About this dieline
A box with lid is the two-piece box of gift shops and clothing stores: a base and a slightly bigger lid that slips over it. Each piece is one sheet of board whose end walls fold over double and lock into slots in the floor with small tongues, so neither piece needs glue or tape.
Enter the length, width and height of the base, how far the lid comes down and the board thickness, and download one PDF with both pieces. The lid is sized from the base and the board, so it slides on without forcing.
Common stock sizes of the base, length × width × height: about 76 × 76 × 51 mm for jewellery, 152 × 152 × 102 mm for a candle or a mug, 381 × 254 × 51 mm for a folded shirt and 432 × 279 × 64 mm for a sweater — the apparel box more shops stock than any other. Measure the floor of the base and leave a few millimetres around the product; folded clothes squash a little, hard goods need the full height.
How much bigger is the lid?
Just enough to clear the base: about six board thicknesses longer, two wider, plus 2 mm of play. Thicker board makes a bigger lid automatically.
Is the size inside or outside the box?
Crease to crease, the size of the base the way box makers quote it. The clear space inside is a little smaller. Check the allowances with your printer, or print one at 1:1 and fold it first.
Full-depth or shallow lid?
A lid as deep as the base covers it completely, the way stock gift boxes are sold. A shallow lid shows part of the base and uses less board. Set it with Lid height; it can be at most the box height.
What board is a gift box made from?
E flute, 1.5 mm, is the default. Thin paperboard of 0.4–0.6 mm suits a small jewellery box; a big or heavy box wants B flute. The base stays the size you enter — only the double walls, the slots and the lid grow with the board.
Gift box sizes: two-piece boxes with a lid, jewellery to coats →