How To Make A Gift Box Out Of Cardstock

How to Make a Box Out of Cardstock

Connie is a compulsive crafter who loves making her own packaging for crafts and gifts out of recycled material.

Learn how to make your own gift or craft box out of cardstock in 10 easy steps. — Larn how to make your ain gift or arts and crafts box out of cardstock in 10 easy steps.

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Cardstock Box

This article includes instructions and photos to aid you make a simple box with a folding lid out of cardstock. The process is fairly straightforward and only involves a few unproblematic cuts and folds. I use an 8" past x" slice of cardstock, which yields a box well-nigh three.five" wide by iv" long by 1" deep.

Once you have the bones principles down, yous can easily adjust the formula to make other sizes. I've too included a gratuitous template (linked below in the supplies section) to help explain where to mark lines and where to cut. When marking out the fold lines, utilize a pencil and practice and so lightly. The lines are on the within, but some will still testify if they are too dark. For the photos in this article, I made the lines nighttime so they would exist more than visible.

Supplies Needed

8" x ten" sail of cardstock (one per box)
Ten-Acto knife or scissors
glue
pencil
ruler
template

Instructions

To plow your sail of cardstock into a souvenir box with a folding lid, follow the instructions below and use the included images equally a visual guide.

First Step Complete — Commencement Footstep Complete

Step ane

Accept your sheet of cardstock and orient information technology "sideways" to be wider than information technology is tall.
Mark a line two" from the bottom border across the length of the sheet.
Then make another line on the top side 2" below the edge.

Second Step Complete — Second Step Consummate

Step 2

Next, make a series of 5 lines parallel to the brusk side. Start from one curt side, and make a line i" from the edge.
Draw the adjacent line 3.v" from that line.
The next line volition be 1" from that one.
Next, make another line, 3.five" from that one. Lastly, marker one more line .5" from the previous one.

Pace three

Now, draw a line 1" below the pinnacle edge, parallel to the outset line y'all drew but between the lines that make up the first 3.5" space on each side.
Echo this on the bottom edge.

If this sounds confusing, exist sure to refer to the photo above for clarity.

Fourth Step Complete — Quaternary Step Complete

Step iv

Finally, mark off a .5" line on each of the side tabs.

See the photograph higher up.

Whorl to Keep

Stride five

Post-obit the template linked to in the supplies section above, cut only along the lines marked in red. I used an X-Acto pocketknife with a sharp blade, but y'all can also utilise scissors.
Discard the pieces of cardstock that are marked with an "X" in the template.

Sixth Step Complete — Sixth Pace Complete

Step 6

Advisedly fold the cardstock forth each of the black lines, creasing it well. Depending on the thickness of the cardstock y'all use, you lot may have to score information technology lightly.

This makes the rest of the process much easier.

Seventh Step Complete — 7th Step Complete

Stride vii

Curve the bottom strip up, folding in the side tabs so that they are parallel with the long sides.
And then bend upward the next 1" strip the aforementioned way.

Refer to the photo above for help.

Step 8

Now, fold up the sides. Fold the first one" strip over the side tabs and into the inside of the box.
Fold each side one side at a time.
Put a dab of glue onto the side strip and press it firmly to go on the box together.