Custom Spoon Boxes
Custom spoon boxes with an insert cut to the spoon — a rigid case for a gift set, a window carton for a retail pair, a sleeve for a single — sized to your piece from 100. Dieline and price the same working day.
A shaped piece of metal that needs to lie still and face up
- Board
- Wrapped grayboard 1.5–2 mm rigid; 18–20pt boxboard cartons; 300 gsm sleeves
- Builds
- Lidded case with multi-cavity insert, slim rigid box, window carton, sleeve
- Insert
- Die-cut bowl and handle cut-outs; flocked; foam for heavy pieces; slit card
Get a price for Spoon Boxes
Send the size and quantity — we reply the same working day with a price, a dieline and a date. Artwork optional at this stage.
- Free dielineThe flat drawing comes with the quote, before you commit.
- Proof before pressNothing is printed until you have seen it laid on the dieline.
- Die kept for reordersTooling is paid once. Every reorder skips straight to press.
- Quoted in four marketsUS, UK, Canada and Australia, in the delivery currency.
Products, and the box each wants
| Cutlery set, 4–24 pieces | Rigid lidded case with a multi-cavity insert; the wedding-gift format |
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| Serving spoon or pair | Slim rigid box or a window carton with a card insert |
| Baby spoon | Small window carton with a hang tab; the peg-hook format |
| Tea and coffee spoons, 6 | Flat lidded box or a window carton with a slotted insert |
| Wooden and artisan spoons | Kraft sleeve or belly band; the spoon visible |
Inserts that hold the bowl and the handle
- Die-cut board with a bowl cut-out and a handle slot — the spoon drops in and cannot rock.
- Flocked or velvet-covered board for a gift set, in a color that flatters the metal.
- Foam with a shaped cavity for heavy serving pieces.
- A card with two slits, for a single spoon in a sleeve or a carton.
Sizing to the piece
A teaspoon is about 140 mm; a tablespoon 200 mm; a serving spoon 250–300 mm. The box is the longest piece plus 10 mm, the set laid side by side with 5 mm between bowls, and a depth that clears the bowl. Send the pieces; a cavity cut from a photograph misses the depth of the bowl. Our kitchenware boxes for the whole kitchen cover the pans, boards and tools that sit beside spoons in a range.
Print and finish for gifts and for pegs
A cutlery gift case is a single-color wrap with a foil mark and a lined interior. A retail spoon carton is full color with a window, laminated, with a hang tab. A wooden spoon in a kraft sleeve with one color of print is the whole brand for a maker. The same insert method serves all three.
Stainless steel and silver plate need a tarnish-safe liner if the set is stocked for months. Say which metal.
Windows and what they show
A window over a spoon shows the bowl and the pattern on the handle, which is what the shopper wants to see. The window is cut over the insert cut-out so the spoon is centered in it, and rounded so the carton front stays flat on a peg.
Spoon Boxes — specification
The rows that are specific to this build first, then what applies to every job we run. Anything not listed is a question, not a limit — send the brief.
This build
- Board
- Wrapped grayboard 1.5–2 mm rigid; 18–20pt boxboard cartons; 300 gsm sleeves
- Builds
- Lidded case with multi-cavity insert, slim rigid box, window carton, sleeve
- Insert
- Die-cut bowl and handle cut-outs; flocked; foam for heavy pieces; slit card
- Sizing
- Longest piece plus 10 mm; 5 mm between bowls
- Finish
- Foil on wrap; full color laminated cartons; 1 color on kraft
- Liner
- Tarnish-safe for silver plate and steel on long stock
- Minimum
- 100 boxes
On every job
- Print process
- Digital below about a thousand, offset above it. One side or both, with spot colors where a match has to hold.
- Color
- CMYK as standard. Uncoated and kraft stocks print lighter and warmer; a spot color is the only exact match.
- Tolerance
- Cutting plus or minus 1 mm, creasing plus or minus 0.5 mm, confirmed on a plain sample before the run.
- Tooling
- A cutting die per size, made once and kept. Foil and emboss dies per artwork, also kept.
- Food contact
- Food-grade board and inks where the carton touches food, with the interior left plain.
- Sustainability
- Mono-material board wherever the product allows; recycled-content and FSC stocks; no claim printed the pack does not earn.
- Artwork
- Vector PDF or AI, 3 mm bleed, 4 mm safe area, fonts outlined. We check every file and send a proof before press.
- Dieline
- Supplied free with the quote, before you commit. Yours whether or not you order.
- Sample
- A plain unprinted sample at the finished size on request, for fit and construction.
- Reorders
- Skip the tooling and go straight to press at a lower unit price.
- Lead time
- Quoted with the price against your fill date rather than promised before we have seen the spec.
- Markets
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia — priced in the delivery currency, freight included.
Boards and films we build spoon boxes on
A folding carton is one sheet of board, so the board is the product. These are the stocks we run for cartons, what each is good at, and where it lets you down.
Natural kraft
Unbleached folding board. Warm, hides marks, costs least. Mutes color — one or two flat colors print well, photographs do not.
250–350gsm sleeves; 14–24pt cartonsWhite SBS
Solid bleached sulfate: bright, coated, the retail carton standard. Takes accurate color and every finish. Shows scuffs sooner than kraft.
14–24ptWhite lined chipboard
A recycled gray core under a white printing face. Cheaper than SBS and slightly duller; the back of the sheet stays gray.
16–24ptKraft-look coated
A kraft face over a coated inner. The natural look with a barrier behind it — the answer where oil, grease or moisture would mark plain kraft.
