Paper Box
Paper Box generator
The Paper Box generator makes folding cartons and gift boxes from card or board: reverse and straight tuck-end cartons, mailer boxes with rolled walls and a front tuck, and two-piece boxes whose lid slides over the base.
Pick a style, the board and the size. Folds sit on the board's middle, so a panel is the inside size plus one thickness and the outside of the box is the inside plus two; enter inside sizes for what goes in, or outside sizes for a space.
Cut lines are on the outline layer, slits and perforations on the inner-cut layer, and creases on the score layer, so a laser scores them with low power and a Cricut or Silhouette scores them with its scoring tool.
Box style
The kind of box: each style folds from one sheet (or two pieces) and has its own settings below.
Board
The card or board you cut: its thickness sets every fold allowance.
Size
Size of the reverse tuck end.
Bleed for printed boxes: extra print past the cut line.
Glue flap
Glue flap of the reverse tuck end.
Tucks and dust flaps
Tucks and dust flaps of the reverse tuck end.
Size
Size of the straight tuck end.
Bleed for printed boxes: extra print past the cut line.
Glue flap
Glue flap of the straight tuck end.
Tucks and dust flaps
Tucks and dust flaps of the straight tuck end.
Size
Size of the mailer box.
Bleed for printed boxes: extra print past the cut line.
Lid and flaps
Lid and flaps of the mailer box.
Size
Size of the two-piece box.
Bleed for printed boxes: extra print past the cut line.
Lid
Lid of the two-piece box.
Perforation
Perforated lines (tear strips) are cut as dashes.
Presets
- Jewelry gift box 6×6×3: Two-piece box, 60 × 60 × 30 mm inside.
- Ring box: Small two-piece box, 50 × 50 × 40 mm.
- Watch box: Two-piece box for a watch, 110 × 80 × 70 mm.
- Cupcake box: One cupcake, lift-off lid, 100 × 100 × 90 mm.
- Cookie box: Flat two-piece box, 150 × 150 × 50 mm.
- Chocolate box: Shallow box for a chocolate tray, 180 × 120 × 30 mm.
- Nowruz gift box: Square two-piece gift box, 120 × 120 × 60 mm.
- Shirt box: Large flat lid-and-base box in E-flute, 300 × 220 × 50 mm.
- Phone box: Two-piece box for a phone, 160 × 80 × 25 mm.
- Gift card box: Slim two-piece box for a gift card, 110 × 80 × 20 mm.
- Soap box: Reverse tuck carton for a bar of soap, 90 × 60 × 30 mm.
- Tea box: Tall reverse tuck carton for tea bags, 70 × 70 × 120 mm.
- Candle box: Square carton for a jar candle, 85 × 85 × 100 mm.
- Perfume box: Straight tuck carton, clean front, 55 × 55 × 130 mm.
- Cream jar box: Cube carton for a cosmetic jar, 60 × 60 × 60 mm.
- Lipstick box: Slim straight tuck carton, 25 × 25 × 85 mm.
- Business card box: Holds about 100 cards, 92 × 25 × 57 mm.
- Playing card box: Fits a poker deck, 66 × 22 × 92 mm.
- Pharmacy box: Straight tuck carton for blister packs, 80 × 30 × 100 mm.
- Toothpaste box: Long carton, 40 × 35 × 180 mm.
- Light bulb box: Square carton, 65 × 65 × 110 mm.
- Small mailer: Shipping box, 150 × 100 × 50 mm in E-flute.
- Book mailer: Flat mailer for a book, 240 × 170 × 40 mm.
- Subscription box: Gift or subscription mailer, 250 × 200 × 80 mm.
- T-shirt mailer: Shallow mailer for a folded T-shirt, 280 × 220 × 40 mm.
- Jewelry mailer: Small card mailer, 120 × 120 × 40 mm.
- Cosmetics mailer: Kraft mailer for a skincare set, 200 × 150 × 70 mm.
