Gable boxes are named for their roof-shaped top, where two angled panels lock together to form a carry handle. Custom Cardboard Boxes prints them for hampers, wedding favours and event giveaways, in kraft or white card, with a window if you want the contents visible. Each box is made to fit what goes inside, from 100 units, with free delivery across Australia.
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Custom printed gable boxes with an integrated carry handle. Made for branded hampers, wedding favours, retail gifting, and event activations across Australia.
Full CMYK printing covers every panel of the box, including the side gussets and the handle. Your artwork stays sharp on the wide front face, the angled gable peaks, and any folded edge that ends up facing the customer.
Every gable box is built to your dimensions. Mini gable boxes suit individual treats and event favours. Small gable boxes hold candles, tea, and party giveaways. Larger formats work for gift hampers, branded merchandise, and bundled product runs.
The handle is part of the diecut, not a glued add-on, so it does not pull loose under weight. Customers carry the box home like a small shopping bag, which keeps your branding in view all the way out the door and into the photo on their feed.
Matte lamination gives a softer, modern feel, while gloss lamination saturates the colour for higher-impact retail print. Spot UV adds a tactile lift on the logo, and foil stamping brings metallic accents to wedding monograms and premium corporate gift orders. Finishes can be combined.
A clear PET window can be cut into the front, side, or top panel. A gable box with window suits retail gift shops where the product needs to preview, hampers where the contents are the centrepiece, and bakery items that benefit from being seen before being opened.
Kraft gable boxes give you a natural unbleached brown finish that prints well with single-colour or two-colour artwork. Recycled cardboard is also available. Both options are recyclable and well suited to brands with a sustainability claim to back up.
Minimum order quantities are flexible. Starting at 100 units suits small weddings, one-off events, and pilot retail runs. Wholesale and bulk orders move into a more cost-efficient print layout once you scale into the thousands.
Production runs for 8 to 10 business days from proof approval. If your order has a fixed event or wedding date, mention it when you brief and we confirm whether the timeline holds before you commit. Rush production is available where the deadline lands tighter than standard, priced separately on the quote.
Every order ships free anywhere in Australia. Boxes are delivered flat-packed for storage and assemble in seconds, with the gable peaks tucking together at the top to lock the handle in place.
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A gable box is a flat-packed cardboard box with two angled peaks at the top that fold and lock together to form an integrated carry handle. The name comes from the gabled roof shape the peaks resemble when the box is closed. Brands use them as gift boxes, wedding favour boxes, hamper boxes, and branded handle boxes for events and activations.
Every gable box is fully custom-made to fit your product, not pulled from a stock size range. Tell us what is going inside, the depth you need, and the look you are after, and we build the dieline around those specifications. Whether it is a compact format for individual wedding favours or a larger gable hamper box, every order is made to your exact dimensions before production starts.
Yes. A gable box with window is one of our most popular variants. The window is cut into the diecut and lined with clear PET film. Window placement options include the front face for retail visibility, the side panel for bakery and confectionery brands, and the top gable peak for an unusual top-down reveal.
Yes when ordered with food-safe materials. We produce gable food boxes using food-safe cardboard and inks suitable for direct contact with dry items like popcorn, biscuits, confectionery, and bagged event treats. Tell us at quote stage if the contents will touch the box directly so we can spec the right materials.
Minimum order quantities are flexible. We recommend starting at 100 units for small weddings, one-off events, and pilot runs. Wholesale orders typically sit between 500 and 5,000 units, with bulk gable boxes for ongoing programmes priced on a separate model. Submit a quote request form with your quantity for accurate pricing.
Production takes 8 to 10 business days after digital proof approval. Free Australia-wide shipping adds a 3 to 5 business day transit window. If you are working to a fixed event or wedding date, mention the date when you brief so we can confirm whether the timeline holds before you commit. Rush production is available for tighter deadlines, priced separately on the quote.
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A gable box is a flat-packed cardboard box with two angled peaks at the top that lock together to form an integrated carry handle. The shape comes from the diecut itself, so there is no glue or string attached after the fact. Customers pick the box up by the handle and carry it home like a paper gift bag, except sturdier and fully branded on every panel.
Australian brands order custom gable boxes for the moments when packaging needs to do double duty as both a container and a takeaway gesture. Wedding planners use them as bonbonniere boxes filled with chocolates or keepsakes. Corporate gifting teams use them for client send-outs and conference welcome packs. Retail brands use them as hand-out gift boxes during launches and sale weekends, where customers leaving the store with a branded box turn into walking advertisements. Many of our wedding-favour clients pair gable boxes with smaller inner formats from our range, like custom candle boxes when the favour is a branded candle keepsake.
