Tissue box dieline

About this dieline

A tissue box is a paperboard carton glued along one side and sealed at both ends, with an opening in the top. You tear out a perforated oval and pull the tissues through it one at a time. It is the box facial tissues come in, and hotels, clinics and brands print their own; the same box holds napkins, dry wipes or disposable gloves.

Enter the length, width and height and the board thickness, and download a print-ready PDF with cut and crease lines. The oval is drawn as a tear line: short cuts with small ties between them, about three quarters of the length and two fifths of the width. Under Opening you can swap it for a push-in flap, a cut strip across the top that stays on the box.

How big is a standard tissue box?

There is no standard. A flat box of 100 facial tissues is about 225 × 121 × 51 mm (8⅞ × 4¾ × 2 in), and slimmer ones are near 215 × 110 × 42 mm. The box follows the folded tissue, so measure your stack and add 1–2 mm each way.

Is the plastic film behind the opening part of the dieline?

No. Factory-filled boxes often have a thin film with a slit glued under the oval; it holds the next tissue up. It is added on the packing line. The dieline shows the board only: the outline, the folds and the tear-out oval.

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