Gable Favor Box SVG

The box

A gable box is the classic little favor box with a handle on top, the sort that sits by each place setting or goes home in a small hand. This template lays it flat as one red net: a front and a back with sloped roof panels that meet at the top, two narrow sides that fold in to make the gable, four base flaps, and a glue tab along one edge. Each roof panel has a rounded handle slot, so when the box closes the two slots line up into a handle.

The decorations are separate: a blue star on a yellow circle for the front, a yellow heart on a blue rounded square for the back, and, for each side, a green star between two yellow dots.

Folds and testing

All the folds, including the diagonals on the side panels that tuck in under the roof, are rows of short dashed cuts. They fold without any scoring tool, though they are not quite as stiff as a scored line. We have not folded and tested this box, so cut it from scrap card first and check the folds and the base before you make a batch.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 11 pieces and 76 cut-outs. The box net is the large piece and the decorations are the rest. Most of the cut-outs are the fold dashes and the handle slots, so check each one has dropped out. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Color layers

• Red in cherry red: the box net
• Yellow in golden yellow: the circle on the front, the heart on the back and the dots on the sides
• Blue in cobalt blue: the star on the front and the square on the back
• Green in grass green: the stars on the two sides

Sizes

At a 12-inch width, expect a box roughly 3.5 inches across the front and 2 inches deep; check the measurements in your software before cutting. Below 3 inches, the fold dashes start to merge.

Assembling the box

1. Cut the net from 80 to 110 lb card, and the decorations from their colors.
2. Glue the decorations on while the net is flat.
3. Fold every dashed line, including the diagonals on the sides.
4. Glue the side tab to the inside of the far edge to make a tube.
5. Fold the base flaps in and glue them, then fill the box and close the roof.

Filling it

Wrapped sweets, small toys, stickers, hair clips or a few crayons all fit. Keep any food sealed in its own wrapper or a bag inside the box, since card is not a food surface.

Pairs well with

The Pillow Favor Box is a simpler shape for flat favors, and the Place Cards put a name beside each box. For colors to match the party, see changing SVG colors.