Hexagonal gift box

Delight someone special with a homemade hexagonal roll up gift box.

Pack it full of trinkets, jewellery or mini chocolates and watch their faces light up with joy - you can even make four and have a totally unique 24-day advent countdown calendar! 

Size

When closed, the box measures approximately 135mm (5¼”) wide by 115mm (4½”) high by 65mm (2½”) deep at widest or tallest points excluding the handle. Each of the six compartments measure approximately 65mm (2½”) wide by 55mm (2¼”) high by 65mm (2½”) deep at widest or tallest points. 

Materials needed 

Paper or card (for each hexagonal roll up box) 

• Four sheets of 12 x 12” cardstock for the box.  
  Tip: I recommend a smooth colour-core cardstock between 180gsm/65lb and 210gsm/80lb. Using thicker card may make the project difficult or impossible to assemble effectively. 
• Two sheets of 12 x 12” double sided patterned paper.  
  Tip: the outer and inner decorative panels are cut using separate cut files and therefore you could use a different patterned paper for each. 

You will also need

• Bookbinding glue or low tack, quick grab glue 
• Fine tipped stylus and a metal ruler for scoring fold lines 
• Embellishments of your choice

Download cutting files here

How to 

Step 1

Download the CanvasWorkspace project file. Open it in CanvasWorkspace (the desktop version). Open the layers tab on the right. 

Step 2

Hide and lock all layers except the one titled 1. Transfer this to your machine using the File>Export/Transfer FCM File menu option. Cut three times from 12 x 12” cardstock. Cut Size: 267.158mm wide and 291.926 mm high. 

Step 3

Hide and lock all layers except the one titled 2. Transfer this to your machine using the File>Export/Transfer FCM File menu option. Cut once from 12 x 12” patterned paper. Cut size is 291.8 mm wide x 269.3 mm high. 

Step 4

Hide and lock all layers except the one titled 3. Transfer this to your machine using the File>Export/Transfer FCM File menu option. Cut once from 12 x 12” cardstock. Cut Size is 266.7mm wide and 210.037mm high. 

Step 5

Hide and lock all layers except the one titled 4. Transfer this to your machine using the File>Export/Transfer FCM File menu option. Cut once from 12 x 12” patterned paper. Cut Size is 186.975mm wide and 117.402mm high. 

Step 6

Assemble as shown in the video.

If you make this, remember to tag in Brother on Instagram and Facebook, and myself on Facebook (and give us all a follow too)!