Operation Christmas Child

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How to pack Your Shoebox leaflet

How To Pack Your Shoebox Leaflet and Labels

The perfect way to share Operation Christmas Child with your friends, family, church or group. Includes step-by-step instructions, a donation form and the boy/girl age category labels that you will need for each shoebox.

£ Free
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Pack of 100 preprinted shoeboxes

Preprinted shoeboxes (100 per pack)

Recycling your own shoeboxes as a gift boxes for children is great, but you can also buy our colourful preprinted shoeboxes to share with your friends, family, work colleagues and church groups. Pack them full of gifts that will bring joy to a child who may never have received a gift before.

For packs of 20 or 50 preprinted shoeboxes please click here.

£40.00
Black and white printable labels

Boy/Girl Labels & Instructions - Black & White

Printer friendly black and white boy/girl labels and step-by-step instructions to packing a shoebox gift.

£ Free
2020 Poster

OCC A4 Poster

Promote local Operation Christmas Child events by customising and displaying these posters on noticeboards in your churches, classrooms, meeting rooms, local businesses, drop-off locations, or around your neighbourhood..

£ Free
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2020 Poster

OCC A3 Poster

Promote local Operation Christmas Child events by customising and displaying these posters on noticeboards in your classrooms, meeting rooms, local business, businesses, drop-off locations, or around your neighbourhood.

£ Free
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Small church kit

Church Kit Small

Everything you need to get your church started with Operation Christmas Child, including shoebox leaflets with step by step instructions and two sizes of posters to promote your churches participation in Operation Christmas Child. Kit includes: 1 Leader leaflet, 50 How to Pack a Shoebox leaflets, 1 A3 poster, and 2 A4 posters.

£ Free
Medium church kit

Church Kit Medium

Everything you need to get your church started with Operation Christmas Child, including shoebox leaflets with step by step instructions and two sizes of posters to promote your churches participation in Operation Christmas Child. Kit includes: 1 Leader leaflet, 150 How to Pack a Shoebox leaflets, 3 A3 posters, and 4 A4 posters.

£ Free
large church kit

Church Kit Large

Everything you need to get your church started with Operation Christmas Child, including shoebox leaflets with step by step instructions and two sizes of posters to promote your churches participation in Operation Christmas Child. Kit includes: 1 Leader leaflet, 250 How to Pack a Shoebox leaflets, 5 A3 posters, and 5 A4 Posters.

£ Free
Girl in Mongolia with shoebox gift

OCC 2019 Campaign Film (2 minutes 30)

Watch how Operation Christmas Child brings Good News and great joy to children around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes. This video is a great way to share the project with your friends, church, school or group.

£ Free
Girl in Mongolia with shoebox gift

OCC 2019 Campaign Film (1 minute)

Watch how Operation Christmas Child brings Good News and great joy to children around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes. This video is a great way to share the project with your friends, church, school or group.

£ Free
Rebecca holding her favourite shoebox item coloured crayons

Rebeca's Shoebox Story Film

Former shoebox recipient Rebeca shares what receiving a shoebox gift meant to her. This moving film is perfect to share with your friends, family, church, school or group to help explain the powerful and long lasting impact of a simple shoebox gift.

£ Free

Rebeca Returns to Romania Film

Rebeca received a shoebox gift as a child while growing up in Romania. She now lives in the UK and packs shoeboxes with her own children. Watch as she travels back to Romania and shares her very special shoebox story.

£ Free

Shoebox Gift Ideas and Packing FAQs

Wondering what to pack in your shoebox this year? This resource will provide inspiration for gift ideas to get you started and help answer some common packing questions.

£ Free
Facebook cover photo

Facebook Cover Photo

Upload this to your Facebook page during the campaign to let your friends know about Operation Christmas Child, the perfect way to get more people packing shoeboxes!

£ Free
Journey of a shoebox

The Journey of a Shoebox A5 Flyer

Packing your shoebox gift and dropping it off is just the beginning. This simple illustration shows you the journey it takes to get into the hands of a child in need, and the impact of many people along the way.

£ Free
Welsh How to Pack Leaflet

Taflen Sut I Bacio Eich Bocs Esgidiau

Yn cynnwys cyfarwyddiadau cam wrth gam, labeli bocs esgidiau, stori effaith ysbrydol ac amlen rhoi cyfraniad. Ar gael mewn pecynnau o 50 – archebwch ddigon i ysbrydoli eich cynulleidfa gyfan, cyfeillion neu deulu i bacio rhoddion bocs esgidiau ar gyfer plant ar draws y byd.

£ Free
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Welsh Poster

Welsh OCC Poster A4

Hyrwyddwch weithgareddau lleol Operation Christimas Child drwy addasu ac arddangos y posteri ar hysbysfyrddau yn eich ystafelloedd dosbarth, mannau cyfarfod, busnes lleol, busnesau, lleoliadau gollwng bocsys esgidiau ac o gwmpas eich cymdogaeth.

£ Free
Welsh Poster

Welsh OCC Poster A3

Hyrwyddwch weithgareddau lleol Operation Christimas Child drwy addasu ac arddangos y posteri ar hysbysfyrddau yn eich ystafelloedd dosbarth, mannau cyfarfod, busnes lleol, busnesau, lleoliadau gollwng bocsys esgidiau ac o gwmpas eich cymdogaeth.

£ Free
Welsh 2020 Poster Download

Lawr lwythiad Poster Operation Christmas Child

Hyrwyddwch weithgareddau lleol Operation Christimas Child drwy addasu ac arddangos y posteri ar hysbysfyrddau yn eich ystafelloedd dosbarth, mannau cyfarfod, busnes lleol, busnesau, lleoliadau gollwng bocsys esgidiau ac o gwmpas eich cymdogaeth.

£ Free
OCC distribution maps

Global and Historical Shoebox Distribution Maps

Discover how many Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts have been sent and which countries received them.

£ Free
Year round packing idea calendar

Year-Round Printable Calendar

To help spread the cost of your shoebox gift over the year, use this handy calendar as a reminder to add a gift to your monthly shopping trip.

£ Free
Let's be friends sheet

'Let's Be Friends' sheet

A great way to get your children involved in the project and to tell the child that receives your shoebox gift more about where it came from.

£ Free
Word Search

OCC Word Search

Enjoy finding key Operation Christmas Child words in our shoebox themed word search - perfect for kid's ministry groups.

£ Free
OCC Maze

Maze Sheet

Shoebox gifts are delivered to the ends of the earth by boat, plane, donkey, and more. Can you navigate the twists and turns of this maze and help the shoebox gift reach its destination?

£ Free

Helpful Links

FAQs Download Videos Project Leader Resources

Have questions or suggestions? Email occ@samaritans-purse.org.uk