Gift boxes of any dimension can be created using this method, but you will find you may have join sheets of printed pattern together in order to cover a larger box.
Pages From The Heart Cereal Box To Gift Box Tutorial
Gift box Supply list
Two cardboard boxes
Paint
Paper
Paint brush
Wooden kebab skewers
Scissors
Scotch tape
White glue
Paper clamps/big paper clips/pegs
Left over gift wrap
and gift box tutorial
I measured my paper rose,made from paper rose tutorial/gift item, I need a box roughly 8 in long 2.5 in wide and 3in deep to allow for decorative packaging (tissue paper, cellophane, shredded paper)
First we need 2 cardboard boxes one slightly wider and longer than the other. but somewhere close to the proportions of the item you wish to gift box, in other words if your item is size of a postage stamp don't use a ceral box as your starting base ,pick a box more appropriate to scale of your item.
For a box with a base 8 in long, I am going to use the long side of the shortest box appearing in pictures above (8 and 10 in long respectively). Therefore obviously the box lid which needs to be slightly longer (to fit over an 8 in long base) I'm going to use the remaining 10 in box.
Now we don't want our lid to be hugely bigger than the base ,I usually allow a 1cm difference in size between top and bottom of box, it allows for ease of fit of lid after decorative paper or card has been applied.
Repair to torn end of box
1) Make a cut approx an inch above the height you require your box to be ,cut box along its length and sides so you have completely removed the excess card board from the upper section of the box and right hand side tail section (do not recycle it you may need some of it shortly)
2)Measure torn box along side of the one being used for base (if torn box is intended for lid) add 1cm to length for fit after decoration, draw a line ,then measure another line about 1.5 in , beyond that.
Beyond this line trim all excess cardboard away.
3)Score along the 1 cm line with the rounded end of a small paint brush or a pen that has no ink. The line you have just scored now becomes your new fold lines for your new box end.
Do this on top of a magazine or pile of scrap paper just something that has just a little give, if you do it straight on to a table or work top you will leave no impression on the card at all. (Make certain what ever you decide to lean on is light in color so product box ink doesn't transfer onto your work, not important for this step but it will be later on when using printed paper)
4)From the outer edge of the card to the 1cm line cut back the box along original fold lines. Now on you're newly scored folds along the 1cm line, fold in at a 90 deg angle all three flaps.
You will most likely find that they overlap so glue or tape together, if using glue use some form of clamp to hold sides together until dry, if using scotch tape, tape on insides of box only, or later you will see ridges through decorative paper. If flaps do not quite meet cut a single piece of card the dimensions of your box end and glue flaps to it to form a whole new end for box.
Walla we now have an open top box with 4 complete sides.
If other box half also needs repair repeat procedure
OK we should now have two complete box halves. Now trim down to desired heights. For aesthetically pleasing proportions I usually like my lid to be approx 1/3 height of box base .
Make sure lid fits on top of base with just a little play; you should have something like this
If your lid section has too much play now is the time to fix it. Cut out from scraps of card a couple of rectangular pieces matching the inside end dimensions of your box lid,
if you need more than one space filler glue two together and then adhere to inside end of box lid. Always add the same amount of filler pieces to each end of lid to keep it balanced and propotioned correctly.
