Custom Rigid Hexagon Boxes

Sizing a Hexagon Around Your Product

Hexagons are measured across the flats, meaning from one straight side to the opposite straight side, plus the inside height. That flat-to-flat figure is the one that tells you whether a round candle jar or a stack of chocolates will drop in cleanly. Measure your item at its widest point, add a few millimetres for ease, and if you plan an insert, add its wall thickness on every side.

For a single candle, the inside diameter needs only a little clearance so the jar does not rattle. For loose sweets or wrapped truffles, a wider and shallower hexagon is easier to fill and looks fuller when the lid comes off. Send us the product or its measurements and we will suggest the flat-to-flat size and lid depth before you approve anything.

Height deserves the same care. A lid that clears the product by only a millimetre or two looks tidy and stops movement, while too much headroom leaves the contents sliding around and makes the box feel half empty when it is opened. For sets that are hand-filled, such as truffles in paper cups, allow a little extra height for the cups themselves, which are often taller than the chocolates they hold. Our guide to measuring products for a rigid box covers inserts and headroom.

Inserts, Trays and Finishing Touches

An insert turns a hexagon from a container into a presentation piece. A card insert with a round cut-out holds a candle jar in the centre; a hexagonal tray with six wedge compartments suits pralines or macarons; a soft foam pad cut to shape cradles a perfume bottle or a ceramic item. Inserts can be wrapped in the same paper as the box so the whole interior matches. Trays with wedge compartments are the same build as our rigid sweet boxes with inserts.

On the outside, foil blocking on the lid is the most popular finish because the flat top gives it a clean stage. Embossing adds a raised logo you can feel, and a spot gloss on a matt wrap makes a pattern catch the light. A ribbon pull under the base helps lift the box out of a larger hamper, and a printed sticker seal across the lid shows the gift has not been opened.

Who Orders Rigid Hexagon Boxes

Chocolatiers and confectioners use them for hand-picked selections that need to look different from the standard square box. Candle makers choose them because the shape suits a round jar and the rigid walls protect glass in the post when the box goes inside an outer carton. Gift shops, florists and wedding planners order smaller hexagons as favours, and corporate buyers use them for welcome gifts where the box itself should be worth keeping.

Brands that sell honey, loose tea or bath products also suit the shape, as it echoes a honeycomb cell and gives a natural reason for the geometry. If your product has any link to bees, nature or craft, the hexagon tells part of the story before the lid is lifted.

Retailers who sell rigid hexagon boxes empty, as part of a gift-wrapping counter or a pick-and-mix offer, often order two sizes in the same wrap. Shoppers then choose the size they need, and the matching design makes the counter look planned rather than improvised. Stacked in a pyramid on a table, a few dozen hexagons make a striking display in their own right. Counters that want a curved shape beside the hexagons add round gift boxes in the same wrap.

Give Us the Flat-to-Flat Size, Not the Corner Width

Hexagons confuse tape measures, so the one figure we need is the distance across the flats, from one straight side to the opposite one, plus the inside height. Measure your jar or your stack of chocolates at its widest point, add a few millimetres, and add the insert wall thickness if a tray goes in. Keep headroom to a millimetre or two so the box feels full, and allow for paper cups if truffles are hand-filled.

Decide the lid depth by weight: a shallow cap for sweets, a full-depth shoulder that grips for a glass candle. Send the product size, the count per box, the wrap and the quantity, and a custom quote comes back by email within one working day, with minimums set per job. The free proof shows the wrap across all six panels and the lid. Production takes 4–7 working days after approval and the built boxes arrive by free tracked delivery to UK mainland addresses in 2–3 working days. Damaged or misprinted boxes reported within 10 days are reprinted or refunded. A folding-board version of the same shape is covered on our hexagon boxes in folding card page.