MAKE - CUSTOM BOXES | Homemade Boxes for Homemade Gifts

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You may have seen my custom boxes before, but in this video I wanted to walk you through, start to finish my process for making them.
Box Template Generator/Maker: templatemaker.nl
Import a templatemaker.nl template into Microsoft Word: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iJuagbRzvZ29l6c.html
Music:
Me/Garageband: "Ninety-Nine Percent" (I am Nick D. Clements theme)
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KZfaq Audio Library: Deliberate Thought
Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=deliberate+thought
Artist: incompetech.com/
Sincerely,
Nick Dawn Clements
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Website: www.iamnickdclements.com
Twitter: nickdclements
Patreon: www.patreon.com/nickdclements
Facebook: iamnickdclements
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@farrahnarine 2 жыл бұрын

this is by far the best “accidental” video i came across on youtube 💯

@pedrogonzalezm.2609 3 ай бұрын

What I most like is the peacefullness of the video. Really good tutorial. Thanks!

@rach2509 5 жыл бұрын

I love your homemade boxes!

@FenixxxKid Жыл бұрын

Wow 😍 just wow!

@tennessee978 2 ай бұрын

Awesome video….I love customizing gifts🎯 You make it look so easy💥💥💥 Thanks a bunch, Nick….

@MsSteel38 5 жыл бұрын

Your attention to detail is incredible! From the box itself, to showing different options for those who may not have access to the same tools as you... You're a great teacher! :D

@IamNickDClements 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

@maxximumb 5 жыл бұрын

I've used that site and it is great. Thanks for another great video.

@missy5269 4 ай бұрын

Awesome info, excellent tutorial

@gsingson3 3 ай бұрын

great tutorial. best one I've seen so far

@nomorea4750 8 ай бұрын

Excellent. Thanks for sharing

@armedo109 5 жыл бұрын

Omg the timing! Recently been catching up on videos I missed and saw the Nick Knack boxes... and fell completely in love. Now I know how to make one!!! Thank you!

@IamNickDClements 5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. And thank you, your comment on the other video indeed inspired the making of this one. ;)

@abigailduvall7525 3 жыл бұрын

Very Helpful! Thank you

@ML-ws4mt 4 ай бұрын

that Tornado Siren made my high ass tripped out 11:35

@IamNickDClements 4 ай бұрын

Ha! Yeah they test them in my town on the first Saturday of every month at like 1:00pm.

@yashilghazi5948 Жыл бұрын

excellent tutorial! thank you!

@suzannerichardson6711 6 ай бұрын

This is so cool.

@iangraham6730 5 ай бұрын

Nice! I have a cnc laser cutter that would make light work of cutting that out! Definitely going to try this!

@ankitghosh2910 11 ай бұрын

Thank you I am really in need of this on an urgent basis. New Subscriber!!

@jefflenkowski5156 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve always wondered how you created those. Also, cousin shout out! Nice video!

@hueofpurple 5 жыл бұрын

Cool video, I really want to try this! Stay awesome.

@natdine_ 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much

@luciacurbelo1109 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, this video is amazing! :)

@IamNickDClements 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! :)

@skripnigor 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome tips! Great result! As a final touch I would try to mask the white creases with some black gel pen maybe.

@IamNickDClements 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, I thought about Sharpie-ing the edges, but I kinda liked the white outline. Could also maybe use the sticker method on black card-stock. But the edge of the sticker might still show white when scored. Or scoring from the back side, by basically notching out a v... but that would be pretty advanced. ... Or, lol, cut out all the individual rectangles for the box, and use the sticker to connect them all together. Would probably be helpful to have a light-box to help get everything lined up properly.

@paperbox-iupackage2738 3 жыл бұрын

amazing video!! Awesome!! you're so coooool

@IamNickDClements 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! lol

@andrearagao6758 5 жыл бұрын

what a box

@disuko 11 ай бұрын

great video! i’m def gonna try out that site to make custom gameboy boxes

@thetruthserum2816 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet - Idea: Two windows, so the light comes through from the back... esp for the glass inside.

@ta5fa 2 жыл бұрын

OMG template page is wonderful thanks bro mny mny thanks

@IamNickDClements 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. Yeah, it's a fantastic website!

@dulainey9453 3 жыл бұрын

New subscriber, Jazz's sent me here :)

@hanoi_revolver 2 ай бұрын

I know this video is very old but thanks a lot, it's almost everything i needed ! Thanks a lot ! I do need help though, how do you find paper this "glossy" for print, outside of the sticker one ?

@IamNickDClements 2 ай бұрын

You can go with photo paper, which is pretty readily available. Any office supply store, Walmart, etc. and of course there are plenty of options online, Amazon. Just search for glossy paper, and be sure to specify if it needs to be for an ink jet printer, or a laser.

@hanoi_revolver Ай бұрын

Awesome thanks a lot

@jermainelee888 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video! I've been looking for something like this for so long. How did you make the bigger boxes? Did you print on an A2 sheet or used several A4 sheets and glued them together?

@IamNickDClements 2 жыл бұрын

I have access to a large format printer that can do 13x19, so I can make some decent sized boxes. But yes, when I need to make boxes larger than I can print on one sheet I just have to split them up onto multiple sheets. It's essay enough to hide as you can usually just make the split along one of the natural seams. And, one of the templates on templatemaker.nl is "Multi Sheet Box" specifically for... multi sheet boxes!

