Tuck box sizes
The tuck box is the everyday folding carton: four walls glued along one seam, a flap that tucks in at each end. These are the sizes it is most often made in.
Size chart by what goes inside
| For | Length × width × height | Inches | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetics A 30–50 ml tube, jar or dropper bottle |
50 × 50 × 105 mm | 2.0 × 2.0 × 4.1 | Make this dieline → |
| Tea About 20 tea bags |
80 × 70 × 140 mm | 3.1 × 2.8 × 5.5 | Make this dieline → |
| Soap One bar |
60 × 30 × 90 mm | 2.4 × 1.2 × 3.5 | Make this dieline → |
| Playing cards One poker deck |
66 × 20 × 91 mm | 2.6 × 0.8 × 3.6 | Make this dieline → |
| Small electronics Earbuds, a cable, a charger |
76 × 51 × 133 mm | 3.0 × 2.0 × 5.2 | Make this dieline → |
Typical starting points, not a standard. Suppliers publish few stock sizes for tuck boxes, so these are sized around the usual product with a little room to spare. Measure your own product, tea bags especially, which vary a lot.
How to measure
- Length — the wide side of the opening: the panel that carries the tuck flap.
- Width — the depth of the opening, the narrow side.
- Height — from the bottom to the top of the box, without the flaps.
Sizes are crease to crease, the way box makers quote them. Leave 1–2 mm of air around the product on each side, and a little more if it goes in a sleeve.
Straight or reverse tuck?
With a straight tuck both flaps sit on the same panel, which looks tidy on a shelf and is the usual choice for retail packs. A reverse tuck puts them on opposite panels — they nest better on a sheet, so the box is often a little cheaper to cut. Switch it on with Reverse tuck in the constructor.
Which board?
Tuck boxes are made from paperboard, usually 300–400 g, about 0.4–0.6 mm. The constructor goes up to 2 mm for stiffer cartons. Pick a board in the list — for example F flute, 1.0 mm or E flute, 1.5 mm — and the dieline adjusts.
Tuck box with a hang tab for a shop peg? See the hang tab box sizes.
Tuck box or crash lock?
A tuck box has to be folded and closed at both ends, and its flaps hold only light things. For something heavier or with a bottle shape, the bottom of a crash lock box locks itself. See the crash lock bottom box sizes.