How tall can a pyramid be?

As tall as you like. The face height is worked out from the height and the base, so the faces always meet correctly at the point.

Which is the height — the slope or the middle?

The vertical height from the base to the point, not the slanted face. That is the measurement you would take with a ruler standing beside it.

How do I close it up?

Fold every base edge up and glue each tab behind the next face. Fill it before you close the last face.

Pyramid Box Template — Free, 3 to 12 Sides, Any Size

The pyramid template, flat and folded

Pyramid 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.

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

What this template is for

A pyramid on any base from a triangle to a twelve-sided polygon. Party favours, gift boxes, display pieces.

Also called polygonal pyramid · triangular gift box · pyramid carton — all the same shape, and this is it.

Party favours and gift boxes
School and museum models
Display and window pieces
Christmas decorations

How to use this template

All four downloads are the same pyramid 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 pyramid 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 pyramid 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 every base edge up and crease each tab along its fold line, then glue each tab behind the next face. Fill it before you close the last face. For a box that opens again, leave the last tab unglued and tuck it inside the face next to it instead.

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 pyramid

How tall can a pyramid be?: As tall as you like. The face height is worked out from the height and the base, so the faces always meet correctly at the point.
Which is the height — the slope or the middle?: The vertical height from the base to the point, not the slanted face. That is the measurement you would take with a ruler standing beside it.
How do I close it up?: Fold every base edge up and glue each tab behind the next face. Fill it before you close the last face.

Print your own design on it

Add a logo, photo or pattern in the panel on the left and drag it onto the pyramid. 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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Ready-made settings: Polygonal pyramid

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