How much card will eighty favour boxes take?

Type your size into any of the templates above and the drawing tells you the sheet it needs. As a rough guide, a favour box around 7 cm across takes most of an A4 sheet, so eighty is roughly eighty sheets — one and a half reams. Buy the card in one go and in one batch number, because white card varies noticeably between batches and it shows when they are side by side on a table.

What weight of card should I use?

Between 200 and 250 gsm for most of these. Lighter than 160 and the box will not hold its shape once something is in it; heavier than 300 and the folds crack unless you score them properly first. The petal box and the cone want the thinner end of that range because both bend along a curve.

Can I print our names or a monogram on them?

Yes — add a picture in the tool and drag it onto the panel you want it on. It is trimmed to the cut outline, so nothing prints off the edge of the card, and it stays in your browser. Print one and fold it before you print eighty: it is the only way to see where the artwork lands once the box is up.

How long does one take to fold?

Once the cutting and scoring are done, between forty seconds and three minutes depending on the shape. The purse box and the pillow box are at the fast end. Anything with glue is at the slow end, because the limit is not your hands but how many can be drying at once.

Do I need a cutting machine?

No. Every template prints as an ordinary PDF you can cut with scissors or a craft knife and a steel rule. A Cricut or Silhouette is worth it somewhere around the fiftieth box, and the SVG and DXF downloads are there for exactly that.

Favour Box Templates — Free Wedding & Party

Favours are made in forties and eighties, not ones, and that changes which shape is worth choosing. A box that takes four minutes to assemble is a whole evening at eighty. A shape that needs glue means a drying rack and somewhere to put it. And a shape that packs flat can be made in October and stacked in a cupboard until the week before.

The 8 shapes, and when each one is the right answer

Cake slice box template

A wedge that reads as a slice of cake once it is on the table, and eight arranged in a circle read as a whole one. Size it around what goes inside, not around the look: the wedge is wider across the back than people expect and eats paper accordingly.

Also called cake slice box or wedge box
Purse box template

Folds from a single piece into a handbag with the handle built in, so there is no ribbon to tie and nothing to glue at the top. It is the quickest of these to put together once the creases are in, which is the whole argument for it at eighty.

Also called handbag box or purse gift box
Petal box template

The top shuts in a swirl of petals — no lid, no tuck, no glue while the almonds are already inside. Use a card thin enough to bend without cracking along the curve; cereal-box weight is about the limit.

Also called twist close box or pinwheel box
Pillow pack template

Flat until you push the ends in, so a hundred of them post flat and live in a drawer until the week of. Best for something slim: a bar of chocolate, a bookmark, a folded note.

Also called pillow box or curved-end box
Cone template

The confetti cone, and the only way on this list to get height on the table. It will not stand up by itself, so plan a rack or a jar to sit them in before you make ninety of them.

Also called truncated cone or party hat template
Star lid box template

A hexagonal base under a lid that folds down into a star. It looks like far more work than it is, and it is the one guests take home rather than leave on the chair.

Also called folded star box or hexagon box with lid
Triangular prism box template

A long triangle sized around a chocolate bar or a pen. Worth it when the favour is much longer than it is wide and everything else here would swim.

Also called toblerone box or triangle box template
Takeout box template

The takeaway carton, shrunk. It reads playful rather than formal, so it suits a party better than a wedding breakfast — and the wire handle is optional.

Also called chinese takeout box or noodle box

Every one of these is sized by you

None of these is a fixed template. Open any of them, type the measurements of what is going inside, and the drawing redraws to fit — then download it as a PDF to print, or as SVG or DXF for a cutting machine. Solid lines are cuts, dashed lines are folds, and you should always print at 100% rather than “fit to page”, or the box comes out the wrong size.

Questions

How much card will eighty favour boxes take?: Type your size into any of the templates above and the drawing tells you the sheet it needs. As a rough guide, a favour box around 7 cm across takes most of an A4 sheet, so eighty is roughly eighty sheets — one and a half reams. Buy the card in one go and in one batch number, because white card varies noticeably between batches and it shows when they are side by side on a table.
What weight of card should I use?: Between 200 and 250 gsm for most of these. Lighter than 160 and the box will not hold its shape once something is in it; heavier than 300 and the folds crack unless you score them properly first. The petal box and the cone want the thinner end of that range because both bend along a curve.
Can I print our names or a monogram on them?: Yes — add a picture in the tool and drag it onto the panel you want it on. It is trimmed to the cut outline, so nothing prints off the edge of the card, and it stays in your browser. Print one and fold it before you print eighty: it is the only way to see where the artwork lands once the box is up.
How long does one take to fold?: Once the cutting and scoring are done, between forty seconds and three minutes depending on the shape. The purse box and the pillow box are at the fast end. Anything with glue is at the slow end, because the limit is not your hands but how many can be drying at once.
Do I need a cutting machine?: No. Every template prints as an ordinary PDF you can cut with scissors or a craft knife and a steel rule. A Cricut or Silhouette is worth it somewhere around the fiftieth box, and the SVG and DXF downloads are there for exactly that.

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