No. Each corner is a pleat: it folds in half and lies flat against the outside of the end wall, and the rim flap folds down over both pleats to hold them. Nothing is glued.

The template is only the shape. Print it on food-grade board, or line it with greaseproof paper, for anything hot or oily.

Will it print on one sheet?

Yes. At the size it opens with — 140 × 55 mm at the bottom and 35 mm deep — it fits one A4 or US Letter sheet turned sideways.

Food Tray Template — Free Glueless Food Boat & Hot Dog Tray, Any Size

The food tray template, flat and folded

Food tray template — free printable dieline with cut and fold lines, any size — The printable dieline at its standard size. Type your own size above for yours.

Food tray folded up from the template — the finished box — The box it folds into.

What this template is for

The food boat and hot-dog tray: a floor, four walls leaning out, and corners that pleat instead of being glued. Chips, samosas, momos, street food, fairs.

Also called food boat · hot dog tray · paper food tray · snack boat — all the same shape, and this is it.

Street food: chips, samosas, momos, nachos
Hot dog and snack trays at fairs and parties
School and charity event food stalls
Serving trays for sweets and popcorn

How to use this template

All four downloads are the same food tray at the same size — only the format changes.

PDF printing at home: Print at 100 per cent, or hand it to a print shop as "actual size, no scaling".
PNG 300 dpi Canva, Photoshop, Procreate: Upload, lock it in place and design your food tray on top. Free plan and phone included. Full Canva walkthrough →
SVG Cricut, Illustrator, Inkscape, Affinity: Vector, with cuts, folds and labels on separate layers. Cricut and Silhouette walkthrough →
DXF Silhouette, laser and vinyl cutters: Two layers, CUT and FOLD — and the one free Silhouette Studio Basic will open.

Getting it printed properly →

Printing it

Type your size above, then download the PDF.
Print at 100% — never “fit to page”, or every measurement comes out wrong.
Too big for the paper? Pick your paper size and leave Fit the pieces to the page ticked: each piece gets its own place on a sheet and the PDF comes out with every page in it, nothing cut in half and nothing to tape.

How to put it together

These pictures are the food tray itself, not a generic diagram — change the measurements above and the template changes, but the three steps never do.

Cut the solid lines
Every solid line is a cut. Do the inside shapes first, while the sheet is still whole and easy to hold.
Score every dashed line
Dashed lines are folds. Score each one first — an empty ballpoint against a ruler — or the card cracks along the outside of the bend.
Fold, glue and hold
Fold the four walls up. Each corner pleats in half by itself: press every pleat flat against the outside of the END wall, then fold the rim flap down over both pleats. No glue.

Glue: a glue stick for paper, white PVA on card — hold each seam thirty seconds, and let the box dry standing up.

Questions about the food tray

Does it need glue?: No. Each corner is a pleat: it folds in half and lies flat against the outside of the end wall, and the rim flap folds down over both pleats to hold them. Nothing is glued.
Is it food safe?: The template is only the shape. Print it on food-grade board, or line it with greaseproof paper, for anything hot or oily.
Will it print on one sheet?: Yes. At the size it opens with — 140 × 55 mm at the bottom and 35 mm deep — it fits one A4 or US Letter sheet turned sideways.

Print your own design on it

Add a logo, photo or pattern in the panel on the left and drag it onto the food tray. It is trimmed to the cut outline, embedded properly in the PDF, and never leaves your computer — most free template sites hand you the outline and stop there. How printing your own design works.

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