The cutest origami gift box!

Taedareth · 12-17-2014, 11:41 AM

This box makes any gift more charming! With 12"x12" paper you could fit makeup items, maybe a pot of bath/body goodies or bar of soap?

Video showing origami style suited to any size paper:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=82g1psHVqHg

Video with scoreboard and measurements specific to 12" paper:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MnmibmbU7NU

flowermama · 12-17-2014, 05:15 PM

I'm not sure why, but the first link didn't work for me. The second one did, though! What a neat box! My 13-year-old daughter loves to make origami. I'll have to show her that!

Taedareth · 12-17-2014, 05:25 PM

Oops! I think I fixed the link. Or search for it on YouTube by the title:
Origamibox - Geschenkbox - gift box

I took an 8.5"x11" sheet of colored paper and cut it into an 8.5" square. It made such an adorable self-closing box!! The interior dimension is 2.5"x2".

Using 12" square paper you get a box with an outer dimension of 4.5" x 3" and an inner capacity of 3" x 3".

Ooh! By the way, if you start with a rectangular paper and trim the excess off one side to make it square, keep that extra strip. If you fold it in half lengthwise it makes a perfect belly band to securethe box. No tape necessary, just slide the ends into each other, like the way you close the box itself.

NovaG · 12-18-2014, 12:51 PM

How cute! I will have to show these to my daughter. She loves to do origami. Thank you for sharing.

flowermama · 12-19-2014, 12:41 PM

The link works now.

Quote:

Ooh! By the way, if you start with a rectangular paper and trim the excess off one side to make it square, keep that extra strip. If you fold it in half lengthwise it makes a perfect belly band to securethe box. No tape necessary, just slide the ends into each other, like the way you close the box itself.

Great idea!

Your boxes look really good. The boxes are so cute!

12-17-2014, 11:41 AM	#1
Taedareth Rose Garden The Doctor: If there's one thing I can't stand it's an unpunctual alien attack! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,895	The cutest origami gift box! This box makes any gift more charming! With 12"x12" paper you could fit makeup items, maybe a pot of bath/body goodies or bar of soap? Video showing origami style suited to any size paper: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=82g1psHVqHg Video with scoreboard and measurements specific to 12" paper: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MnmibmbU7NU __________________ Sarah - INFJ - DYT 4/2 Soapmaker. Sourdough baker. Seed sower. Duck grower. Hungarian speaker. Torah seeker. Keep within me / a stillness / deeper and sweeter / than a forest's / in mid of winter. ~Hebridean Altars Last edited by Taedareth; 12-17-2014 at 05:22 PM.

12-17-2014, 05:15 PM	#2
flowermama Owner/Founder of GCM Administrator Run with endurance the race that is set before you. . . Heb. 12:1 Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 30,571	Re: The cutest origami gift box! I'm not sure why, but the first link didn't work for me. The second one did, though! What a neat box! My 13-year-old daughter loves to make origami. I'll have to show her that! __________________ ~ Jeri Vegan mom to my vegan kiddos DD1 (24), DS1 (21), DD2 (18), and DS2 (15) And wife to my gentle DH for 26 years and counting Instagram: gentleveganrunner gentlechristianmothers

12-17-2014, 05:25 PM	#3
Taedareth Rose Garden The Doctor: If there's one thing I can't stand it's an unpunctual alien attack! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,895	Re: The cutest origami gift box! Oops! I think I fixed the link. Or search for it on YouTube by the title: Origamibox - Geschenkbox - gift box I took an 8.5"x11" sheet of colored paper and cut it into an 8.5" square. It made such an adorable self-closing box!! The interior dimension is 2.5"x2". Using 12" square paper you get a box with an outer dimension of 4.5" x 3" and an inner capacity of 3" x 3". Ooh! By the way, if you start with a rectangular paper and trim the excess off one side to make it square, keep that extra strip. If you fold it in half lengthwise it makes a perfect belly band to securethe box. No tape necessary, just slide the ends into each other, like the way you close the box itself. __________________ Sarah - INFJ - DYT 4/2 Soapmaker. Sourdough baker. Seed sower. Duck grower. Hungarian speaker. Torah seeker. Keep within me / a stillness / deeper and sweeter / than a forest's / in mid of winter. ~Hebridean Altars Last edited by Taedareth; 12-17-2014 at 10:32 PM.

12-18-2014, 12:51 PM	#4
NovaG Seedling Rose Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 10	Re: The cutest origami gift box! How cute! I will have to show these to my daughter. She loves to do origami. Thank you for sharing.

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