Constuction of boxes

You don't need many tools just simple ones, for scoring the fold lines I use a blunt Stanley knife blade. You also need a good solid steel ruler, good scissors, maybe tape and a staple gun, stickers are for the box after, Biro for marking the cut lines and I use a pencil for the fold lines

Like anything you might make more off better to make a template first (see the post on template design and construction), get that right and everything is a lot easier and quicker, I reckon using a good template you can make one box within 4 minutes Cut open the cereal box along the join line, place the template on the opened box, note not a bad idea to use the existing fold lines on the cereal box for the box in question, here the lid flap and the base fold uses the existing fold lines.

Use a pen to mark round the template

Now use a pencil to mark round the fold lines, you can if your clever score the fold lines now with a knife but you end up destroying the template

remove the template should look like this ready for the score lines and been cut out

score the fold lines before cutting out its easier.

Then cut out, using the pen lines, start folding the box up using the Stanley without the blade use some force to get a neat fold

Construct the box like so,

You have a choice now, you can use sellotape to seal the edge, but its doesn't last, so I use staples. In damp environments they can rust, however if you store rolling stock with wheels against them they should not cause damage.

Stickers finish off the job so the rolling stock can be labelled for easy access