Packaging ideas / make your own boxes - makes it easy to match favors to the themes, colors or invitations

Hexagonal Stacking Boxes The inspiration for this week’s project comes from the Japanese stacking octagonal box kit shown above. We previously used a similar technique to demonstrate a business card box with traditional elegance. We now present a surreal modern makeover for Japanese papercraft boxes by using (recycling) paperboard packaging. We follow the same basic construction techniques, but simplify it by eliminating the paper coverings and decorations. They are great for storage, gift giving, and decorative use. The abstraction created from taking the package out of its context can be wonderfully fun. To get started, download the pattern here (18K pdf). This is an ideal project for a laser cutter, but can also be made by printing out the pattern and tracing or gluing it onto your material to cut with a hobby knife. Each of the pieces is perforated along the folds, which are drawn in blue in the pdf pattern. The interior box can be folded with the print facing either in or out.

box templates Beads & Craft Supplies » Craft Supplies » Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts » FREE TEMPLATES The included material is free to use, copy and share so long as they are used in the spirit in which they were given and the printed material, digital copy or link is not sold, published or redistributed for profit. There are no restrictions whatsoever on the finished products you choose to make, use or sell using these free templates & project ideas (that's just silly)... so have fun and enjoy! Left click on thumbnail image or title to open template, then right click on large image and select option to "print" or "copy".