Carton with article protection insert

A method of forming a carton comprising:

• obtaining a carton blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, and at least one access feature in the top panel;
• obtaining an article protection insert blank comprising a plurality of features for engaging a respective article of a plurality of articles;
• positioning the article protection insert blank relative to the carton blank, the article protection insert blank is in face-to-face contact with the top panel in a first position;
• forming an interior of the carton at least partially defined by the plurality of panels, the forming the interior of the carton comprising forming an open-ended sleeve;
• loading the plurality of articles in the interior of the carton;
• and
• accessing the article protection insert blank through the at least one access feature to form an article protection insert and to move the article protection insert from the first position to a second position with the features in engagement with a respective article of the plurality of articles.