Practical holiday handmade origami DIY gift box handmade origami tutorial

Practical holiday handmade origami DIY gift box handmade origami tutorial

This is a simple and practical tutorial on making handmade origami gift boxes. What is obviously different from other handmade origami boxes or storage boxes is that this handmade origami gift box is indeed a gift box. Traditional handmade origami boxes always give people the feeling of a garbage box or storage box after being folded out. This handmade origami gift box is made with some unique modifications and treatments on the paper, and is also paired with some ribbons and the like. decorations, so it looks more like a beautiful handmade gift box. There are so many festivals nowadays. One of the most troublesome things for people when choosing gifts is to have a suitable and beautiful gift box. If you haven’t found a suitable gift box yet, I believe this handmade DIY origami gift box will give you some help. .

One thing that is different from other handmade origami boxes is that the production of this handmade origami gift box requires thicker and heavier paper as the basic material. Since the gift box has a single-layer structure, even if there are layers on the stand, if the paper used is too thin, it will not be conducive to the support of the gift box itself. In this way, when we put the gift we selected into it, , the entire origami gift box may not be able to bear such weight. More importantly, the decoration of this handmade origami gift box itself may be very heavy. If the paper is lighter, it may directly crush the gift box, which will not achieve the feeling we want.

This handmade origami gift box has a beautiful appearance, so it is suitable for a variety of occasions, including Christmas and Valentine’s Day gifts. Of course, this small gift box can also be used to wrap birthday gifts. In fact, there are also some related industrially produced gift boxes, which use the same production method as this hand-made origami gift box. At least the creases used in the texture are consistent. The basic mold produced in this wayThe origami gift box can be easily used by people when they don’t have time to make their own. It can be used to package some gadgets instantly, including sweet and delicious cakes. Of course, once you learn how to make this handmade origami gift box, you won't need to use those so-called templates.

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1. In terms of basic materials, you can choose thicker colored paper as the basic material. Of course, it is also a good choice to use white paper and add some other decorations on the periphery. In order to facilitate handicraft enthusiasts to better grasp the materials used and the basic folding methods, white paper is used for demonstration. Start with a basic square piece of white paper to make the folds. First fold the paper diagonally and then restore it. The purpose of folding like this is to allow the white paper to leave some basic creases. These creases will be the auxiliary reference creases for later crease making, and they can also help us better grasp the position and direction of the fold.

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2. Based on the crease creation in the previous step, proceed with further folding. That is, fold two corners of a diagonal line toward the middle point. This kind of folding operation is used in many origami productions in the Origami Complete Illustrations series. Generally speaking, such folding means that origami models will develop in the direction of origami animal production, but this is only a general trend after all. Since we started with a square piece of paper here, the subsequent handmade origami gift box is also square, and the main purpose of folding like this now is to create two folds parallel to the other diagonal. On the basis of these two creases, the following folds will be made.

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3. When the folding in the above step is completed, at this time, the basic origami model obtains a new edge in both the upper and lower parts. Fold the upper and lower sides toward the diagonal crease in the middle. That is, based on the folding in the previous step, fold it again by using the folding in the previous step. Note that the folding here still retains the two corners on the diagonal that fall at the midpoint of the origami model, so it is not a true continuumfold. This structure often appears when making some origami leaves, which also gives us some inspiration for other origami making. The production in the above steps will become a template for later production. See the next step for details.

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4. After the diagonal folding in the previous step is completed, restore the origami model. You can see that several creases parallel to the diagonal lines appear in front of us. The next thing to do is to fold another diagonal line. The two corners on the diagonal line are also folded in the same way, that is, first fold the corners of the diagonal line toward the middle point, and then after making two new edges, fold these two edges toward the middle point. Fold at the middle point. At this time, restoring the origami model, we will get a crease diagram as shown in the figure. On the basis of this really ruthless picture, we also need to make four partial creases on the four sides. The specific production positions are as shown in the picture, that is, the positions marked with black dotted lines in the origami diagram. .