Abstract: A system for constructing an integrated gift box and ornamental character article includes a plurality of sides and a lid forming a box having an interior compartment adapted to enclose a gift therein. The lid is movable relative to the sides to open and close the interior compartment for placing the gift into and removing the gift from the interior compartment such that the box has an internal construction that functions as a gift box. The system also includes a plurality of appendages attached and extending outwardly from at least some exterior surfaces of different ones of the sides of the box, and a plurality of graphical images applied on at least some exterior surfaces of different ones of box sides such that the box, appendages and graphical images integrate together to provide an external construction that functions as an ornamental character wherein the box also functions as a body of the ornamental character.