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Origami Paper Boxes

March 5th 2013Hello! It's a couple of years since I posted this, but I will be updating the directions ery soon

"erhaps with a ideo of sorts My apologies to those who hae found #y directions confusing

I'# slowly learning how to be a better $instructor$ I pro#ise to #a%e it a little #ore clear forearly ne&t wee%

han%s for your patience!

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I needed to make paper boxes for a party I'll be going to, so I thought I'd share the process with

you. They are super easy to make, and are perfect for that little gift that needs just the right sizebox.

You'll need the following materials to make a cm box!"ea#y weight paper $I'm using bits of paper that I ha#e languishing in a drawer%

pencil

rulerexacto knife

bone folder

white glue or a glue stick

a% &ut a (cm s)uare for the base and a *+.cm s)uare for the lid.

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b% -ith a pencil, lightly mark the diagonals of the s)uares, on the wrong side of the paper. Thisis the guide for the first folds.

c% old corners into the centre of s)uare using the pencil marks as a guide. &rease the folds with

a bone folder.

d% or the base, fold two opposite sides to meet in the middle. These folds should measure

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/.cm. &rease and unfold, then repeat this for the remaining two sides.

e% To make the lid, fold two opposite sides 0 the folds should measure *.+cm each. &rease,unfold then repeat process for the two remaining sides.

f% There will be a small s)uare formed, by the folds, on each corner of the base and lid. old adiagonal crease across each s)uare with the point facing inwards. 1epeat on remaining corners

on both lid and base.

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g% 2nfold two opposite sides on both the base and the lid. 1efold other sides so they stand up

straight. 3ull up a third flap and tuck the small creases underneath. 1epeat on the remaining side.4lue down the + points in the centre of both the lid and base. You may also wish to cut out a

small piece of a contrasting paper, to line the bottom of the box. 5oila6 You ha#e an origami

paper box.

That's it for now6 "a#e a lo#ely day.

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