Simple origami box tutorial for children. Illustration of how to fold a tripod-shaped paper box.

The tripod is one of the most important types of bronze vessels. It was a vessel used for cooking and storing meat in ancient China. During the Three Dynasties and the Qin and Han Dynasties, which lasted for more than two thousand years, the tripod has been the most common and mysterious ritual vessel. There are two types of tripods: round tripods with three legs and square tripods with four legs. They can also be divided into covered ones and uncovered ones. Sharing a tripod-shaped box origami tutorial, it’s simple and cute, let’s learn it together~

Prepare a square piece of colored paper and fold it diagonally to get a crease.

Then fold the four corners toward the middle.

Gather together to get the basic square shape.

The view from above.

The front view.

Open this layer.

Press down.

Do the same on the back.

Align these two sides and stretch them out.

It becomes like this.

The same goes for the other side.

Turn over to the unfolded sides.

Fold both sides toward the middle.

Open.

Align the lower corner with the crease and fold it up.

Fold the other side the same way.

Fold the two sides back again.

Same on the other side.

This corner.

Fold it down.

Fold down along the line of your fingers.

Same on the other side.

The folded top.

Pull apart the rectangle on both sides.

Tidy it up.

The slightly antique tripod-shaped paper box is folded~