How to make a gift box with attached lid
Gift Box With Attached Lid: try all 12 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
A rectangular gift box with a lid that stays attached, cut from one sheet of card. Glue tabs on the side walls fold round onto the front and back walls, so the box holds its shape.
- You need
- One sheet of card, 12 × 14 cm, a ruler and pencil, scissors and glue.
- Start
- Use a sheet of card, 12 × 14 cm, white side up. From the top mark the rows 4 cm for the lid, 3 cm for the back wall, 4 cm for the floor and 3 cm for the front wall. From the left mark the columns 3, 6 and 3 cm: the floor is the middle box of the floor row. On each side wall mark a tab 1 cm tall at both edges, 0.3 cm in from each end.
- Tips
- Glue the tabs one at a time and hold each for a few seconds.
- Score each crease lightly with a ruler and a dull pencil point first.
- Cut the tabs narrower than the walls so they stay clear of the lid.
Your model is ready
The box is done. Glue each tab to the wall it lies against and the box stands on its own. Lift the lid to open it. The finished box with its lid closed and a glued tab at each corner of the front and back walls.
Step-by-step diagrams
Steps 1–7
- 1
Crease the back wall
Fold the top of the card down along the back edge of the floor. Press the crease and open it flat.
- 2
Crease the front wall
Fold the bottom of the card up along the front edge of the floor. Press the crease and open it flat.
- 3
Crease the left wall
Fold the left wall up along the floor's left edge. Press the crease and open it flat.
- 4
Crease the right wall
Fold the right wall up along the floor's right edge. Press the crease and open it flat.
- 5
Crease the lid
Fold the lid forward along the top of the back wall. Press the crease and open it flat.
- 6
Cut away the top left corner
Cut down from the top edge, 3 cm from the left, to the back wall's top corner. Cut 0.3 cm left, up 1 cm, left 2.4 cm and down to the wall's edge, then left to the edge of the card. The corner lifts away and leaves a tab.
- 7
Cut away the top right corner
Cut the right side to match: down 9 cm from the left, then round the right tab.
Steps 8–12
- 8
Cut away the bottom left corner
Cut up from the bottom edge, 3 cm from the left, to the front wall's corner, then round the tab below the left wall, mirroring the top.
- 9
Cut away the bottom right corner
Cut the bottom right in the same way. You are left with a cross with four tabs.
- 10
Raise the four walls
Stand the four walls up at right angles to the floor, with the lid hanging back.
- 11
Fold the tabs round
Fold each of the four tabs round the corner, so it lies flat on the outside of the front or back wall.
- 12
Close the lid
Fold the lid forward over the top of the box.
- ✓
Finish
The box is done. Glue each tab to the wall it lies against and the box stands on its own. Lift the lid to open it. The finished box with its lid closed and a glued tab at each corner of the front and back walls.
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