Printed boxes with a cutout window for pen sets, colored pencils, markers, journals and notecards. We make them in SBS, kraft or rigid board, with an insert so every pen lines up neat behind the window. Dieline setup is free, you get a digital proof first, and ground shipping across the USA is free too.
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Stationery sells on color and feel, and you can’t judge either one through cardboard. So the window does the work. Custom stationery boxes with window cutouts let a shopper see the actual pens or pencil shades or the journal cover, and the rest of the box keeps it all in order, and we make them for gift shops, art supply brands, school suppliers, planner companies, mostly for shelves and gift sets.
Whatever’s behind that window has to look tidy though. Twelve colored pencils rolled into one corner? Looks like somebody dropped the box. The inside layout matters as much as the print.
Pen and pencil sets usually go in a shallow tray or a tuck end box with an insert that has a groove for each piece, and the window sits over the barrels or the tips depending on what you want to show off (color for pencils, nib and finish for nicer pens). Markers are fatter. Wider grooves, deeper box.
For 12 or 24 pencils we’d do a flat box with a hinged lid, or a sleeve and tray. Put a thumb notch on the sleeve so the tray slides out without anything bending, and our thumb cut boxes show what that looks like.
Go full-front and you show everything, but there’s hardly any room left for your branding. A smaller shaped window is often the better trade, honestly, something like a circle or a pencil outline or even your logo shape, because you still see enough product and keep your print space. Journals? A window over part of the cover gives a peek without letting dust and thumbs at the whole thing.
Film or no film? Open windows cost a bit less and they’re fine for sets that live inside a sleeve. Anything that might sit on a shelf for months wants clear film though. Back-to-school stock is the classic, it ships in July and some of it’s still sitting there in October collecting dust.
For colorful art supply brands we’d pick SBS paperboard, bright white and sharp. Kraft suits notebooks and eco planners and anything with a handmade feel, and rigid board is for luxury pen sets and fancy journals where the box ends up living on someone’s desk. Our team does the dieline and artwork setup for free, and you see a digital proof with the window in place before anything gets cut.
Print inside the tray too if budget allows. When the pens come out, a pattern or a little note underneath is a nice small reward, and it makes a set feel like a gift even when it’s just for school.
Similar formats? Sleeve boxes for tray-style sets, tuck end boxes for single items. There’s more in the full window packaging range, and our guide on how to measure a box helps you nail the inside size.
On store shelves, yes, it keeps the dust off. Gift sets that sit inside a sleeve are usually fine open.
Sure. Circles, pencils, stars, logo outlines, as long as there’s enough board left round the window to keep the panel stiff.
Groove insert, one slot per pencil. Bonus, the colors stay in order, which is half of what sells the set anyway.
Plenty of customers order this alongside socks & apparel window boxes, custom hair extension boxes, custom eyelash boxes with window and custom window soap boxes with logo. More styles are in window packaging boxes.
