How to fold a square box with a lid Illustration of how to fold a square paper box

A small and cute square paper box origami, good for placing rings, necklaces and other accessories. If the gift is larger, you can also enlarge this carton in proportion, no problem at all.

Here we take A4 paper as an example to demonstrate how to fold an origami box.

Fold one corner.

Draw a line lightly.

Cut off the right side of the line.

Get a square piece of paper.

Fold the other two corners as well.

Get an "X" crease.

Fold the four corners to the center point.

Fold out a small square as shown above.

Fold the top down to the center point.

Fold the lower part up as well.

Expand it, go back to the small square step, and fold the upper and lower corners in opposite directions.

This step is very important, please read it carefully.

Treat all four sides the same way.

Use scissors to make four cuts.

What it looks like after cutting.

Pull up and down.

The left and right parts stand up.

Then fold the opened part back.

Get a lid.

The same goes for folding boxes.

However, the paper should be slightly smaller so that the lid can be closed.

Both parts are complete.

Adhere it with a glue stick.

Put them together and a square carton is folded.

You can draw simple patterns on the surface of the carton.

For example, blue lines like the picture above are very good.