
Custom Printed Ice Cream Cone Sleeves
Full-colour printed sleeves cut to the cone you already serve.
Specification & quote
Cone Sleeves
"Wrapper" and "sleeve" get used for the same thing, but in practice buyers asking for a wrapper usually want more coverage — a wrap that takes in most of the wafer rather than a short band near the top.
That depth suits vendors handing cones to children, mobile units where cones travel a few steps before they are eaten, and anywhere melt runs down the outside faster than customers can keep up.
Short enquiry
Tell us the quantity and any date you are working to. We reply with the board, print and finish, plus the minimum order quantity and lead time.
Design Your Own
Pick a colour, put your name on it, and see how the idea reads before you ask anyone for a price. It is a sketch rather than a manufacturing proof — the real shape is cut from the product you already serve.
Sleeve colour
Finish
Leave two or three centimetres of wafer showing. Customers read a visible cone as freshly made, and the sleeve still catches the first drips.
Carry this into the full designerThe full page adds the size, board, print and quantity, then sends the whole specification over in one go. Nothing is committed to at any point.
The same die, cut to two different depths, behaves very differently.
| Full wrapper | Short sleeve | |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | Most of the wafer, down towards the point | A band near the rim only |
| Drip control | Catches melt running down the side | Catches the first drips at the top |
| Cone visible | Little of it | Most of it |
| Board used | More per unit, so a higher unit price | Less material, lower cost |
| Suits | Children, mobile units, hot days | Counter service, artisan presentation |
Sites that sell both to families and to adults often run a deeper wrap in summer and a shorter one the rest of the year, from the same artwork.
Not every wrapper needs printing. Plenty of vendors take a plain white or kraft wrap simply to keep hands clean, and put the branding budget into something the customer keeps.
If a plain wrap is what you need, say so — it is a shorter, cheaper conversation than a printed run, and the sizing work is identical.
Where the wrap is meant to carry the brand, full-colour printed cone sleeves are set up for exactly that.
A short sleeve is held in place by the cone taper. A deep wrapper has more unsupported area and will buckle on a thin board, particularly once condensation softens it. We specify board weight against the depth you choose rather than using one grade throughout.
Send us two or three of the cones you use, or the top diameter and slant height. We reply with a written specification, the minimum order quantity and the lead time for your job.
We supply a die template cut to your cone before design work starts. Full file requirements are set out in our artwork guidelines.
Lead times depend on the print method, run length and press schedule, so we confirm yours on the quote rather than publishing a single figure.
Orders are dispatched on national carriers to any UK address. Seedelivery information for how dates are given.
The words are used interchangeably in the trade. When customers ask for a wrapper they usually mean deeper coverage, so we treat it as a depth question and size accordingly rather than assuming which one you mean.
Yes. Plain white and kraft are both straightforward, and the sizing process is the same. It is a common choice for vendors who want clean hands without a print budget.
They can if the wrap sits too close to the rim, because the customer bites into board. Leaving a clear centimetre or two below the rim avoids it entirely, and we set that on the die rather than leaving it to chance.
Enough to show on the unit price, because the flat shape is larger. Whether that is worth paying depends on how much melt your trade actually produces on a warm day.
Plenty of seaside sites do exactly that, from one artwork file and two dies. The die is paid for once and both versions reorder as print-only jobs afterwards.
Yes. The shape has to match your cone whether or not anything is printed on it, so the sizing conversation is identical and only the print stage is skipped.
It gives you more printed area, not less. What it hides is the cone, which is worth thinking about if the wafer is part of what you are selling.
On a deep wrap the inner face is visible whenever the customer looks down at the cone, so it is worth considering. It adds a press pass, so decide before quoting.
Yes, though soft serve sits lower in the cone and melts faster, which usually argues for the deeper end of the range rather than a short band.
Plain stock has different economics from a printed run. Send the quantity you have in mind and we will tell you what is realistic rather than quoting a general minimum.
Sizing questions are usually quicker on the phone, especially if you have the product in front of you.