presentation | Bespoke format, including book-style concepts where suitable for the design. |
| Materials | Predominantly paper-based construction. Material mix and thickness selected for the package. |
| Printing and finishes | Inside/outside printing, foil, embossing, debossing, spot UV, and matte, gloss or soft-touch finish options, matched to construction. |
| Design support | Free design support, revisions, dielines, prepress and print-ready preparation using customer-supplied artwork. |
| Minimum order quantity | No minimum order quantity. |
| Samples | Existing and custom options. Physical sampling is optional; type, cost and timing are project-specific. Sample charges are credited against the final production order. |
| Pricing | Bespoke quotation including tax and shipping for the agreed destination and service. Optional upgrades and services are specified in the quotation. |
| Estimated dispatch | Generally 12–15 business days after final proof approval and confirmation of required specifications, unless the order states otherwise. Transit time is additional. |
Can I order a small run of custom Advent calendar boxes?
Yes, you can order a small run as there is no minimum order quantity. But we suggest ordering quantities above 50 boxes for cost planning.
How long do production and delivery of Advent Calendar take?
The production and delivery time for standard orders is generally within 12–15 business days after final proof approval and confirmation of the required specifications, unless your order states otherwise. Carrier transit is additional.
Eligible rush orders may ship in approximately 8 business days after final proof approval and specification confirmation, at an additional fee and subject to written confirmation. Expedited transit is a separate option.
For a seasonal campaign, allow time for design approval and any physical sample before production starts. Delivery dates remain estimates unless expressly agreed in writing.
Can different recipients receive different names, messages or assortments?
Yes, we can develop personalized names or messages and variations in the assortment or insert layout.
Tell us which elements need to change between recipients. The quotation will identify the variations and any additional charges.
Does the quotation include shipping and tax?
Yes, the quotation includes tax and shipping for the destination and service agreed in the quotation.
Rush production, expedited transit, split deliveries or other requested changes can affect the total. Include these requirements when requesting your quote.
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From your first box to your next campaign
- Order from 1 box
- 14-day turnaround
- Free worldwide shipping
- Rush-order support
- Free mockups and print-ready dielines
- Design revisions until you are satisfied
- Strict quality control
Confirm the production start date, delivery schedule and any rush requirements with your quote.
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