Juice Box Construction

Good news once you have made the jig you only need a pair of scissors and a Stanley Knife, but no blade, its purely used for making the folds

There are two types of Juice box, both can be used, but the sealed ones at the bottom are easier to clean, its the case of trial and error of finding the best box and the nicest juice, these came from Aldi

First cut the top off and throw away, then wash and dry the inner, place in the jig with the plain front facing you and the seam at the back like so. Note the jig has front on marked on this because the back will have a guideline to make the correct size fold for the top lid lip.

Using a pen mark the front off, then using the scissors cut down the side at a slight angle, this forming the side flaps, cut down the back straight to form the back. Then remove from the jig a little and cut off the front, place back into the jig.

Should look like this. The two sides form a lip and the back the top and a top flap.




Using your fingers form roughly the folds for the side and back, then cut off any surplus so that the side lips are not too long, and allows for open storage in trays

This is where the Stanley knife, without the blade comes in, a teaspoon will do. Remove from the jig and form the 3 top folds like so, this makes a neat solid box so quite important. I used to store the fold, but this method is quicker and the boxes last longer

Place back in the jig, note the line on the jig close to the end, this is the guideline, fold back the top lip like so

Remove from the jig and bend it back, then again use the Stanley to form a neat fold

Finish off the box by tapering the top lid flap, I normally use a 1 inch flap which makes a secure box.

I normally take 1 minute per box once a good jig is used

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