Holiday Packaging · MOQ 500 pcs
The same festive design carried across a rigid box, a cube and a round tube, so a single brand system covers the whole gift line instead of being sold in one shape only. Artwork is set up once and used across the formats; the print, foil, emboss and window on each are quoted as their own lines on the $1.50–2.30 band at 500 pcs.
Overview
Most festive programmes do not need one box, they need a small family of them: a large box for the hero gift, a cube for a set of two or three, and something narrow for a candle, a scent or a rolled scarf. Buying those from three suppliers gives you three interpretations of the same artwork and three lead times before December. This range exists so one festive design is set up once and carried across all three formats, with the same print, the same foil and the same board, and only the shape changing.
The round tube is the format most programmes are missing. It suits a single cylindrical product better than any square box does, it uses far less board than a cube of the same height, and it reads as a deliberate choice on a shelf rather than a box that happened to be the wrong shape. Because it is a lighter structure than the rigid or the cube format it sits below the $1.50–2.30 band; ask for the tube priced as its own line so you can compare it against the square formats on the same artwork.
Specification
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Formats | Rigid magnetic box, cube box and round tube (cylinder) — mixed quantities across the three are quoted together |
| Structure | Rigid board shell with a magnetic closure on the square formats; rolled board with a capped lid on the round tube |
| Size | Built to your product — no stock dies; common festive brief 200×150×70mm for the box and 80×200mm for the tube |
| Wrap | Printed art paper over greyboard; soft-touch or matte lamination |
| Festive decoration | Multi-colour print, gold or silver foil, emboss or deboss, spot UV — each quoted as its own line |
| Insert | EVA foam, velvet-wrapped tray or folded paper platform, cut to outline |
| MOQ | 500 pcs per design, per format |
| Lead time | 12–18 days after sample approval, before transit |
| Order window | Artwork approved by early August for sea freight; early October for air |
Variants
The default and the reason to buy the range rather than three separate boxes. The print and the foil die are set up once per colour and reused on each format.
For a single cylindrical item: less board than a cube, and a shape that holds a candle or a rolled scarf without an insert. Priced as its own line below the square box band.
If the budget only carries one shape this December, buy the rigid magnetic box on that artwork and add the cube and the tube in a later year — the print set-up and the foil die carry over, so the second season costs artwork, not tooling.
The same festive repeat pressed into a matte-laminated wrap instead of printed. Quieter, textural, and usually cheaper than five or six printed colours.
Materials
| Option | What it means |
|---|---|
| Coated art paper wrap | The standard festive surface: takes dense print, foil and spot UV cleanly, and holds a saturated cranberry or spruce without mottling. |
| Textured or linen-effect wrap | A visible grain under the print that suits debossing and reads as premium in the hand. Priced differently from a smooth coated wrap. |
| Soft-touch matte lamination | A velvet-matte surface with almost no glare — the finish most often combined with a single foil mark. A small increase over standard lamination. |
| Greyboard weight and tube board | Heavier board adds rigidity, weight and freight. The round tube uses a lighter board than the square formats, which is part of why it is the cheaper way to add a second or third shape to the range. |
Best for
A large box for the main gift and a tube for the bottle or candle, in one artwork, shipped against a distribution list.
The tube takes the single candle or the scent; the cube takes the set; the rigid box carries the hero item. One December identity across the whole shelf.
Retailers packing to order can hold all three formats without committing shelf space to three different suppliers' lead times.
The range is reordered every December, so the print set-up and the foil die are paid in year one and reused across all three formats from then on.
Sizing
| Dimension | Guidance |
|---|---|
| Choose the format from the product | A square box for flat or boxed items, a cube for sets, and a round tube for anything cylindrical. Send the product outline for each and we will say which format suits it before quoting. |
| Interior clearance | Allow 3–5mm around a rigid product so it is held rather than loose, and 5–8mm on a foam cut-out so the foam compresses. On a tube, size to the diameter, not the circumference. |
| Mixed quantities | The three formats can be ordered in different quantities on one artwork. Ask for the range priced as a whole and per format, because the tube will pull the blended unit cost down. |
| Freight and the tube | Round tubes nest and stack far more efficiently than cubes and use less board. If freight is the constraint, shifting volume from the cube to the tube is usually the cheapest lever available. |
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FAQ
How this range differs from the single magnetic box, and how the formats are priced together.
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The magnetic rigid box we build all year, dressed for December: green, cranberry or navy wrap, a repeated festive pattern or a single foiled mark, optional debossed texture and a die-cut window. The shell is priced on the magnetic band at $1.50–2.30 per piece at 500 pcs; foil, emboss, spot UV, the window and any insert are separate lines. Festive runs start at 500 pcs so the print and die set-up is amortised across the order.
A tall rigid box for a single bottle: friction-fit lid and base, with a cradle insert that holds the bottle at the shoulder and the base so it cannot move in transit. Priced on the lid & base band; the extra board a bottle box needs and the cradle insert are quoted as their own lines.
The December version of our standard cotton tote: same 10oz canvas body and reinforced handles, different artwork. Print a repeated snowflake, pine or plaid field, a chest mark in gold foil, or an embroidered motif. Festive decoration is set up per colour and per artwork, so the run starts at 500 pcs per design, and a repeat order in the same artwork reuses the screens and dies for nothing.
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