How to Make a Gift Box with a Lid

Gift box with a hinged lid is also perfect since it provides a perfect way to wrap gifts, preventing the wrapper from opening accidentally. For example, if you are cutting out a birthday, holiday, or any special occasion gift, a homemade gift box can go a long way. In this article, you will be shown how to create a unique gift box complete with a lid in a number of simple and easy steps. Let's get started!

Things You'll Need for the Gift Box

To make gift boxes yourself, that is what you will be needing: Here's what you'll need:

Cardboard or Heavy Paper: This shall form the bottom of your gift box and also the lid. Coat boxes are reusable when you repurpose and recycle, or you can purchase sturdy paper from the shops.

Ruler: And when making a board, benches, or even just a simple jigsaw puzzle, for someone measuring and making straight cuts.

Scissors or Craft Knife: For choosing any method of cutting in order to get the standard size of cardboard or paper.

Glue or Double-Sided Tape: To hold your box together.

Decorative Paper: Putting a finish on your box and the cover thereof.

Ribbon or String: In order to add a unique part to the boxes for gifting purposes.

Pencil: To guide and mark when making a measurement to arrive at the right dimension.

Step 1: Measure and Cut the Cardboard

Let's cut out from the base of the gift box and also for the lid-cutting, the same pieces first. Here is a basic guide on how to do it:

Base of the Box:

For whatever gift you will put in that box, measure its width and height. Add an extra 2-3 inches for any extra space you might want on each side.

Take the ruler, lay it on the cardboard, and make a square or a rectangle. For example, if your gift is a 6-inch by 6-inch basket, your box should be approximately 8 inches by 8 inches at the base.

You should then use scissors or a craft knife to cut this square very neatly.

Sides of the Box:

Cut equal strips of cardboard, explained below for each side of the box. They should be as high as you want the height of your box to stand perpendicularly to the ground. Example: If you want the sides of a box to be 4 inches high, then each strip would be 4 inches wide.

The length of each strip will be the same as the side of your base. For example, if your set base size is now 8 inches by 8 inches, it will require four strips of 8 inches by 4 inches.

Lid of the Box:

The lid should be a little bigger than the base for it to fit well over the base. For ancillary shelf sizes, one should consider adding about an inch around the base's dimensions.

Using the base we used, for example, being 8 inches by 8 inches, the lid needs to be 9 inches by 9 inches.

Saw the lid out from the cardboard similarly as in crafting the base.

Step 2: Fold the Sides of the Box

Now that you have cut the base and sides, it's time to fold the sides into shape:

• Take the ruler and draw lines on the cardboard strip, which will help in giving it a shape of a box-like structure.

• After achieving your creases, take each of the strips and fold it up at right angles as this makes the walls of the gift box.

• By applying glue or double-sided tape, secure the edges of the strip to the base. Push them down, holding for a few seconds until the adhesives set.

• Do this as many times as possible on all four sides of the box. You now have your base and walls of the gift box created!

Step 3: Creation of the Lid

Forming the lid is pretty much like it is with the base, but there has to be an inch or so of space on the sides. Here's how to make the lid:

• Once you have cut out the shape of the lid, trace a line about an inch in from each side around the perimeter of the lid. This serves to let the edges of the lid be neat and form into a box shape for the whole.

• Raise the edges of the lid as you did at the sides of the base.

• Place glue or double-sided tape at the edge of the flaps of the lid, then place and stick it on the main lid piece. Apply pressure on them for a few seconds to make sure that the glue sticks properly.

• It should now fit tightly over the gift box such that it'll have some room to open and shut again.

Step 4: Decorating Your Gift Box

And since you finally have the structure of your custom gift boxes ready, now is the high time to sweeten the deal!

Wrapping the Box: You can decorate the outside with decorative paper, fabric, or even a few strips of colored washi tape. Use glue or double-sided tape to fix the paper perfectly on the face of the box.

Adding a Ribbon or Bow: Finish off with colored ribbon or strings to be tied around the gift box. Not only does this make it look more classy, but also easy to open, not like those flowing designs where the box gets complicated to open.

Personalized Labels: On option, a personalized label or tag can be added, or the recipient's name or any

message can be written for the creation of the personal touch.

Custom embellishments: This is because you can attach badges, flowers, or any item of your preferred design to make the gift boxes more elegant.

Step 5: Finishing Touches

After the decorations are up, allow everything to dry before using the gift box. You have now created a gift box with its cover where you can place your present of choice. If you are planning to give more than one gift box, then it's better to make one or two more at the same time.

Advice on Erecting Wholesale Gift Boxes

As for more formal gifting, if it is for some large party, event, business, or any other large quantity, it will just be about the same but with much larger quantities. Following are some tips:

Buy in Bulk: To save money, buy your raw materials such as cardboard and fancy papers in bulk. Sometimes you can even use a wholesale supplier to purchase custom packaging materials.

Invest in a Box Making Tool: If you want to produce a big number of boxes, it is more reasonable to buy a box-making instrument or a die cutter. He pointed out that when using the hand saw, this will assist you to do it in a proper manner though taking considerable time compared to use of electric saws to cut the materials uniformly.

Streamline Your Design: If you are going to make many boxes for gifts, first try to select an easy design that can easily be repeated. Individual boxes for varied events or clients require one to use a lot of time in creating them; therefore, it is advisable to use templates.

Why custom gift boxes?

Custom gift boxes are an excellent method of gifting, mainly when it comes to creating a self-made gift box. Be it preparing simple gift boxes for special occasions or ordering a company's gift boxes, customized gift wrapping will help you personalize the style, texture, and measurements of the boxes.

Conclusion

This is probably the most trivial way to render any gift at least a bit special, and a gift box with a lid becomes ready in no time. This tutorial will walk you through how to make beautiful boxes, whether you want to pack gifts for your loved ones or design gift boxes to use in business marketing, in simple steps.