Mini
Minis · Ages 6+
Mini Candy Ice Mountain
Pocket-size mountain. Summit hinges open, candy on every side.
Built 3¼ × 3¼ × 4 in1 folding sheet
$6.20Order
Sticker build kits · Made in Oakland
Your box
is the kit.
Printed stickers turn the cardboard box you already have into a fire station, a gator sub, a flying car or a temple robot. Stick it, cut it, build it, then lift the lid and play inside.
No glueLids openArt inside and outAges 5 and up
How it works
Stick. Cut. Build.
Every kit comes as full-colour sticker sheets with art on every outside and inside face, printed tape strips and a picture guide. Your cardboard does the rest.
1
Stick
Cut each sticker out of its sheet and press it onto flat box board. A little badge on each one shows where it goes.
2
Cut
Cut the board around the blue line. Kids' scissors do most pieces; on the bigger sets a grown-up makes a few cuts with a craft knife, and the guide says which.
3
Build
Tape it together with the printed strips, step by step. The strips carry the art across every seam, so the corners disappear.
Every wall has an inside
Outside, a monster. Inside, a home.
Every piece is printed on both faces: the outside is what you see on the shelf, the inside is a room to play in. Here’s Monster House.
Outside
- Horns, ears and a scaly green roof
- Eye windows that watch the street
- A toothy front door with a tongue doormat
Inside
- A starry bedroom and a slime-bubble bath
- A front hall with hooks for coats
- A slime kitchen that’s bubbling over
The sets
34 sets. Pick a world.
Pocket-size minis, houses and castles, holiday gift houses, spaceships, flying cars, subs and creatures. Tap See it open on any set to look inside.
Showing all 34 sets
Mini
Minis · Ages 6+
Mini Jet Roadster
Pocket-size flying car. Roof tips open on a hidden stash, twin jets.
Built 4 × 3¹⁵⁄₁₆ × 2 in1 folding sheet
$6.20Order
Mini
Minis · Ages 6+
Tiger Shark Sub (Mini)
Pocket-size sub. Side hatch swings open on a secret stash.
Built 4¾ × 3 × 2¼ in1 folding sheet
$6.20Order
Mini
Minis · Ages 6+
Mini Temple Guardian
Pocket-size jungle robot. The chest vault opens, gem eyes, gold and jewel armour.
Built 3½ × 1³⁄₁₆ × 3⁷⁄₁₆ in1 folding sheet
$6.20Order
Small
Mask & shelf art · Ages 8+
Mech Pilot Mask
A mask you build, then wear.
Built Wearable, 20 flat pieces7 sticker sheets
$15.99Order
Small
Vehicles · Ages 5+
Medic 5 Ranger
Ambulance. Roof lid lifts, doors swing open.
Built 7 × 3¾ × 3½ in6 sticker sheets
$18.99Order
Medium
Houses & castles · Ages 5–8
Zoop Moon Cabin
Roof lifts, door opens, secret ladder.
Built 7 × 7 × 7¼ in10 sticker sheets
$24.99Order
Medium
Houses & castles · Ages 8+
Lava Crypt
A dungeon book. The cover swings open on a lava crypt with rooms, a fire throne and a 1 in battle-grid map.
Built 7 × 5 × 2½ in10 sticker sheets
$25.99Order
Medium
Houses & castles · Ages 5+
Fire Station 5
Roof lifts off and stores toys.
Built 7 × 7 × 9 in12 sticker sheets
$27.99Order
Medium
Houses & castles · Ages 5+
Monster House
The house is the monster. Roof lifts off. Feed it.
Built 7 × 7 × 9 in12 sticker sheets
$27.99Order
Medium
Space · Ages 6+
Diamond Scout
Cargo doors open. Built to race.
Built 12 in long13 sticker sheets
$29.99Order
Medium
Subs, robots & creatures · Ages 14+
Desert Overwatch
Red-canyon pilot mech. The cockpit hatch lifts on the pilot inside, the backpack lid comes off.
Built 6¼ × 4 × 11½ in13 sticker sheets
$30.99Order
Medium
Subs, robots & creatures · Ages 8+
Temple Guardian
Jungle Walker robot. Chest plate, face and crown swing up; lift the head to open the treasure vault.
Built 6¼ × 2¾ × 12½ in14 sticker sheets
$31.99Order
Medium
Houses & castles · Ages 8+
Fungi Rave
Neon mushroom club. The cap tips back on a laser show and disco ball, the door opens on the lounge and DJ booth.
Built 7⅜ × 7⅜ × 5¾ in14 sticker sheets
$31.99Order
Medium
Subs, robots & creatures · Ages 10+
Mech Beetle
Heavy-lift mech. Wing cases swing open, jaw opens wide, control centre inside.
Built 12¼ × 6½ × 7¾ in16 sticker sheets
$33.99Order
Large
Houses & castles · Ages 5+
Fire Spire
Lava Phoenix Temple. Drawbridge drops, door in the tower.
