I've made the reindeer in actual size and scaled down the elf to fit a specific gift. So much fun to make, and I'm sure the recipients will like them as much as do.
I scoffed a bit when Leo warned me, in the assembly video, not to put the corner brace pieces over each other (instead of 1 in each of the 4 corners), but guess what I did? Yep, 2 braces on top of each other - so be warned that this mistake is easy to make if you zone out a touch too much. The box is still perfectly usable for my purposes so no harm done other than to remind me to stay in the moment.