Nº D-11729
Surprise gifts, candy, toys.
Made for: Tết & gifts, Food & specialties, Fashion & retail.
Sample printed on ivory (C1S board) 300 gsm, matte lamination; style: folded paper solid box (polyhedron, sphere, star, house, Christmas tree).
Sample size 150 mm.
A sphere of flat gores folded from one sheet: tiers of facets keep it round, one facet is a tuck lid. Christmas ornaments, surprise gifts, candy.
Yes, commercial use included; Free adds a watermark grid at 1K, Pro exports 4K without it.
Yes — from the 150 mm sample or your own size, with the dieline redrawn.
Yes, with Pro: the die files (SVG, PDF / AI, DXF / CF2) and the CMYK print PDF; designing on the die is free.
The sample is ivory (C1S board) 300 gsm with matte lamination, on a dieline drawn at the size you type.
A gore sphere box is built from several curved lens-shaped gores (like orange segments or globe map gores), each joined to the next by glue or locking tabs and converging at two poles. Gift spheres usually split into two hemispheres, one with a lip that fits into the other, or open by peeling the top gores back like petals. More gores give a rounder ball, typically 8–12.
Ivory board of 230–300 gsm works — stiff enough to hold shape but still curving along the gores; thick board flattens each gore and the ball turns into a polyhedron. A Christmas bauble can use 250 gsm art or metallic paper for sparkle. Boxes holding sweets or cakes need an inner bag since the gore joints aren't sealed.
Matt or metallic lamination with foiled stars or snowflakes suits a Christmas bauble; metallic papers and foil catch tree lights. Keep foil and embossing off glue tabs and gore edges, where glue won't grip and the curves go uneven.
Each gore is a curved lens; artwork running across gores must allow for distortion like a printed globe, so design on the gore dieline and check on a 3D proof. Centre the logo on one gore away from the poles, where gores taper; the hanging cord goes through the top pole, so leave it clear. Allow 2–3 mm bleed at gore edges, as gores never meet perfectly.
The Ø150 mm inside takes a few chocolates, sweets, a keyring, a small toy or mini cosmetics; most of the volume is at the middle, so round or soft items pack easier than square ones.
Let the upper gores spring out like petals when the cord at the top is pulled, or print the inside of the gores in a contrasting colour; seeing the inner colour on opening is the surprise.
From 8 gores it reads as round from a distance; 12 gives a smoother ball, but more gores mean more gluing and a more complex die.
Either it splits into two hemispheres with a fitting lip, or the top gores open like petals round the pole — the petal version is great for surprise gifts.
Yes, thread a cord or ribbon through the top pole; it is light enough for small branches and can't shatter like glass baubles.