Built 7 × 7 in keep + tall tower17 sticker sheets
$35.99Order
Large
Vehicles · Ages 10+
Jet Roadster
Flying car. Roof lifts, luxury cabin, glowing jets.
Built 13½ × 16¾ × 5¼ in16 sticker sheets
$35.99Order
Large
Houses & castles · Ages 5+
Treehouse Club
Flat-roof floors stack.
Built 7 × 7 × 11½ in17 sticker sheets
$35.99Order
Large
Holiday · Ages 5+
Christmas House
Gift-wrapped roof lifts, 3 doors open.
Built 9 × 7¼ × 10 in18 sticker sheets
$37.99Order
Large
Holiday · Ages 5+
Eight Nights House
A Hanukkah house. Roof lifts, 3 doors open.
Built 9 × 7¼ × 10 in18 sticker sheets
$37.99Order
Large
Holiday · Ages 5+
Karamu House
A Kwanzaa house. Roof lifts, 3 doors open.
Built 9 × 7¼ × 10 in18 sticker sheets
$37.99Order
Large
Space · Ages 10+
Tin Squid Rocket
4 tentacle legs, lid flips open.
Built 16 in tall19 sticker sheets
$38.99Order
Large
Space · Ages 10+
Outrigger
Hatch and canopy lift, hollow wings, cargo hold.
Built 13¾ × 10⅞ × 4⅛ in19 sticker sheets
$39.99Order
Large
Subs, robots & creatures · Ages 10+
Reef Hub
Coral reef station. The glass dome swings back on 8 rooms, and two pods dock on and pull off.
Built 16 × 7 × 5¾ in19 sticker sheets
$39.99Order
Large
Mask & shelf art · Ages 10+
Low-Poly Fox
129 facets. A fox for the shelf.
Built 18 in tall20 sticker sheets
$40.99Order
Large
Space · Ages 5+
Zoop Rocket
Nose lid opens, ramp drops.
Built 5 × 5 × 19 in20 sticker sheets
$40.99Order
Large
Subs, robots & creatures · Ages 6+
Candy Ice Mountain
Playset. Summit lifts, door drops into a ramp.
Built 8 × 8 × 12 in20 sticker sheets
$41.99Order
Large
Houses & castles · Ages 5+
Cloud Castle
Drawbridge drops, roof opens.
Built 15½ × 7¼ × 10 in21 sticker sheets
$41.99Order
Large
Subs, robots & creatures · Ages 10+
Gator Sub
Iron Scrapjaw. Three spiked lids open on a treasure hold.
Built 19¾ × 7⅛ × 6⅞ in20 sticker sheets
$41.99Order
Large
Subs, robots & creatures · Ages 5+
Shark Sub
Lids lift, fiery mouth, cockpit hold.
Built 17 × 8 × 8 in19 sticker sheets
$41.99Order
Large
Space · Ages 10+
Delta Dropship
Ramp drops, roof and hood lift, 3-buddy bay.
Built 15¼ × 16 × 7½ in21 sticker sheets
$42.99Order
Large
Space · Ages 10+
Hive Lander
Front ramp drops, 4 engine pods.
Built 9 × 9 × 9¼ in21 sticker sheets
$42.99Order
Large
Vehicles · Ages 10+
Zombie Cargo
Quarantine Express airplane. Roofs lift, nose bay opens, cargo hold.
Built 13½ × 14½ × 6¼ in21 sticker sheets
$42.99Order
Large
Vehicles · Ages 10+
Grape Fizz Flyer
Runs on grape soda. Roof lid and hood swing open, twin soda jets.
Built 13⅜ × 11½ × 6¼ in25 sticker sheets
$48.99Order
Prices are suggested retail per kit, in US dollars, plus shipping. Ages are a guide; younger builders can join in with a grown-up. Pictures are photorealistic renders of the finished builds made from our 3D models; “See it open” shows the 3D model itself.
New series · coming soon
World Vessels
Ten vessels from ten traditions, rebuilt in cardboard. Each one wears art researched from the culture that made it, and every lid comes off.
Coming soonMeet all ten
WV-01Owl AmphoraAncient Greece
WV-02Tulip AlbarelloTürkiye
WV-03Star Tagine BoxMorocco
WV-04Sankofa KuduoGhana
WV-05Beaded UkhambaSouth Africa
WV-06Fish and Peacock MatkaBihar, India
WV-07Lotus MeipingChina
WV-08Crane JūbakoJapan
WV-09Inca ArybaloPeru
WV-10Rosemaling AmbarNorwayDrawn to scale. Pictures are 3D renders of the finished builds. Tap a vessel to read about its tradition.
When play's over
It's the toy box, too.
Every set is built to be opened again. Lift the roof, swing up the lid, drop the ramp, and the thing your kid spent the afternoon making is where the toys go at the end of the day.
