How do the dividers hold together?

They egg-crate. The spine is notched up from its bottom edge and the cross dividers are notched down from their top edge, each halfway, so they slide into one another and both still stand on the floor. Stand the dividers in first, notches up, then lower the spine onto them. The dividers need no glue; the spine does, because it carries the load — see the next answer.

Why is the handle part of the spine?

Because that is what carries the weight. The spine runs the whole length of the carrier and reaches the floor, and it is tied to the tray twice: a flap at each end glues flat to the end wall, and two foot tabs go through slots in the floor and fold flat under it. Lift the handle and the tray comes with it. A spine that only slotted in would lift straight out and leave the bottles on the table.

Will it print on one sheet?

No, and it is not meant to. At the size it opens with, the drawing is about 360 by 676 mm, which is a good deal larger than A4 — a carrier for six bottles is simply a big piece of board. Use A3 or bigger, or take the PDF to a print shop. Make it much smaller and it will fit one sheet, but so will the bottles.

What board should I use?

Something stiff. 300 gsm card is the minimum for empty bottles and corrugated board is better for full ones. Set the material thickness to what you are actually using: the slots are cut that much wider plus a working clearance, and a slot cut to the bare thickness will not take the board.

Bottle Carrier Template — Free Six Pack Carrier

The bottle carrier template, flat and folded

Bottle carrier template — free printable dieline with cut and fold lines, any size — The printable dieline at its standard size. Type your own size above for yours.

Bottle carrier folded up from the template — the finished box — The finished bottle carrier, made from it.

What this template is for

A six-pack carrier. A tray, a spine that runs the whole length and carries on upwards into the handle, and cross dividers that egg-crate into it. The spine is glued to both end walls and locked through the floor, so lifting the handle lifts the tray and everything in it.

Also called six pack carrier · beer carrier template · wine bottle carrier · drinks carrier box — all the same shape, and this is it.

Six-packs of beer, soda and small bottles
Wine and oil gift sets
Homebrew, jam and hot sauce gifts
Market stalls and farm shops

How to use this template

All four downloads are the same bottle carrier at the same size — only the format changes.

PDF printing at home: Print at 100 per cent, or hand it to a print shop as "actual size, no scaling".
PNG 300 dpi Canva, Photoshop, Procreate: Upload, lock it in place and design your bottle carrier on top. Free plan and phone included. Full Canva walkthrough →
SVG Cricut, Illustrator, Inkscape, Affinity: Vector, with cuts, folds and labels on separate layers. Cricut and Silhouette walkthrough →
DXF Silhouette, laser and vinyl cutters: Two layers, CUT and FOLD — and the one free Silhouette Studio Basic will open.

Getting it printed properly →

Printing it

Type your size above, then download the PDF.
Print at 100% — never “fit to page”, or every measurement comes out wrong.
Too big for the paper? Pick your paper size and leave Fit the pieces to the page ticked: each piece gets its own place on a sheet and the PDF comes out with every page in it, nothing cut in half and nothing to tape.

How to put it together

These pictures are the bottle carrier itself, not a generic diagram — change the measurements above and the template changes, but the three steps never do.

Cut the solid lines
Every solid line is a cut. Do the inside shapes first, while the sheet is still whole and easy to hold.
Score every dashed line
Dashed lines are folds. Score each one first — an empty ballpoint against a ruler — or the card cracks along the outside of the bend.
Fold, glue and hold
Cut the two slots in the floor. Fold the tray up and glue its four corner tabs. Stand the dividers in it first, notches upwards. Lower the spine onto them, notches downwards, so each pair of notches slides together, and push its two foot tabs through the floor slots. Fold the foot tabs flat under the floor and glue them, then fold the end flaps against the end walls and glue those too.

Glue: a glue stick for paper, white PVA on card — hold each seam thirty seconds, and let it dry before you use it.

Questions about the bottle carrier

How do the dividers hold together?: They egg-crate. The spine is notched up from its bottom edge and the cross dividers are notched down from their top edge, each halfway, so they slide into one another and both still stand on the floor. Stand the dividers in first, notches up, then lower the spine onto them. The dividers need no glue; the spine does, because it carries the load — see the next answer.
Why is the handle part of the spine?: Because that is what carries the weight. The spine runs the whole length of the carrier and reaches the floor, and it is tied to the tray twice: a flap at each end glues flat to the end wall, and two foot tabs go through slots in the floor and fold flat under it. Lift the handle and the tray comes with it. A spine that only slotted in would lift straight out and leave the bottles on the table.
Will it print on one sheet?: No, and it is not meant to. At the size it opens with, the drawing is about 360 by 676 mm, which is a good deal larger than A4 — a carrier for six bottles is simply a big piece of board. Use A3 or bigger, or take the PDF to a print shop. Make it much smaller and it will fit one sheet, but so will the bottles.
What board should I use?: Something stiff. 300 gsm card is the minimum for empty bottles and corrugated board is better for full ones. Set the material thickness to what you are actually using: the slots are cut that much wider plus a working clearance, and a slot cut to the bare thickness will not take the board.

Print your own design on it

Add a logo, photo or pattern in the panel on the left and drag it onto the bottle carrier. It is trimmed to the cut outline, embedded properly in the PDF, and never leaves your computer — most free template sites hand you the outline and stop there. How printing your own design works.

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