These white matchboxes can be decorated by means of gluing paper, cloth or film to them. Stamping or drawing on them with felt pens are further possibilities. They are a versatile and cheap handicrafts material for children or can be used by them as a small coffer for storing their “precious” belongings. For adults, they can serve as small, individualized packaging or a simple advertising medium that does not necessarily have to be filled with matches. In the weeks before Christmas, parents can fill them with Smarties, marbles, Lego bricks, stickers or other little interesting things and – voila – you have, even in its unpainted original form (maybe you should check out the first sentence above!) - an Advents Calendar.