Cardboard is one of those materials that is
often not thought of as amazing as it really is. I mean, for something so
commonplace and prevalent around us, we really fail to see how much we depend
on the material thanks to its perfect properties for shipping. In fact, if we
took away all the cardboard in the world, we’d be set back quite a bit before
finding an alternate material to ship items in.
When we think of a box made of cardboard,
typically we imagine a cube or rectangular prism, each with six sides. To be
honest, there is no other type of “cardboard box” other than these considering
a box has six sides. But what are you supposed to do about any items that are
shaped awkwardly and don’t fit into boxes that well? For example, what if you
want to sell your paintings and they need shipped? A traditional box wouldn’t
work for this.
So, we felt it appropriate for this time of
year to fill you in on all the other cardboard boxes out there besides your
traditional style boxes. If you’re in need of something particular, think about
picking one of these types of boxes up.
Picture
boxes.
Just as you may imagine, these boxes are
extremely flat. While they’re still technically a rectangular prism and have
six sides like your normal boxes made of cardboard, these are super flat to
help keep pictures and paintings secure and not jumbling around in their
shipping container.
Lamp
boxes.
These are pretty much what you expect upon
hearing the words lamp boxes. They’re for taller, thinner items, yet they have
an area for lamp shades too. This means you don’t have to worry about packing
the shade separately, which is convenient. You’ll undoubtedly find some use for
these for other items as well. Just get a bit creative when thinking about how
to best utilize this style of box.
Boxes
for candy.
You know the ones I’m talking about. And
what’s fun is that you can use these in different ways (yes, not just for
candy). Candy boxes are likely seen more often around specific holidays and are
sold with chocolates in them by various companies. Though you may not have
thought about it the last time you got some luxury chocolates, the box was
designed to hold candies in particular. While there’s often plastic within
these, they’re still cardboard boxes.