Roofs lift off
Fire Station 5, Monster House and the holiday houses have a roof that comes straight off in one piece.
Lids swing open
Subs, spaceships and flying cars have lids, hatches and ramps on tape hinges. Load them up, close them, park them.
Secret stashes
The minis hide a stash, the Gator Sub has a treasure hold and the Temple Guardian opens on a vault.
Instead of wrapping paper
Give the present in it.
Build the box, put the present inside, lid back on. On the day there’s nothing to tear open and throw away — the wrapping stays in the room and holds the toys for the rest of the year. The Christmas, Eight Nights and Karamu houses were made for exactly this.
It fits a real present
The houses hold about seven inches square, and the big subs and ships hold more. A book, a puzzle, pyjamas or a small toy all fit.
Nothing goes in the bin
No paper to tear, no ribbon, no bag of rubbish at the end of the morning. The wrapping is the present’s new home.
Or build it together
Give the flat kit instead. It arrives in a slim mailer, and building it is the afternoon.
How to order
Email us. We’ll ship it.
We’re a small studio in Oakland, so for now ordering is by email or text. No account, no checkout.
1
Pick your sets
Tap Order on any set, or write a list: which sets and how many.
2
Send it to us
Email sticknbuild@gmail.com or text (510) 934-2874 with your list and shipping address.
3
Pay and it ships
We reply with the total, shipping and how to pay. Kits ship within 3 business days by USPS, with tracking.
For stores
Stock the box that becomes the toy.
Toy, game, comic and gift shops: every set sells at 50% of suggested retail, so you keep half at the shelf price. Kits ship flat in a full-colour mailer that sells itself on the peg.
- Wholesale from $3.10 (minis) up to $24.50 a kit
- $150 opening order, $100 reorders
- 3 kits minimum of each set
- Ships within 3 business days by USPS Priority Mail, shipping at cost
- Every kit: sticker sheets, printed tape strips, a colour build guide and a labelled mailer
For schools, camps and PTAs
A class set in one box.
Classroom packs are 30 kits of one set, shipped as sheets in a single box, with one full-colour printed build guide for the teacher. Any other set is 25% off retail for schools.
30 KITS · AGES 5+
$225Medic 5 Ranger
$7.50 per student
30 KITS · AGES 8+
$260Mech Pilot Mask
$8.67 per student
30 KITS · AGES 5–8
$375Zoop Moon Cabin
$12.50 per student · great for camps and after-school
Teachers and PTAs can pay by card or invoice; district purchase orders are welcome.
Made to order
Draw it. We’ll build it.
Kids and grown-ups send us a drawing and a line about what it is. We draw it, print it and mail back a kit of their own invention — lid off for storage, same as the rest. Have a real house instead? Send four photos.
Send a drawingabout 3 weeks
Real estate agent? Box Tale turns a client’s listing into a closing-gift box.
In every kit
Everything but the box.
Sticker sheets
Full-colour, letter size, with art on every outside and inside face.
Printed tape strips
They carry the art across every seam and hold the build together.
A picture guide
Full-colour, step by step, with a part map and the grown-up steps marked.
A mailer worth keeping
Each kit ships flat in a mailer with a full-colour label of the finished build.
For grown-ups
What you'll need
- A cardboard box or twoDelivery boxes work well. Each set’s label says how much board it needs.
- ScissorsKids' scissors for the stickers and most pieces. On bigger sets a grown-up cuts some board with a craft knife.
- Sometimes, regular tapeSets with plain hollow insides use a little clear or masking tape on the inside seams. The kit says when.
Questions
What ages is it for?
Each set lists its own age. Houses, castles and the Shark Sub are 5+, the minis 6+, the mask and the Temple Guardian 8+, and the spaceships, flying cars and bigger subs 10+. Younger kids love building alongside a grown-up.
What comes in a set?
Full-colour sticker sheets for every outside and inside face, printed tape strips for the seams, a step-by-step picture guide and a labelled mailer. You add the cardboard and scissors.
Do I need glue?
No. Stickers and the printed tape strips hold everything together. Some sets with hollow insides also use a little regular tape inside, and the kit tells you where.
Is there any knife work?
On some of the bigger sets, yes: a grown-up cuts a few board pieces with a craft knife. Those steps are marked in the guide and on the label.
Can they hold things?
That’s the idea. Roofs lift, lids swing open and ramps drop, so once it’s built it’s a toy box with a lid.
How big are they?
From pocket-size minis (about 4 inches) to builds nearly 20 inches long. Every set lists its finished size.
How do I buy one?
Email or text us your list and address; we reply with the total and how to pay, and ship within 3 business days. See How to order.
Safety
Small pieces: not for children under 3. Craft knife for adults only. We recommend a grown-up nearby for all cutting.
New sets
Hear about
the next build.
Get an email when a new set comes out. A few times a season, no spam, just cardboard.