Daisy Gift Box 🦋 Spring CC 2026

Make strong and sturdy gift boxes with your Cricut that are large enough to fit a mug.

They come with a inner piece to hold a mug in place to stop it moving about within the box.

This can be left off if you are not planning on putting a mug inside the box.

Spring Craft Countdown Day 06 - Gift Boxes for Mugs by Craft with Sarah

The lid of the box is decorated with delicate daisy flowers that are perfect for spring.

But these boxes aren’t just for this time of year – they can easily be repurposed for any occasion.

In this tutorial, I also show how to customise the gift box SVG to remove the “spring” decorations and cut it from different papers. Of course, I had to choose a gnome design for my other version!

Gift box materials supply list

Here is a list of the materials that I used to make this project.

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Cricut machine
Light blue Cricut cutting mat
Coloured Card (ideally around 250-300gsm / 80-100lb)
Glue (I like Bearly Art Glue and Collall)
Patterned paper
Cricut scoring wheel or scoring stylus
Piece of foam (e.g. packaging foam) and a ball tool (optional)

This project is suitable for the following types of Cricut machines: Explore series, Maker series and Joy Xtra. It is too large to cut with a Joy or Joy 2.

DIY gift boxes for mugs by Craft with Sarah

The gift boxes have been tested with Cricut mugs that are 12oz in size (340 ml) as well as several miscellaneous non-branded mugs.

If you aren’t sure whether your mug will fit then cut the mug inner part to check the mug goes in before cutting the rest of the gift box.

If your mug is too large for the inner part then you will need to resize the whole mug project larger in Design Space.

My favourite glues to use on papercraft projects are Bearly Art Glue and Collall All Purpose Glue.

These are great because they don’t “warp” or bend the cardstock like some glues do. You can use as much of it as you want and the card stays perfect – and it dries perfectly clear too!

Bearly Art Glue comes with a tiny nozzle to make it easy to apply glue to small areas of card. The Collall glue doesn’t come with this, so it’s easiest to decant it into needle tip applicator bottles so that you have more control.

Foundation learning

If you're new to making papercrafts with your cutting machine, check out these links to get you started.

They include videos on topics such as: which file to use with your type of cutting machine, how to load the files into your cutting machine's software, how to cut cardstock with your type of cutting machine, how to recolor and modify/customize the cut files and tips for displaying your projects.

The following tutorials are Cricut-specific, but many of the ideas will work similarly with a Silhouette or ScanNCut machine and any cut files that are shared in them are compatible with all types of cutting machine.

How to score with a Cricut (even without scoring tools)
Print then cut tutorial
Design Space tools (Combine, Attach, Slice, Weld, Flatten, etc.)
Pattern fill tutorial (for making backgrounds & cutting images to a specific shape/size)
Free envelope SVGs that can be sized to fit any card
Presentation boxes for handmade cards
How to write inside cards with Cricut pens
How to cut layered designs at a small size
Design Space tips & tricks
Cricut pens tutorial
How to mount multiple designs in the same frame with magic guides

Cricut gift boxes video tutorial

Watch the video below to see how to make this project. Keep scrolling for a written tutorial.

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Written tutorial (with photos!)

Here’s how to make strong gift boxes using a Cricut machine.

Step 1) Download the cutting file & upload to Design Space

Get the files using the box below.

Purchase the File(s)

This cut file is available as part of the Instant Access Bundle.

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Or, purchase this design individually here

Before you upload the SVGs to Design Space, you need to unzip the download folder that they come in.

After unzipping, upload the SVG file(s) into your cutting machine software.

Not sure how to use cut files with your type of machine? The following links lead to videos on how to open cut files in:

The download folder also contains printable PDF versions of the templates for hand cutting.

If you are using Cricut Design Space, start a new project and then click the “Upload” button on the left of the screen.

You can then either click “Browse” to find the file on your computer, or drag-and-drop it in.

Select the file in the “01 Cricut Version” subfolder called svg-gift-box-daisies-craftwithsarah.svg

Press “Upload” on the next screen.

After uploading, the design should be automatically inserted onto your Canvas.

To hide the left sidebar (to give you more space for designing!), click the arrow that’s about half way down the page.

If the design doesn’t get inserted onto your Canvas, it will show under “Uploads” in your “Recently Uploaded Images”. Click on it and then press “Add to Canvas” to put it onto your Project.

Need help uploading SVGs? Get step-by-step instructions here in our detailed help guides for Cricut, Silhouette and ScanNCut.

Step 2) Check the size

Check the size of the design is 28 inches wide and 45 inches tall.