@therugdealerco 10 ай бұрын

I'm creating a custom box template for a candle company and it'll have to be sent to a manufacturing company, How would you make the die-line so the factory knows where the plastic cut out piece will be?

@IamNickDClements 10 ай бұрын

Best to just get clear directions from the company you are working with. Everyone seems to have their own way and preference on how to do things. Some companies can be super annoying to work with, they will be super anal about the file type and formatting you give you, and fight you every step of the way, other companies, you send them a *.pdf and they just make it work. This site for example pacdora.com/dielines is the exact opposite of templatemaker.nl; where they used red as the die line and blue for the folds, pacdora uses blue for the die lines, and red for the folds. 🤷 All that said, you could probably/also just put a key in your art file designating what color you made the cut line, and what color the score/fold lines are, if there are any. Best of luck!

@grizzleyjoe7262 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh dog hair for strength lol, I wonder will cat hair work as well? Thank you for helping people like me with their boxing Delima.

@IamNickDClements 4 жыл бұрын

Cat hair should add strength as well, but also probably some unwanted indifference ;)

@joannevans9629 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a recommended vendor for 130 lb card stock? Are you buying cover or index card stock?

@IamNickDClements 3 жыл бұрын

For the 130 lbs. card-stock, I got this stuff from staples: www.staples.com/product_263191 Alternatively, most of the boxes shown in the video were printed on poster-board from the dollar-store, which I would guess is around 110-120 lbs.

@emretrain 3 жыл бұрын

Which printer do you suggest for this work?

@IamNickDClements 3 жыл бұрын

I prefer laser printers. They are fast and the print is waterproof. It can suck to have to shell out a few hundred to replace the toner, but they can last months or years depending on how often you print. But inkjets are capable of much higher quality, and can be initially much cheaper. But shelling out $60 for cartridges every few weeks... It's really going to depend. A desktop laser, is probably not going to handle thicker paper very well, where as an inkjet, simply by the way it is designed, often will be able to print on thicker stock. But again, you can always just print on a label or just paper and just glue it to some thicker paper/ poasterboard/ cardboard. Bottom line, if your printer prints, there's a way to make it work.

@briannamarin189 3 жыл бұрын

Hey there! can you do a video on something larger? pleaseee. a box that would have to be printed on multipole sheets ?

@IamNickDClements 3 жыл бұрын

Possibly :) If I have to make a box larger than what I can print on one sheet, I would use the method where I showed printing on label paper (or regular paper and sprat adhesive) and 'tile' the multiple prints onto a sheet of poster board. Alternatively, on the templatemaker site, they have a generator for making a multi sheet box: www.templatemaker.nl/en/multisheetbox

@briannamarin189 3 жыл бұрын

@@IamNickDClements yay thaank you ! Did you watch jeepers creepers yet ? If not just watch the the ending scene and of the first movie.

@IamNickDClements 3 жыл бұрын

@@briannamarin189 I've only ever seen bits and pieces, not a huge horror fan, I do like Justin Long tho.

@rach2509 5 жыл бұрын

Is there a way you could save the template and put it into Word? Some of us aren't very good with advanced stuff like Photoshop...

@IamNickDClements 5 жыл бұрын

Well it downloads as a PDF. Putting it in word would be tricky, for one because it would be hard to get it to stay the correct size. But if the exact size isn't necessary, it could be done. Publisher would probably work a bit better.

@rach2509 5 жыл бұрын

@@IamNickDClements Ok, thank you! The next time I make something, I'll try to make a box using Publisher. Hopefully it doesn't turn out as awful as my attempt at Lon Lon Milk stickers. But j thank you for always being a good source of info and a savior when I fail at technology. 😂

@IamNickDClements 5 жыл бұрын

Word supports SVG, so you would probably want to use that option instead of PDF. For page size, instead of 'Automatic' choose a defined size. e.g. 8.5x11. Then in Word, set the document to the same size. Drag the template SVG into word, set Word Wrap to "behind text", and then drag and scale it to completely fill the document. Then go to town designing the box. When you print, Word will probably tell you stuff is outside the margins, just ignore it.

@IamNickDClements 5 жыл бұрын

@@rach2509 I recorded a quick video showing how you would import a templatemaker.nl template into Microsoft Word kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iJuagbRzvZ29l6c.html

@NinjaNunDoll 7 ай бұрын

how would i make a box for a regular sized barbie doll without using a random box and putting that basic pink wrapping paper around it? what machine can print out bigger boxes that similar to the big factories? all the tutorials i see make small professional boxes but never how to print out a big enough box for a doll or sculpture.

@IamNickDClements 7 ай бұрын

Short of having something professionally printed, the best way would be to "tile it" - basically print several pieces and then combine them together. With a box you can often hide the seams along the edges of the box. One of the templates on the templatemaker website is actually a "multi-sheet box". So it includes the tabs you would need to attach all the different sections together. www.templatemaker.nl/en/multisheetbox/

@NinjaNunDoll 7 ай бұрын

what would i use to attach the print out to a cardboard box?@@IamNickDClements

@IamNickDClements 7 ай бұрын

@@NinjaNunDoll I would say spray adhesive would be your best bet. It's really great stuff. Super 77 by 3M is pretty much the 'gold standard' in spray adhesives, although it can be pricey (worth it in my opinion) But there are many other brands, Elmer's has a spray adhesive, and I've even seen small bottles at the dollar store. -- Alternatively, you could print on blank labels, and then just stick it on like a big sticker.

@NinjaNunDoll 7 ай бұрын

thank you!@@IamNickDClements