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Octagon box sizes

An octagon box is an eight-sided gift box made from one piece of paperboard: close to round, with eight flat faces to print on. The body is glued along one seam at the back, and each end closes with an octagon lid whose three tucks slide inside the walls. It ships flat and closes by hand, without tape.

Typical sizes

What goes inWidth × heightDieline
Small gift 120 × 60 mm
4.7 × 2.4
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Tea 80 × 130 mm
3.1 × 5.1
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Mooncakes 200 × 55 mm
7.9 × 2.2
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Candle 95 × 105 mm
3.7 × 4.1
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Party favour 55 × 45 mm
2.2 × 1.8
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Votive candle 72 × 82 mm
2.8 × 3.2
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Tall tea tin 85 × 170 mm
3.3 × 6.7
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Biscuits 115 × 135 mm
4.5 × 5.3
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Bath gift set 140 × 95 mm
5.5 × 3.7
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Mini hamper 190 × 155 mm
7.5 × 6.1
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Sizes from octagon box templates, not a standard. Jars, tins and candles differ, so measure yours before you order.

How to measure

  • Width: across the box from one flat side to the opposite one. Make it at least the widest point of your jar, tin or candle, plus 1–2 mm.
  • Height: the height of what goes in, plus 1–2 mm.

Our sizes are crease to crease. Corner to corner the box is about 1.08 times its width, so a box 100 mm wide needs about 108 mm of shelf space. Each of the eight faces is about 0.41 times the width.

Which board?

Octagon boxes are usually made from white paperboard 0.4–0.6 mm thick (about 300–400 g), which folds the eight creases cleanly and prints well. Kraft board of the same thickness gives a natural look. Corrugated board is rarely used: it is stiff for this many folds.

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