Footed Box Greeting Card

This amazing little box is not only a greeting card but can hold a small gift as well! You can use 
cardstock and run it through your printer to add photos and designs to the top and sides as well 
as the inside or you can use some lovely scrap booking papers and attach them to cardstock 
using a spray adhesive. There are two ways to make this box – the first way (see the picture 
above with the kitten on the box top) uses only two sheets of cardstock. The second way (see the 
silver box on the top) utilizes an additional sheet of paper glued to the inside of the box base that 
gives you an “explosion” effect when opened so that you can add some embellishments – like the 
little stickers we adhered to the crease. But it doesn’t have to be stickers! You can even print 
small photos and use them as well!  You can even add some matching decorative tags on the top 
And the added embellishment of “feet” on the bottom of the box makes this a true keepsake!

MATERIALS:

Cardstock (flat or glossy) or scrap book papers of your choice

Glue stick, craft glue or double sided tape

Scissors

Bone folder or paper scorer

Large beads for feet

Embellishments of your choice

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Measure 2-1/2 inches on all sides of the card stock (an 8-1/2-inch square), score and fold all 
sides inwards. This is the bottom of the box. If you will be printing color or designs on your printer 
draw the diagram below (or save the image by right clicking on it and open it in your graphics 
program and resize to 8 ½” by 8 ½”. Add your designs or text as desired to the sides and inside of 
the box. Just remember – if you are coloring the entire square on your printer, the outer edge of 
the box may fall into that nasty “unprintable” margin on your inkjet. So try printing a sample on 
plain paper first.
2. From each corner of the card stock, cut out a 2-1/2-inch square. (NOTE: This step is different if 
you are doing the box like the one with the kitten. In that case you will simply cut the corners into 
triangles as shown in the diagram below).
3. If you will be using the decorative paper on the inside of the box, copy the 8 ½” X 8 ½” diagram 
to a blank sheet in your graphics program and add whatever text and images you like. Then glue 
the decorative paper to the box base (optional if you wish to add the “explosion” piece as seen in 
the silver box above – otherwise you can skip this step).
4. Bring sides of the box together, folding the paper inward.
5.  As the paper folds together, create a crease with your fingers (Photo 1 below).
6. Measure and score 1 inch on all sides of the 5-3/4" x 7-3/4" card stock. This is the lid. On the 
short (5-3/4-inch) sides, measure and score another inch beginning from the previous 1-inch 
measured mark (see diagram below).
7. Open another blank page in your graphics program and make a rectangle for the box top (or 
simply copy and paste the diagram below and resize so that the box top measures 5 ¾” X 7 ¾”.  
Add whatever images, text or color fill you wish and cut out the box top. 
8. Fold all score measurements inward to form your lid. Cut four 1-inch squares from the corners. 
The creases will show the lines to cut the squares. On the short (5-3/4-inch) sides of the lid, cut a 
1-inch tab on each side (Photo 2 below).
9. Bring the two tabs inward on the box and tape. You will fold over the end folds and tape, 
creating the end of the lid (Photo 3 below). Do the same method to the opposite side of the lid. 
Put the box and lid together. Glue beads on the bottom corners of the box for feet. 
10. If you like, you can add matching tags to the box top. You can add further embellishment by 
adding some small gold or silver tassles (available at your craft supply store) to the bottom 
corners of the box top for a truly elegant look!