Pillow Favor Box SVG

A soft little box

Pillow boxes are the easiest favor box to fill: they sit flat until you squeeze the curved ends closed. This template is one green net in two panels with curved edges top and bottom and a glue tab on one side. Curved dashed folds run across both ends, so the end flaps bend inward along an arc to close each end.

One panel is decorated with six star cut-outs arranged around a small yellow dot. The other carries a label: a red frame around a yellow panel that reads THANK YOU in tall, narrow navy capitals.

Folds, and a note on testing

The curved folds and the side fold are rows of short dashed cuts, so you won’t need a scoring tool. A dashed fold is a little weaker than a scored line, which on a pillow box mostly means the end flaps press shut more gently. This box has not been folded and tested by us. A test cut on scrap card first will show you how the ends close.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 5 pieces and 43 cut-outs. The box net is the main piece and the label parts are the others. The cut-outs are mostly fold dashes and the stars, plus the lettering. It passes our cut checks from about 3.5 inches wide.

Color layers

• Green in grass green: the box net
• Red in cherry red: the frame of the label
• Yellow in golden yellow: the label panel and the dot among the stars
• Lettering in deep navy blue: THANK YOU

The box has no blue layer; the navy lettering is the only blue in it.

Make it

1. Cut the net from 65 to 80 lb card; lighter card curves more easily.
2. Glue the red frame, the yellow panel and the lettering onto the plain panel.
3. Glue a scrap of contrasting paper behind the stars if you want them to stand out.
4. Fold the side and glue the tab to make a flat tube.
5. Press one curved end closed, add the favor, then press the other end shut.

Size guide

Under 3.5 inches the lettering and fold dashes are too fine.

What goes inside

Small wrapped treats, bath bombs, a gift card, a bracelet or a few hair ties. If you fill it with sweets, keep them wrapped, since card is not a food surface.

Change it up

The THANK YOU words are their own layer, so you can leave them off and write a guest’s name on the yellow panel instead, or skip the label altogether. For other colors, see changing SVG colors.

Pairs well with

The Gable Favor Box holds bulkier favors, and the Treat Bag Topper carries the same thank-you message onto a bag.