Custom Magnetic Calendar Boxes

Sizing Custom Magnetic Calendar Boxes

Measure the calendar as it will be packed. Desk calendars that stand on an easel are usually packed folded flat, so measure the closed calendar's width, height and thickness, including the wire binding. Wall calendars are packed flat or rolled, and planners and diaries are measured as books.

Add a few millimetres all round for the insert and an easy fit. A rigid box that is too tight makes it hard to lift the calendar out, and one that is too loose lets it slide. If you plan to include extras, such as a pen, a card from the company or a small gift, allow space and cut-outs for them in the insert.

If you are boxing more than one product, such as a calendar and a matching notebook, lay them out as you want them presented and send us the footprint. Our method for measuring a desk calendar covers the stand and the binding.

Wraps, Foils and Finishes

The outer wrap sets the tone. Plain coloured papers in deep blue, black, forest green or burgundy look elegant with a foil logo. Fully printed wraps can carry patterns, photographs or brand colours edge to edge. Textured papers such as linen or leather-effect add a tactile, premium feel.

Foil stamping in gold, silver or copper on the lid is the most popular finishing touch, often paired with blind embossing or debossing of a pattern. The inside of the lid can carry a message from the company, contact details or a short thank-you. A ribbon pull on the tray helps lift the calendar out.

Wraps in darker colours show scuffs less than pale ones on boxes that will be handled and posted a lot. If you love a pale colour, a matt lamination over the wrap helps it stay clean. The wraps and foils are shown side by side in our wraps and foils compared guide.

Corporate Gifting Done Well

Businesses send calendars to clients, suppliers and staff as a way of staying in touch. Accountants, solicitors, estate agents, recruitment firms, logistics companies and manufacturers all use them. The calendar carries the brand every day; the box makes sure it arrives looking like a gift rather than marketing.

If you send calendars by post, the rigid box goes inside a postal carton or padded mailer. If you hand them out in person at meetings or events, the box itself is the presentation. In both cases, include a personal card in the insert; a short handwritten note in a well-made box is remembered far longer than the calendar's first page.

Some firms print the box generically with their logo and reuse the same design for planners and notebooks throughout the year, ordering a larger run to bring the unit cost down. Firms sending a mixed set rather than a calendar alone use our corporate gift boxes for client sets.

Planning Timings

Calendar gifting tends to come in a rush, so plan the box alongside the calendar itself. Get your calendar size confirmed first, then send us the measurements to start the box. That way the proof can be approved as soon as the calendar artwork is final, and both arrive together.

Allow for proof changes, production and delivery, and add a buffer for packing and posting to recipients. Rigid boxes take up more space than flat boxes, so make sure you have room to receive and pack them.

If you send calendars to a list of clients every time, keep a record of quantities used and recipients added. It makes the next order quicker and helps avoid either running short or storing boxes you do not need. Many firms print the calendar itself with us as wall calendars printed alongside so the two arrive together.

Confirm the Calendar Size Before the Artwork Is Final

Calendar boxes are ordered against a deadline, usually a corporate gifting date, and the step that saves the most time is confirming the calendar or planner size before its artwork is finished. Once the trim size and the thickness are fixed, the box proof can run while the calendar is still being designed, and the two arrive together. Measure the calendar with its stand or binding, and say if a pen or a card goes in beside it, because that changes the insert. Choose the style, a lift-off lid or a magnetic flap, then the wrap and the foil, and whether the lid should carry a client's logo as well as your own. Artwork for the box is a vector logo and a colour reference, and the free proof shows the wrap, the lid foil and the insert layout. A custom quote comes by email within one working day with prices from £0.25 depending on size and finish, and boxes are made in 4 to 7 working days after approval with free tracked UK mainland delivery. Diaries with a spine suit our book style gift boxes for diaries.