Free Printable Blind Box Template

A blind box is a small closed box sold without showing what is inside: you only find out which figure from the series you got when you open it, and some series hide a rare "secret" figure. Pop Mart made the format famous with figures such as Labubu.

A blind box template is the flat pattern of that box: the outline you cut, the lines you fold and the flaps that hold it shut. Crafters print a paper blind box template to make their own surprise boxes, fill them with paper toys, stickers or candy, and trade or gift them. This DIY blind box template draws the pattern from the size you need instead of a fixed picture.

Measure the item that goes inside: its width, its depth and its height. Add a little room on each side so it slides in, about 1/16 in for a snug fit or 1/8 in for something soft. Type those numbers as the inside size, and the blind box template adds the thickness of the card for you.

A box prints on one page only up to a point, because a tuck end box unfolds into a long strip. On Letter or A4, a square blind box fits on one page up to about 1.9 × 1.9 × 2.4 in inside; the tool shows the exact limit for your proportions. Bigger boxes print over two pages that you tape together along the marks.

Use cover weight card stock. 65 lb cover (176 gsm, about 0.22 mm thick) folds cleanly and feeds through most home printers; HP lists card up to 200 g/m² for its OfficeJet Pro 9010, for example. 80 lb cover (216 gsm) makes a sturdier box if your printer accepts it, so check the paper weights in its manual first.

Plain printer paper is too thin to hold its shape. If it is all you have, print the blind box template, glue the sheet onto thin card from a cereal box and cut both together. Choose Card stock 65 lb in the board settings so the sizes allow for the paper.

Download the print pages, open them and choose 100%, Actual size or No scaling in the print dialog, never Fit to page. Then measure the 1 in square and the 25 mm square on the first page: if either is off, the printer scaled the page.

A printable blind box template on two pages has corner marks at the edges of each tile. Trim one page along its marks, line it up with the next and tape the back before you cut out the box. Cut lines are solid and fold lines are dashed.

The template is a reverse tuck end box: the top closure folds over from the back and the bottom one from the front, and small slits lock each tuck behind its dust flaps. Close the bottom first, fill the box, then tuck the top in.

For a real blind box feel, seal the top with a round sticker or a strip of washi tape so nobody can peek, and make every box in the series the same size and color so they look alike from the outside.

Popular fillings are paper squishies, sticker sheets, mini figures, charms, erasers, candy and small notes. Wrap each item in tissue so it does not rattle, which also keeps the surprise.

Make a series: several items in matching boxes, one rare "secret" version and a small card that lists them all. Number the boxes on the bottom flap if you want to keep track of which is which.