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IMaking A ‘Fold’ Statement With Paper Project
love working with paper You can upcycle gift wrap beginners. Here’s something of an inch larger, and it can snacks (or even empty soy to make cards and little or newspaper to make this, to remember with origami: serve as a lid for the original bean pods or boiled peanut treat boxes. Sometimes, as well as scrap cardstock or Always match the edges and box. shells). When you are done,
I use a die cut to make a box. origami paper. Just make sure make nice creases. This will You can also cut a square just toss the whole thing away
Other times, I draw out my own “paper engineering” de- sign. But I also love origami.
1 With the wrong
side of the
paper facing
up, fold the
paper in half
vertically.
Crease well
and unfold.
Fold the
paper in half horizontally. Crease well and 2 unfold. The creased lines form a large plus sign
(dotted lines show the creased lines)
5 Fold down the top left corner, aligning along the angled edge. Crease well and
unfold. Fold down the top right corner the
same way, aligning along the angled edge. 6 Crease well and unfold. Repeat these steps
with the two bottom corners.
— perfect for this weekend’s Super Bowl game!
This week, I’m sharing how to fold a simple box.
This is an easy origami project for all ages, especially
You can use this box for gift-giving. Make a second box from paper about 1/4
the paper dimensions form a square — four equal straight sides and four right angles.
make it easier to fold and im- prove your finished design.
piece of cardstock for the bottom if you want it sturdier. If you make these boxes from old newspaper and you can use them as trays for
You can find this project sheet and many more online at benfranklinhawaii.com.
3 Turn the paper so that is now a
square in front of you. Fold the top edge down to the center. Crease well. Fold the bottom edge up to the center. Crease well.
7 Fold the
top of the
piece over
and into
the box
to form
another
side. Fold
the point
flat at the
bottom, meeting up with the other two points in the center of the box. Repeat the steps on the opposite side to complete the box.
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SUPPLIES AND TOOLS:
• 8-by-8-inch square sheet of paper *
• Paper creaser tool, optional
• cardstock of paper for bottom liner, optional
* Note: You can use any
size square sheet of paper. You can also use any type
of lightweight paper like origami paper, gift wrapping paper, newspaper or copy paper. If using cardstock or thicker paper, it will just be
a little harder to crease and fold. If you want to make a box with a top and bottom, the bottom sheet of paper should be a little smaller than the paper for the top — about 1/4 inch smaller all around.
Fold each corner point to the center of the paper. Crease well.
Unfold, leaving just the two triangles on
the sides still folded. Fold in the left side edge to the center point. Crease well. Fold in the right side edge to the center point. Crease well.
Lift the sides along the creased line to start forming the boxes.
them out of newspaper and use for empty nut shells for easy clean up. Remember, you can add a square piece of cardstock for a bot- tom liner to make it sturdier.
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Use your box for treats and gifts. Or, make
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