Custom Toaster Boxes
Custom toaster boxes from 100 — full-color printed corrugated boxes for 2- and 4-slice toasters, with the product photo on the front, the features on the sides and end caps inside that hold the toaster off the walls.
The box a toaster is chosen from on the store shelf
- Board
- Corrugated E flute with printed white liner; B flute for 4-slice and long-slot models
- Full color, gloss or matte; litho-laminated or direct print
- Inner fit
- Corrugated end caps or molded pulp trays, accessory pocket, cord recess
Order online
Order toaster boxes
Starting from $2.50 per unit
Printed to your artwork or plain, sold in runs of 100 up to 5,000 units per product online. Freight to the US, UK, Canada and Australia is inside the price.
How an online order runs
- Add the units you needThen check out with your delivery address. Add other products to the same order on the way.
- A digital proof comes backLaid on the dieline, before anything prints. Change it as often as you need.
- Pay once you approve itPay by PayPal invoice or bank transfer after you approve your digital proof, or cash on delivery in the US and Canada.
- We make it and ship it deliveredYour delivery date is confirmed with the proof, against the spec and your fill date. Freight and customs are handled on the way to you.
Another size, board or finish, or more than 5,000 units? Send the spec for a price instead. Freight by market and our terms cover delivery and remakes.
Get a price for Toaster 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.
Panel by panel, what goes where
| Front | Large product photo, brand, model name and slot count |
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| Back | Feature callouts with photos: wide slots, defrost, reheat, bagel setting |
| Sides | Wattage, voltage, dimensions, color and the list of what is in the box |
| Top | Model and color repeated, so the box reads when it is stacked in a warehouse |
| Bottom | Barcode, regulatory marks you supply and the country of origin |
Corrugated board under full-color print
A toaster is heavy for its size and its metal body dents. The box is E flute corrugated with a printed white liner, which takes a photographic image and still survives a pallet. For larger 4-slice and long-slot models we move to B flute. The print sits on a litho-laminated or directly printed face, gloss or matte.
Holding the toaster still inside
- Corrugated end caps at each end that grip the body and keep the sides off the box wall.
- Molded pulp trays as an alternative, for a brand that wants no plastic in the box.
- A pocket in the cap for the crumb tray, the manual and the warranty card.
- The cord coiled and tied into a recess so it does not rub the finish.
- A slot guard card that stops the levers being pressed in transit.
Two slices or four, one family of boxes
Brands usually sell a 2-slice and a 4-slice model in the same range and want the boxes to look related on the shelf. We keep the same design system and panel layout and change the box dimensions and the cap dieline. A range in several colors can share one dieline and only change the printed photo, which keeps the reorders simple. For the rest of the kitchen counter, our kitchenware and small appliance boxes follow the same approach.
Send the toaster itself or its exact dimensions with the levers down. The cap dieline is drawn around the real body, not the catalog drawing.
Selling online instead of in a store
A toaster sold online goes into a home in its own box, often without an outer carton. That box needs a stronger flute, tape-tested seams, and sometimes a plainer outside so it does not advertise an appliance on a doorstep. We can print the full design inside the lid instead, so the reveal happens when it is opened, as on many of our boxes for consumer electronics.
Toaster 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
- Corrugated E flute with printed white liner; B flute for 4-slice and long-slot models
- Full color, gloss or matte; litho-laminated or direct print
- Inner fit
- Corrugated end caps or molded pulp trays, accessory pocket, cord recess
- Panels
- Photo front, feature back, spec sides, barcode bottom
- Range
- One design system across 2- and 4-slice and color variants
- Minimum
- 100 boxes per size
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 toaster 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.
280–350gsmMetalized 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: toaster 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 Toaster 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 toaster 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.
What board is used for toaster boxes?
Corrugated, usually E flute with a printed white liner. Bigger 4-slice and long-slot toasters go into B flute.
How is a toaster held in place inside the box?
With corrugated end caps or molded pulp trays at each end, which keep the body off the walls and stop it sliding.
Can a toaster box have a photo of the toaster on it?
Yes. Full-color photographic print on the front and feature photos on the back, the way appliance boxes are sold.
Can the toaster box insert be plastic-free?
Yes. Corrugated caps or molded pulp trays replace polystyrene completely, and the whole box recycles together.
Do 2-slice and 4-slice toaster boxes need different dielines?
Yes, the box and the caps change size. The design system and panel layout stay the same, so the range looks related.
Where do the manual and crumb tray go in a toaster box?
In a pocket built into one end cap, so they do not rattle against the toaster.
Can a toaster box ship to a customer without an outer carton?
Yes, with a stronger flute and tested seams. Some brands also print plainly outside and put the design inside the lid.
What should I send for a toaster box quote?
The toaster dimensions with the levers down, its weight, the quantity per color, and whether it sells in stores or online.
Can the same toaster box be used for several colors?
Yes. Colors usually share one dieline, and only the printed photo and color name change.
Do you print the barcode and regulatory marks on toaster boxes?
Yes. We print the barcode and any marks you supply on the bottom or a side panel.
Do you make boxes for other small kitchen appliances?
Yes. Kettles, blenders and coffee makers take the same build: corrugated with full-color print and fitted caps.
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