These boxes are great to add a little extra something special to any small gift. I like them for any kind of jewelty, stitch markers, and other small handmade goodies for friends. I love these boxes and have been making them for quite awhile. I figured it was about time to commit the templates for them to paper. I keep copying the cut outs I made for the original ones over and over again. This will make it nice and easy for me to make them and it will make a nice little project for you. It’s scary to say it’s getting close to that handmade Christmas time of year, but really, all us handmakers need to start making our supply list, checking it twice, and get going on our Christmas Crafting. These are just the boxes to hold our handmade treasures and keep them safe and sound.
It’s super easy to use them too. Just print out on card stock, cut with an X-acto knife, fold and glue them together. That’s it. Super easy peasy. Enjoy!
Download the gift boxes templates here (pdf).
Well, speaking of Christmas crafting, I’m going to knit the night away on some of just that.
Best wishes and Happy Crafting!
++ Kristin Roach ++
Rachel says:
This is such a fantastic idea!!! I’ll be linking to this!
September 29th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Folding Trees » Handy box templates says:
[...] at Craft Leftovers has created some useful templates for basic gift boxes. SHARE THIS POSTClose Bookmark and Share This Page Save to Browser Favorites / [...]
September 30th, 2008 at 5:01 am
Rabbit9 says:
Very cool idea and thank you for the templates. :-)
September 30th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
gransims says:
Thanks so much for your thoughtfulness in sharing these templates. Sometimes things can look so easy to do, yet when we attempt, we aren’t quite sure just what to do. This has been my situatiion. Thanks again for making it much easier for me to make little gift boxes.
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:35 pm
sweetcheese says:
Thanks so much–this gives me some motivation to get started on gifts. And I’m excited to re-use materials with your templates, like magazines, cereal boxes…
October 4th, 2008 at 12:24 am
craftyfingers says:
Great, thanks so much for sharing. I’m so thrilled I found this site. Gracias!
October 4th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Inspiring « Handmade Homeschool says:
[...] cute, free templates for gift boxes from Crafty Leftovers. Enlarged 135%, the box with attatched lid fits just right onto a [...]
October 5th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Heidi Elliott says:
Thanks so much for posting this tut and pattern. I was thinking I could cover these in fabric and make them for my Christmas gifts for the fam.
Cheers!
October 6th, 2008 at 7:04 am
Gift Tag Tutorial « Handmade Homeschool says:
[...] doesn’t need to be exact. My strips were leftover pieces from cutting out the shapes for the gift boxes. As you can see, they were about 1.5″/4cm [...]
October 8th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
BOX IT UP. « marshmallow fever says:
[...] BOX IT UP. Here’s a great how-to from Craft Leftovers on how to make your own small gift boxes. Downloadable templates so that you can just print, cut, fold and tape or glue. I have a feeling you could probably resize the print for gift boxes in a variety of sizes. Get it HERE. [...]
October 8th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Dana @ Letters to Elijah says:
Very cool… I printed them out on card stock. But I have a silly question.. should I do it backwards? so you can’t see the words fold and cut? okay.. I’m really blond today… you must make sure the words are on the inside.. duh I’m a goof :)
October 9th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Mary says:
Thank you so much. I have been looking for something like this for ages!!! It will save me a fortune in boxes for my hand painted Guardian Angels. Brilliant.
October 13th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Cheryl says:
I belong to a card club, greeting cards that is. Once a month we meet and share ideas, and I find these boxes just awesome. Thank You
October 15th, 2008 at 8:37 am