Custom Hexagon Boxes

What People Pack in Custom Hexagon Boxes

Candles are a favourite, because a round jar sits neatly in a hexagon with even space around it. Sweets, macarons, truffles and fudge look generous in a hexagon with a window lid. Handmade soaps, bath bombs and solid shampoo bars suit smaller hexagons. Honey jars, of course, look perfectly at home in a honeycomb-shaped box. Jewellery, small gifts, tea and wedding favours round out the list.

For food items, a liner or inner bag keeps the product separate from the board, and food-contact grade board is available on request. For fragile jars, a hexagon insert with a round cut-out holds them in the centre.

Hexagons also suit subscription and sample boxes, where a small selection of products needs a distinctive pack that customers recognise as soon as it arrives. Products that are fully round sometimes fit better in round boxes with lids.

Measuring for a Hexagon

Hexagons are measured across the flats, meaning from one flat side to the opposite flat side, and by height. Measure your product's widest point and add around 5 to 10 mm of clearance. For a round candle jar 80 mm wide, a hexagon around 90 mm across the flats gives a snug fit with room for the corners to breathe. Measure height to the top of the product and add a few millimetres for the lid.

If you prefer to think in terms of side length, each side of a regular hexagon is a little over half the across-flats measurement. We give you both figures on the proof so you can check everything against your product.

For a two-piece box, decide how deep the lid should be. A shallow lid shows more of the printed base and is easy to lift; a deep lid that covers most of the base feels more protective and gives a slower, more deliberate opening.

Print and Finishes That Suit the Shape

Patterns that echo the shape, such as a honeycomb, a geometric repeat or a botanical wrap, look superb on hexagons because they flow around the panels. Full-colour printing on all six sides allows a different illustration or scent note on each face. A lid printed in a contrasting colour from the base looks striking, especially in a display where several lids are seen together.

Matt lamination gives a soft, modern feel. Kraft board suits natural soaps and honey. Gold foil on the lid logo adds a touch of luxury, and spot UV can pick out a pattern on a matt surface. Folding board takes six printed panels in full colour plus the lid.

• Honeycomb and geometric patterns that wrap the panels
• Different design on each of the six sides
• Contrasting lid colour
• Foil or spot UV on the lid logo

Hexagon Boxes for Displays and Gift Sets

Because hexagons fit together, they make lovely counter displays. A small cluster of boxes in matching colours, arranged like a honeycomb, draws shoppers in. Larger hexagons can be used as gift sets, with a hexagon insert dividing the base into compartments for several small items, such as three soaps or six truffles arranged around a central piece.

Event planners like hexagons as favour boxes, because a table of them looks tidy and distinctive. A name printed on each lid doubles as a place card.

Shops that sell candles or soaps by the piece sometimes use open hexagon trays as shelf risers, so the product sits in a branded frame. It is a simple way to make a display more cohesive without building a full stand. For a theatrical opening, expandable hexagon boxes that open outwards use the same footprint.

Measure Across the Flats and Send a Photo of the Jar

Hexagon boxes are measured across the flats, from one flat side to the opposite one, and by height, so take those two figures from your product plus a few millimetres of clearance. A photo of the jar, candle or soap beside a ruler helps, because round products sit differently from square ones in a six-sided box. Decide between a one-piece tuck top, which ships flat and suits larger runs, and a two-piece or rigid version for gifts. If each side will carry different artwork, such as scent notes or illustrations, plan six panels from the start, and remember a window in the lid panel needs a border of board on every side.

Send the measurements, the style, any window or insert and your artwork, and a custom quote comes by email within one working day, with the free proof showing every panel. Production takes 4 to 7 working days after approval, boxes arrive flat by tracked courier to UK mainland addresses, and misprinted or knocked boxes reported within 10 days are reprinted or refunded.