Instructions on how to make gift boxes out of cardboard are both economical and contribute to environmental protection. If you still don't know how to make a gift box out of cardboard. Now, Follow the article on making cardboard boxes to create impressive gift boxes!
4 Steps how to make a gift box out of cardboard
Before embarking on how to make a cardboard box. You need to prepare some tools including
Cardboard sheets
Colored paper with patterns
Ribbon
Stationery such as pens, rulers, scissors, glue, glue gun
After having all the materials. We proceed to make a cardboard box as follows:
Step 1: Draw a sketch of the gift box
Use a pen and ruler to draw sketches of 5 rectangular boxes on the cardboard. You can follow the picture below.
Dimensions will be as follows:
Length: 34cm
Width: 15cm
4 crate lids, each 10 cm
Step 2: Draw the lid to make a cardboard box
You do the same on 5 other cardboard boxes to create 5 gift boxes. Dimensions will be as follows:
Length: 34.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
2 vertical flaps 3 cm
2 horizontal flaps 3 cm
After you have sketched the shapes on the cardboard as in steps 1 and 2. Next, you take out 2 rectangular cardboard sheets with dimensions of 14.5 x 33.5 and 15 x 34 and glue the inner side. the bottom of the box and the lid of the box.
Next, You cut the cardboard into 2 rectangles with various sizes of 9.5 x 33.5 and 2 rectangles with dimensions of 9.5 x 14.5 to glue the inner side of the bottom of the box.
Next, you put all the body of the box, the lid of the box, and the paper lining the box on the reverse side of the patterned paper. Then use glue to fix it together.
Step 3: Cut and glue
Once the cut is complete, fold the edges of the paper 1.5 cm into the inner side of the cardboard to form the box. Next, You use a glue gun to glue them together.
At this step, you need to do it meticulously to help the carton gift box be strong. You need to use a glue gun to seal the 4 sides of the paper box in 4 corners. Next, you glue the 2 corners of the 3 sides of the paper box lid together.
Step 4: Decorate
In this step, you use ribbons. Cut into 2 pieces about 2cm longer than the circumference of the gift box.
The end of the ribbon is glued to the edge of the paper edge of the box lid. Then, you glue the ribbon around the outside of the paper box cover. The second end of the ribbon will stick to the inside edge of the paper to form the other box cover. Use glue or a glue gun to cover the corner of the remaining box lid so that it is tight.
With the way to make a gift box with cardboard as above. You now have a lovely and very cool cardboard gift box. You can also decorate it to your liking.
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