There is a debate whether plastic shoe boxes (6 quart) or cardboard shoeboxes are best. 
I can see both sides. When I personally was doing almost 100 boxes per year. I used cardboard shoes boxes but I covered in contact paper rather than wrapping paper.
I found a great post on this from themommaknows.com:
I have copied some of the info below:
Both plastic and sturdy cardboard shoeboxes work just as well, but each have different benefits. Sturdy, cardboard standard size shoeboxes hold up well in transport. Samaritan’s Purse does provide green and red “Go Boxes”, but they aren’t as strong as a shoe store shoebox. The benefit of the Go Boxes is that 22 of them will fit into a shipping carton.
If you want to use a plastic box, get one a step up from the dollar store boxes, with a flat, snap-on lid. The ones with hinged lids are very bulky and don’t fit into a carton as well.
Diane said “The dollar store boxes often arrive at the processing plant shattered, and end up going to the ‘shoebox hospital’.” Plastic boxes are good for long-term storage for the recipients though, and are often reused for many things, including food storage. . It costs $107 for Samaritan’s Purse to ship each carton, whether it contains 9 shoeboxes or 22.Bigger is not always better when it comes to your shoebox donation. Think of it this way: You can reach 9 children with that money, or you can reach 22. Which would you prefer?The one below already has 8 and may fit another 4 or 5, if they are small. The $7 donation they ask you to include is very important!
I did some shopping today for plastic boxes. These are all Sterlite brand and all were cheaper than $1
TARGET
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