Cardboard Boxes


Cardboard Come in Many Forms

Cardboard is one of those materials that is often not thought of as amazing as it really is. I mean, for something so commonplace and prevalent around us, we really fail to see how much we depend on the material thanks to its perfect properties for shipping. In fact, if we took away all the cardboard in the world, we’d be set back quite a bit before finding an alternate material to ship items in.


When we think of a box made of cardboard, typically we imagine a cube or rectangular prism, each with six sides. To be honest, there is no other type of “cardboard box” other than these considering a box has six sides. But what are you supposed to do about any items that are shaped awkwardly and don’t fit into boxes that well? For example, what if you want to sell your paintings and they need shipped? A traditional box wouldn’t work for this.

So, we felt it appropriate for this time of year to fill you in on all the other cardboard boxes out there besides your traditional style boxes. If you’re in need of something particular, think about picking one of these types of boxes up.

Picture boxes.


Just as you may imagine, these boxes are extremely flat. While they’re still technically a rectangular prism and have six sides like your normal boxes made of cardboard, these are super flat to help keep pictures and paintings secure and not jumbling around in their shipping container.

Lamp boxes.


These are pretty much what you expect upon hearing the words lamp boxes. They’re for taller, thinner items, yet they have an area for lamp shades too. This means you don’t have to worry about packing the shade separately, which is convenient. You’ll undoubtedly find some use for these for other items as well. Just get a bit creative when thinking about how to best utilize this style of box.

Boxes for candy.


You know the ones I’m talking about. And what’s fun is that you can use these in different ways (yes, not just for candy). Candy boxes are likely seen more often around specific holidays and are sold with chocolates in them by various companies. Though you may not have thought about it the last time you got some luxury chocolates, the box was designed to hold candies in particular. While there’s often plastic within these, they’re still cardboard boxes.

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