The format is also a popular gable food boxes option for cinemas, brand activations, and event treat handouts, although food is a smaller slice of what we produce. Most of our gable box runs go out as gift packaging, with food as a useful add-on once the box is already in your range.
The single biggest reason brands move from a generic carrier bag to custom printed gable boxes is the gifting moment. A fully branded handle box turns the giveaway into a piece of marketing. Wedding favours are where the format has settled most firmly in Australia, and the same logic carries across to corporate gifting, member welcome packs, and retail launch giveaways.
For weddings, mini gable boxes hold individual chocolates, almonds, or candle keepsakes, with the couple's monogram printed across the front and a ribbon tied through the handle. Small gable boxes step up to hold a candle, a soap bar, or a sweet bundle. Larger formats become hamper boxes for gourmet food gifts, beauty hampers, and seasonal corporate gifts. We also supply brands building branded gift suites where the gable box sits alongside other formats like custom product boxes for flat items and custom pillow boxes for smaller add-ons.
Brand activations and pop-up events lean on gable boxes as branded handle boxes for the take-home artefact. The handle is the active ingredient. Guests can carry the box one-handed while holding a phone or a drink, which matters at the kind of crowded launch where space is tight and the unboxing is going to end up on someone's feed before they leave the venue. The same brief applies to influencer mailouts and PR seeding, where the box arriving sealed and surviving transit is the whole point. For shipped activations we often send the gable box inside a branded outer shipper like our custom mailer boxes so the gable arrives without a crushed handle.
Every gable box is built fully custom to fit the product going inside, not picked from a stock size range. The format scales from compact mini gable boxes for individual wedding favours through to larger gable hamper boxes for gourmet food gifts, beauty bundles, and seasonal corporate gift sets. Tell us the contents, the depth, and the look you are after, and we build the dieline around it. Board weights step up when the contents call for a heavier carrying load.
A gable box with window is one of our most ordered variants. The window cut-out usually sits on the front face for retail gift shops where the product needs to be visible, on the side panel for confectionery and bakery brands using the box as a serving piece, or on the top gable peak when the brief calls for a top-down reveal. The window film is clear PET and fits flush with the surrounding card.
Material choices cover cardboard gable boxes in standard 350gsm or 400gsm white card, kraft gable boxes for natural brown unbleached finishes, and rigid board options for the premium gifting end of the market. Kraft gable boxes pair well with single-colour print and ribbon ties, which is the standard wedding favour aesthetic in Australia right now. For higher-end retail and corporate gifting, gloss laminate or soft-touch matte finish on white card gives you the cleaner, modern look. Spot UV on the brand mark and foil on a wedding monogram are the most common premium upgrades.
Printing is full CMYK across the entire diecut, which means the back panel, the side gussets, and the inside of the lid can all carry artwork. Interior print is a small detail that lifts the unboxing moment. For brands that want a wrapped feel without printing the inside, printed belly bands give you a second branded layer for not much more in unit cost.
Ordering custom gable boxes is a four-step process. Start with a quote request form that includes your dimensions, quantity, artwork format, finish preferences, and event date if there is one. We respond within one business day with a quote, a dieline template for your designer, and a production timeline. Once the quote and artwork are signed off, we send a free digital proof for your final approval. Production runs for 8 to 10 business days from proof approval, and shipping is free anywhere in Australia with a 3 to 5 business day transit window.
Minimum order quantities are flexible. Starting at 100 units suits small weddings, one-off launches, and brands testing the format for the first time. Most wholesale gable boxes orders sit between 500 and 5,000 units, and per-unit pricing drops noticeably at each step up. Bulk gable boxes for ongoing retail programmes, hamper companies producing for multiple seasons, and event suppliers running annual contracts are priced on a different model that takes scheduled production windows into account.
Physical samples are available on request, with a sampling fee that depends on the box size and finishing options. For most clients the free digital proof is enough to sign off, but a physical sample is worth ordering when a window cut-out, foil treatment, or specific board weight is central to the brief. For events with a fixed date, we keep one rule simple. Tell us the date when you brief, not after the proof. Lead times are easier to protect when the deadline is in scope from the start, and where the standard window will not stretch, rush production plans are available and priced separately on the quote. For ongoing branded packaging programmes that need gable boxes alongside other formats like custom folding boxes or custom popcorn boxes for food activations, we coordinate the production schedules so the full range arrives together.
