How to DIY Cream Boxes at Home?

Posted by Joshua Ross on February 11th, 2020

In today’s life, we observe various cosmetics companies advertising their products such as creams and other skincare items in beautiful packaging top attract a massive number of customers. In this regard, cream boxes are playing a pivotal role as they are majorly serving such brands and businesses. Being crafted out of high quality yet eco-friendly paper board or Kraft paper stock and having various customization features such as die-cutting, gluing, gloss and matte lamination, window cutouts, and embossing make them exclusive for attracting maximum people as well as keeping the encased cream secured from the environmental effects. Their catchy fonts and graphics, branding embellishments, gold and silver foiling, and customizability in various designs, colors, and shapes following the packaging need of the respective product make them exclusive for cream packaging and benefiting individual brands in gaining maximum sales and profits. With the utilization of the latest customization and packaging techniques and technologies, they become a perfect solution to make any cosmetics brand stand out in the market.

Steps to Make Cream Packages at Home

If you are lacking in budgets and can not afford to buy expensive packaging solutions for your skincare items such as cream, you can make them at home very cost-effectively. Self-made and customized cream gift boxes will help you in maximizing your product’s safety and attraction for customers.It will be straightforward to craft cream storage boxes by following the following steps accurately.

Required Materials

For crafting cream storage boxes with lids perfectly, you will be required supplies such as card stock (preferably printed and having all branding and advertising capabilities), glue or double-sided tape or any other adhesive material, cutters or scissors, empty ball pint or any scoring tool like a bone folder, and ruler. For adding decoration or finishing touch to them, you can also have markers, crayons, and other decorative elements. Before you start creating these custom cream packaging boxes, make sure that all the required materials and tools are under your arms reach, and you are not missing anything.

Draw a Pattern

For developing a pattern of your required cream packaging boxes, you have two choices either to draw it yourself or using the readymade patterns available on the internet. If you are going to design it at your own, make it sure that you are differentiating among scoring lines and cutting lines. For this purpose, you can also use colored pencils. On the contrary, if you choose to use the readymade pattern available on the internet, make an appropriate selection that should be suiting your product very best. After selection, transfer it on the cardstock with the help of direct printing or by using carbon paper, but keep in mind that it should be done perfectly as misprinted or missed lines can create confusion for you latter in the process of cutting and making scoring lines.

Make Cuts

Once you are done with drawing the required pattern or transferring it on the cardstock after printing it on the transferable sheets, it is the time to make cuts around the solid black lines of your box patterns. Always make sure that you are making straight and appropriate cuts in accordance with your template. Any sort of confusion among scoring lines and cutting lines can result in wastage of your materials and precious time. Making accurate cuts will not only help you save materials but also in getting stronger and fit printed cream boxes.

Creasing or Scoring

After making accurate cuts and making a perfect pattern out of your cardstock, it is the time to make creasing or scoring lines for the folding purpose that will be further used for giving these boxes a final shape. Following your pattern and template make score the folding lines with the help of a bone folder or empty ballpoint along with the ruler. Deep scoring may be helpful in making perfect folds but it can also weaken your crafted boxes.

Make Fold

Keep the printed sides down before folding lids and flaps on to the folding lines. After folding it accurately just let them flatten out again. Pleat the glue tabs and every side of the in onto the perpendicular folding lines.

Give it a Final Shape

After making perfect folds, glue up the whole length of the glue tabs. Shape them into the required boxes and glue up the inner side of the last side. For adhesion, you can also make use of double-sided tapes instead of glue. Now fold in the bottom tabs and close bottom panel over them and tuck it inside the box.

Finishing Touch

For crafting custom cream boxes, if you are using printed cardstock, it must be having gloss or matte lamination or other finishing elements or if you are using cardstock without any printing, you can add finishing touch with multiple desired decorative element to enhance their elegance and attraction for people.

For developing cream packaging at home, this method will not only help you get perfect yet cost-effective packaging solutions. So, to craft custom boxes perfectly, it is essential to follow the expressed guidelines and steps accurately as it will not only help you in fulfilling your packaging needs but also saving your money and time.

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