Material, layers and sheet
Set your material's thickness and kerf first: the kerf is applied once to every outline and hole. Engraving is filled on its own layer, which the SVG puts first so it runs before the cuts.
Options
Box style
- StyleReverse tuck end, Straight tuck end, Mailer box, Two-piece box
- The box's construction.
Board
- Board200 gsm card (0.25 mm), 250 gsm card (0.32 mm), 300 gsm card (0.4 mm), 350 gsm card (0.45 mm), 400 gsm card (0.52 mm), 300 gsm kraft (0.45 mm), 1 mm chipboard (1 mm), Corrugated E-flute (1.6 mm), Corrugated B-flute (3 mm), My own (set Thickness)
- A board weight sets the thickness; pick My own to type it in the material settings.
Size
- Length10 to 1000 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Front to back along the front panel.
- Width10 to 1000 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Across the side panel.
- Height5 to 1000 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Height.
- Sizes areInside, Outside
- Inside sizes fit what goes in; outside sizes fit a space.
- Bleed0 to 10 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Extra print past the cut line; 0 leaves the bleed line off.
Glue flap
- Glue flap width5 to 60 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Glue flap width.
- Glue flap taper (°)0 to 45 · step 1
- Glue flap taper.
- Glue flap onLeft, Right
- Glue flap on.
Tucks and dust flaps
- Tuck length0 to 200 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Leave it at 0 to size it to the box.
- Tuck corner radius0 to 40 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Tuck corner radius.
- Slit lockson or off
- Short cuts at the ends of the tuck's fold; the tuck clicks shut and stays.
- Dust flap depth0 to 300 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Leave it at 0 to size them to the box.
- Dust flap radius0 to 30 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Dust flap radius.
Size
- Length10 to 1000 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Front to back along the front panel.
- Width10 to 1000 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Across the side panel.
- Height5 to 1000 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Height.
- Sizes areInside, Outside
- Inside sizes fit what goes in; outside sizes fit a space.
- Bleed0 to 10 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Extra print past the cut line; 0 leaves the bleed line off.
Glue flap
- Glue flap width5 to 60 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Glue flap width.
- Glue flap taper (°)0 to 45 · step 1
- Glue flap taper.
- Glue flap onLeft, Right
- Glue flap on.
Tucks and dust flaps
- Tuck length0 to 200 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Leave it at 0 to size it to the box.
- Tuck corner radius0 to 40 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Tuck corner radius.
- Slit lockson or off
- Short cuts at the ends of the tuck's fold; the tuck clicks shut and stays.
- Dust flap depth0 to 300 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Leave it at 0 to size them to the box.
- Dust flap radius0 to 30 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Dust flap radius.
Size
- Length10 to 1000 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Front to back along the front panel.
- Width10 to 1000 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Across the side panel.
- Height5 to 1000 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Height.
- Sizes areInside, Outside
- Inside sizes fit what goes in; outside sizes fit a space.
- Bleed0 to 10 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Extra print past the cut line; 0 leaves the bleed line off.
Lid and flaps
- Tuck corner radius0 to 40 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Tuck corner radius.
- Slit lockson or off
- Short cuts at the ends of the tuck's fold, so the lid clicks shut.
- Dust flap radius0 to 30 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Dust flap radius.
Size
- Length10 to 1000 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Front to back along the front panel.
- Width10 to 1000 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Across the side panel.
- Base height5 to 1000 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Base height.
- Sizes areInside, Outside
- Inside sizes fit what goes in; outside sizes fit a space.
- Bleed0 to 10 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Extra print past the cut line; 0 leaves the bleed line off.
Lid
- Lid height0 to 500 mm · step 0.5 mm
- Leave it at 0 for about a third of the base's height.
- Clearance0 to 5 mm · step 0.1 mm
- Room between the lid and the base, each side.
Perforation
- Cut length0.3 to 10 mm · step 0.1 mm
- Length of each cut dash.
- Gap length0.3 to 10 mm · step 0.1 mm
- Uncut paper between dashes.