14–20ptRecycled-content board
Post-consumer fiber with a gray-brown cast. Right for outers and inner components; poor for bright whites and photography.
16–22ptMicro-flute E and F
A fine corrugated layer where a carton needs structure it cannot get from board — a large panel, a heavy product, a box that ships alone.
E 1.5 mm; F 0.8 mmUncoated and textured
No clay coat, or a linen or laid grain. Print reads softer and warmer; a deboss goes deeper. Photographs do not sit well on it.
280–350gsmMetallised and pearlescent
A metallic or pearl face for a shelf that needs to catch light. Costly, and it fights a photograph — a mark or a pattern suits it better.
16–20ptNot sure which? Say what goes in it and where it is sold — the material follows from that. Our notes on recycled, recyclable and compostable cover which claims each stock can honestly carry.
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Send what you have
A dimension, a photograph beside a ruler, or the product itself. No technical drawing needed — that part is ours.
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We quote and draw
A price, a dieline and a date come back together. If a different build would suit the product better, that is in the reply too.
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Approve the dieline
The flat drawing is yours to check: which panel is the front, where the folds fall, how deep the cavity really is.
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Artwork on the dieline
You place your design on the flat we sent, or we place it for you, and you see a proof before anything goes to press.
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A sample if you want one
A plain unprinted sample at the finished size shows fit and construction — the things a drawing cannot.
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Cut, printed, shipped
The die is cut once and kept, so every reorder skips the tooling and goes straight to press at a lower unit price.
Format
Vector PDF or AI where possible. Raster artwork at 300dpi at final size, in CMYK.
Bleed
3 mm past every trim line, so a fraction of drift on the cutter never leaves a white edge.
Safe area
Keep type and anything important 4 mm inside the cut and away from every fold.
Color
Convert to CMYK before sending. Uncoated stock prints lighter; a spot color is the only exact match.
Fonts
Outline them or supply the files. A missing font substitutes silently and the proof will not match.
Barcodes
On a light, matte, unvarnished patch with the quiet zone clear — a code on gloss fails the scanner.
Not set up that way? Send it anyway — fixing a file is a short conversation, and we check every one before press. Our guide to preparing print files covers each point.
Every finish here is a decision about light on a shelf, not about luxury.
Matte lamination
Reads considered, hides marks, takes a ballpoint.
Gloss lamination
Lifts color; glares under shop lighting.
Soft-touch
Velvet in the hand; shows fingerprints in a bag.
Hot foil
Real metal leaf — the most reliable premium signal.
Emboss / deboss
Shape with no ink; works in the dark.
Spot UV
Gloss shapes on a matte field.
Uncoated kraft
Warm, natural, mutes color.
Textured stock
Texture in the paper; cannot scuff off.
Not sure which suits the shelf it sells from? Say where the product is sold and we suggest one — our notes on specialty finishes show them on real boxes.
Sizing a folding carton so the die comes out right: spoon boxes
Measure the product, not the box it is in now. A carton is built around what has to fit inside it, assembled — cap on, lid fitted, folded if it folds — at its widest point in each direction. Send those three numbers and say which is which.
- Length x width x height
- Internal, always. External dimensions include the board and are what the carrier measures, not what the product needs.
- Clearance
- 2–3 mm a side for a snug fit; more where an insert or void fill goes in. A carton cut exactly to the product is slow to pack and transmits every knock.
- Board thickness
- Heavier board takes internal space from the product. It matters most on small boxes, where four walls of 24pt is a real share of the cavity.
- Varies between batches?
- Glass, textiles, molded parts and cured soap all do. Measure several and build to the largest.
- Cutting tolerance
- Plus or minus 1 mm on folding board. Confirmed on a plain sample before the run.
- Units
- Metric or imperial, as long as you say which. Mixing them in one spec is where mistakes happen.
Not sure your numbers are right? Send the product dimensions rather than the box dimensions and we work the box out — the full method is in our guide to measuring for a box.
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Build your Spoon Boxes in 3D
Pick a shape, type a size, choose a board and a finish. The preview on the left redraws as you go, and the spec lands with us exactly as you set it.
Frequently asked questions
Got a question about spoon boxes? The answers below cover what we get asked most. If yours is not here, send it with a brief, message us on WhatsApp, or call +1 503-461-4788 — we reply the same working day.
How do you keep the spoon from rocking?
An insert with a cut-out for the bowl and a slot for the handle, so the spoon sits at two points and faces up.
Can I have a box for a full cutlery set?
Yes, a rigid lidded case with a multi-cavity insert holding each piece in place.
Can the box have a window?
Yes, on a carton, cut over the bowl so the pattern shows and the spoon is centered.
What is the smallest format?
A card with two slits inside a printed sleeve, for a single spoon.
Do I need to send the spoons?
Yes. The bowl depth is what a photograph misses and what sets the cavity.
What is the minimum order?
100 boxes.
Can the insert be velvet?
Yes, flocked or velvet-covered, in a color chosen for the metal.
Will silver plate tarnish in the box?
Not with a tarnish-safe liner, which we specify for silver and for stock held over months.
Can a baby spoon box hang on a peg?
Yes, a small window carton with a hang tab.
Do rigid cases ship flat?
No, they arrive assembled with the insert. Cartons and sleeves ship flat.
Can I have foil on the lid?
Yes, and the die is kept for reorders.
Do you ship outside the US?
Yes, to the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, quoted in the delivery currency.
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