Custom Blanket Boxes for Throws and Baby Blankets

Folded or Rolled: Sizing Custom Blanket Boxes

Decide first how you present the blanket. Folded flat in a neat rectangle is the most common, and it gives the largest printable lid. Rolled and tied with a band is popular for baby blankets and lighter throws, especially in cylinders or square tubes that display well upright. Folded into a cushion-like square works for chunky knits.

Fold or roll your blanket as you will pack it, press it lightly to remove the air, and measure the length, width and height. Chunky knits spring back, so measure after they have been left folded for an hour or so. We add a small clearance and size the box so the blanket fills it snugly. If you sell several sizes, such as a baby blanket, a lap throw and a bed throw, we can design a set of boxes that share the same look. p1 The measuring guide for soft products covers rolled and folded items.

Materials and Windows

For retail gift boxes, folding boxboard or rigid board wrapped in printed paper give the crispest look. Rigid boxes feel substantial and are often kept for storage, which suits premium wool, cashmere and heirloom baby blankets. For blankets sold online, a corrugated mailer protects against crushing in the post and can still be printed inside and out.

A window works wonderfully on blanket boxes because texture is such a big part of the sale. A large window in the lid shows a cable knit or a woven pattern; a small cut-out shaped like a heart, a star or your logo adds charm to a baby gift box. We place the window over the most attractive part of the folded blanket and keep enough board around it so the lid stays rigid.

Inside the box, a fold of printed tissue around the blanket protects it from dust and adds a moment of anticipation when the lid comes off. For windowed boxes, the tissue can be folded back behind the window so the blanket still shows. A small card insert with a slot can hold a care card or a personalised gift note neatly in the lid.

Print and Finishing Touches

Homeware brands tend to favour calm designs: a soft colour or kraft board, a simple logo, and a short description of the fabric and care. Baby blanket sellers often add a gentle illustration or a pattern that matches the blanket. Full colour printing handles photographs and watercolour artwork; one or two colours on kraft keeps the look natural and the price down.

Matt and soft-touch laminates suit the tactile nature of the product. A foil logo or embossed brand name on the lid adds a gift quality. Ribbon ties, belly bands and printed tissue paper inside the box complete the presentation, and a care card slipped in with the blanket answers the question every customer has about washing it.

Sellers Who Use Blanket Boxes

Our blanket boxes go to homeware brands selling throws online and through interiors stores, independent weavers and knitters, baby gift brands and nursery shops, personalised gift sellers who embroider names on baby blankets, wedding and corporate gifting companies, and hotel and holiday let businesses selling branded throws to guests. Some textile mills use them for sample sets sent to trade buyers.

Personalised gift sellers have a particular need. Each blanket is embroidered with a name, so the box must arrive generic and be personalised at packing. A plain lid with a printed brand mark and space for a name label, or a ribbon tag, lets them keep one stock box for every order rather than printing names on packaging. p1 Baby gift sellers often add a matching gift box for baby clothes so a set looks like one family.

Fold It, Leave It an Hour, Then Measure

Blankets spring back, so a measurement taken the moment you fold one is too small. Fold or roll the blanket exactly as it will be packed, lay a book on top for an hour, then measure length, width and height. Do this for the thickest product in the range, because a chunky knit at 120 mm deep and a cotton throw at 60 mm cannot share a box without one of them slumping.

Decide window or no window next, as it fixes the lid artwork. Then send the figures, the number of sizes and roughly how many you sell a month; we price rigid and folding versions side by side so you can compare. The custom quote arrives by email within one working day, from £0.25 for a folding carton, with the minimum set per job.

The free proof shows the artwork and the window position on the flat box. Production takes 4 to 7 working days after approval; folding styles arrive flat and rigid boxes nested, free and tracked to UK mainland addresses. Brands that also sell cushions or bedding sets tend to order larger boxes for bedding sets in the same look.