Earthycores manufactures custom paper tube and cardboard box packaging for sports products, including golf balls, badminton shuttlecocks, baseballs, and footballs.
- Custom paper tube and rigid box packaging built around your product's exact dimensions
- Rigid paperboard construction with custom wall thickness for structural protection
- Paperboard inserts and dividers to keep products secure in transit
- Custom printing, matte/gloss finishes, foil stamping, and embossing available
- Optional magnetic closures for premium rigid-box presentation
- Order development based on your product dimensions, quantity, and artwork
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Description
Custom Sports Paper Tube & Box Packaging
Earthycores develops custom paper tube packaging and custom cardboard tube packaging for sports brands that need retail-ready, protective packaging built around a specific product rather than a generic size. As a paper tube packaging manufacturer and cardboard tube packaging manufacturer, Earthycores works in cylindrical rigid tubes and rigid paperboard boxes, covering sports paper tube packaging and sports cardboard tube packaging for badminton shuttlecocks, golf balls, baseballs, and footballs. This page covers the packaging Earthycores manufactures for sports brands, not the sporting goods themselves, and structures are developed according to the dimensions of the product being packaged.
Badminton Shuttlecock Paper Tube Packaging
The long cylindrical shape of a shuttlecock set suits badminton shuttlecock packaging built as a rigid tube, which is why paper tube packaging for badminton shuttlecocks and cardboard tube packaging for badminton shuttlecocks remain common formats for this category. A badminton shuttlecock can, sometimes called shuttlecock can packaging, protects delicate feathers during storage while keeping several shuttlecocks organized in one place. Earthycores manufactures custom shuttlecock packaging with rigid paperboard walls, custom diameter and length matched to the set, printed outer wraps, branded lids, and matte or premium finishes. As a shuttlecock packaging manufacturer, Earthycores supplies the tube and can structure, not the shuttlecocks themselves.
Golf Ball Paper Tube Packaging
Narrow paper tubes for golf balls and cardboard tubes for golf balls can be developed around the diameter of a golf ball and configured to hold several balls stacked vertically. Golf ball paper tube packaging and golf ball cardboard tube packaging typically combine rigid paperboard construction, custom tube height, a fitted closure, printed branding, and a matte or premium finish, suited to golf ball packaging for retail packs, promotional golf sets, gifting, and premium brand presentation.
Golf Ball Box Packaging
Golf ball box packaging is a separate format from the golf ball tube, built as a rigid paperboard presentation box rather than a cylinder. Custom golf ball boxes and golf ball cardboard boxes typically use paperboard inserts or individual compartments that keep each ball from moving during handling and transit. Hinged rigid boxes with optional magnetic closures suit premium presentation, and custom golf ball packaging can be printed in white, orange, green, black, or a fully custom design. As a golf ball packaging manufacturer, Earthycores builds the box around the customer's ball count and presentation requirements.
Baseball Box Packaging
A larger rigid box can hold multiple baseballs using a custom cardboard grid or divider system, keeping each ball separated and presented cleanly on opening. Baseball box packaging and baseball cardboard box packaging from Earthycores use rigid paperboard construction, custom inserts, printed exterior and interior surfaces, matte finishing, and optional premium closure structures. Cardboard boxes for baseballs can be built for a single ball or a full set, and custom baseball packaging and custom baseball boxes are sized around the exact ball count the brand needs. Earthycores supplies the box, not the baseballs inside it.
Soccer / Football Ball Box Packaging
A custom-sized paperboard box can be manufactured around a single football or soccer ball, with structural strength built into the walls to support the ball's weight and shape through storage and shipping. Soccer ball box packaging, also built as a soccer ball cardboard box, and football box packaging from Earthycores can include printing on both exterior and interior surfaces, a fitted insert where required, and premium rigid-box construction. Cardboard boxes for soccer balls, football cardboard box formats, and cardboard boxes for footballs suit retail products, special editions, club merchandise, and presentation sets, with custom football packaging and custom soccer ball packaging developed around the specific ball size.
Materials, Printing and Finishing Options
Every format above is built from rigid paperboard or paper-based construction, with custom printed wraps, full-color printing, matte and gloss finishes, foil stamping, and embossing or debossing available where technically suitable. Not every finish works with every structure, so material and finish should be selected according to the product, required strength, and desired presentation rather than applied uniformly. Paperboard inserts and dividers are available across the tube and box formats above, and as a cardboard box packaging manufacturer alongside its tube manufacturing, Earthycores can advise on which construction suits a given product before a specification is finalized.
Custom Sizes and Structural Development
Badminton shuttlecocks, golf balls, baseballs, and footballs have very different dimensions, so packaging should be developed around the actual product rather than adapted from an unrelated standard size. Custom cardboard boxes and custom tube structures both start from the same information: product dimensions, required quantity, artwork, preferred material and finish, and packaging style, allowing an appropriate structure to be evaluated before sampling begins.
A Note on Sustainability
Paper-based structures generally reduce material use compared to rigid plastic packaging, but not every finished package should be described as plastic-free, biodegradable, compostable, or fully recyclable by default. Recycling characteristics depend on coatings, liners, magnetic closures, adhesives, and finish, along with local recycling infrastructure, so environmental claims should be confirmed against the finished construction rather than assumed from the base material. Details on our manufacturing standards and certifications are available for brands that need documentation before finalizing a sports packaging order.
Develop Your Custom Sports Packaging
Brands ready to move forward can share the sporting product, its dimensions, order quantity, desired packaging format, and any artwork requirements to begin evaluating a suitable structure. To discuss a badminton, golf, baseball, or football packaging project, contact our packaging team with the specifics of the product being packaged.
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Custom Tubes Details
There is a variety of add-on options for your paper-tubes to make them look more unique. That includes but not limited to: Embossing, Foil Stamping, Spot UV, Aluminum foil lining, Inserting, Die-Cut windows, etc There is no limited for color printing. You can design your tubes without limit in colors. We can produce any Pantone or process colors for special orders. We do both digital printing and offset printing. For sampling or pre-production press for color checking we will use digital printing, for mass production, we use offset printing.
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Design Tips
Product sizes vary. You can send us your product. As we have a wide range of different tube sizes in stock which can help us quickly determine which size fit your products. Below are some loose guidelines for the most popular product categories we work with.
Coffee Beans
– 4″ H x 3″ D (4 oz)
– 4″ H x 3.5″ D (4 oz)
– 4.5″ H x 3″ D (4 oz)
– 4.5″ H x 3.25″ D (4 oz)
– 5″ H x 3″ D (4 oz)
– 6.5″ H x 3.25″ D (8 oz)
– 8.5″ H x 3.75″ D (12 oz)
– 10″ H x 3.5″ D (12 oz)
T-Shirts
– 6.5″ H x 3.25″ D
– 8.5″ H x 3.75″ D
– 10″ H x 3.5″ D
Boston Round Bottles
– 3.66″ H x 1.18″ D (15ml)
– 4.13″ H x 1.38″ D (30ml)
– 4.72″ H x 1.69″ D (60ml)
– 5.51″ H x 2.15″ D (120ml) -
Delivery Times
The lead time is 15 days-20 days depending on quantity, customization and order complexity. Shipping times depends on location and shipping method chosen.












