If not, change the measurements to match.

TIP: Make sure the padlock icon above the width/height boxes is CLOSED before you resize. If it appears “open”, click it with your mouse to close it.

Click on the design, then press “Ungroup” to separate out the pieces.

Click the green size box and delete it.

If you want to remove the daisies then find those layers in the layers panel and delete them.

Click one of the rectangles with the small flower cutouts, then press the “Contour” button.

A popup window will appear. Click “Hide all Contours” and then “Apply”.

That will fill in the flower shapes.

Change the colour to something different from the rest of the design, then repeat for all the other flower cutout pieces.

You can then cut these from a patterned paper to match your chosen box theme.

Step 3) Format the score lines

Look down the layers panel until you see a subgroup – you know this as it has a chevron arrow on the left.

Click to open the subgroup and have a look at the layers within.

Click the single line layer and change it to “Score” in the Operations dropdown.

Select the entire subgroup and press “Attach”. Attach is what tells the Cricut to do the scoring on the shape underneath.

Repeat this for all other subgroups in the design that contain single lines.

Step 4) Cut out all the layers

When you’re happy with how the project is looking in Design Space, click “Make” and follow the instructions on-screen to cut out all the pieces.

Note that the pink rectangles are intended to be cut from patterned paper (scrapbook paper) that matches the theme of the rest of the box.

THIS STEP IS IMPORTANT!! If you are using patterned paper that has a “correct way up” then you MUST rotate the pink rectangles around on the cut screen so that they all appear horizontally.

Otherwise, your patterns will be the wrong way around once the rectangles are stuck onto your box.

To change the paper size, go into the dropdowns over on the left side of the screen and choose the paper size that you want to use. You need to change it for every single colour.

To save space on your cardstock, you can move things around by clicking and dragging. Make sure when you’re moving things about that nothing overlaps because otherwise, it won’t cut out properly.

TIP: New to using cardstock with your cutting machine? Check out these machine help guides for Cricut, Silhouette and ScanNCut that go through every step of the process, including tips for getting the best quality cuts from your machine.

Step 5) Make the box lid

Gather the pieces for the box lid.

These are the pieces with circles cut out of them.

Fold along all of the score lines.

Select the middle piece and add glue, double-sided tape or a combination of both to all of the tabs.

Attach the side pieces as shown below.

Turn it over and fold up the tabs.

Add tape or glue to the top of all the tabs you just folded over.

I find it easier to put the box together if the sides of the box are folded outwards.

They won’t be stuck this way, but it keeps the flaps out of the way while we do this part.

Bring together the sides of the box and stick to the tabs.

Add glue to the flaps and glue them to the INSIDE of the box.

This covers up the tabs in the box to make it look neater and also “doubles up” the thickness of the sides, making the box stronger overall.

Glue all the flower cutout pieces to the darker yellow backings.

Glue to each side of the box, and the top of the lid.

Step 6) Decorate the box lid

We will be making the daisy flowers to look like this:

Glue the darker leaf piece onto the lighter one.

Match up the shape and positions of the hole cutouts.

To make the flowers look 3D you can roll around the middles of them with a ball tool placed on a piece of foam.

If you don’t have these then gently bend the petals upwards with your fingers instead.

Glue the white flowers onto the green leaves.

Glue the darker yellow circle in the middle, then glue the lighter yellow circle on top.

Repeat for the other daisy, then glue both to the top of the gift box.

Step 7) Make the box base

The box base goes together in the same way as the lid, so you can use the instructions further up this page to see how to make it.

It’s a little tricker for the base because the sides are taller.

Just like with the lid, it’s easier to bring the sides together when the flaps are folded outwards.

Glue the flaps inside the box once the structure is complete.

Glue the patterned paper rectangles to the darker yellow backings.

Add the lid onto the box so you know where to stick the decorations.

Glue the patterned paper parts to the gift box base.

Here’s my finished daisy gift box, plus another one made with a Christmas theme.

I love the sparkly gnome papers!

Step 8) Create the mug inner piece (optional)

This step is only needed if you will be putting a mug inside the box.

Fold all the score lines on the cardstock piece.

Place it inside the gift box, with the tabs pointing downwards. Push it all the way to the bottom.

Place the mug inside so that the handle sits in the gap on the side.

Easy gift boxes to make with a Cricut

These gift boxes are quick to make and so pretty to give to someone. They are almost like an extra gift in addition to whatever you place inside!

I love how doubling up the sides with the flaps that get glued inside makes the box really strong and sturdy.