Origami Box
The origami box is simple to make, and can be used to hold other origami pieces. Or important stuff, like candies. This origami box is also called Masu, which is Japanese for a square wooden box.
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There are many different types of origami boxes available ranging from simple ones like this to elaborate and difficult ones.
Follow the step by step photos to make the origami box.
If you like this, you may also like the origami star box and origami pleated box.
If you want a box with a cover, check out the origami box with cover page.
Origami BoxStart with a square 6" x 6" (15cm x 15cm) origami paper.
Flip the sheet so that the colored side is face down. Now make two mountain folds as shown.
Using the mountain fold lines as guides, fold the four corners of the paper into its center.
Then fold the right edge and the left edge into the centerline.
Now fold the top edge down and the bottom edge up, as shown below.
Then I'm going to ask you to undo the last two-and-a-half steps!
The unfolded paper should like the one below.
Now put your finger behind point A and do a reverse fold as shown as shown in the next 3 photos.
One side of the box will be formed as you do this.
Do the same for point B and the other side of the box.
Now tuck in the flap as shown to form the third side of the box.
Turn the box around and repeat the sequence of the last 5 photos. You now have an origami box!
Serving suggestion with your origami box(candies optional):
Thanks to reader Nick from Oklahoma for submitting his origami box - "The box is one I'm still kind of working on... It's not perfect like the one in your instructions, but still I'm getting there."
Thanks to Angela from Harrisburg - " This was fun, easy to create and was made with a post-it! they are great for origami (except for the sticky stuff so just use old ones)!"
Thanks to a reader for these large origami boxes:
Reader from Greenwich " Great job! Creating the sides of the box was a little hard to figure out, but once you do it, it's pretty easy! Thanks so much!"
Miss Smith from Nelson, New Zealand:
From Holly in Cedar Park "For some of my small gifts that I made this year with nothing to put them in, it was simple, easy, fun, and cute to make! Absolutely love the origami Box!! PS- what I did was used a slightly smaller square paper for the bottom part of the box, same folds and everything, and a slightly larger square for the top!"
Great idea, Holly! We do have instructions on how to fold an origami box with cover.
From reader in Winnipeg:
From Joe in Toronto "This is my version of the Origami Box. I was supposed to be studying, but I found something to do to procrastinate, and this was it. This was my first attempt, and a great attempt I thought, I'm going to make thousands of these now! Thanks a bunch!"
Hey, a lot of people seem to be folding origami when they're supposed to be studying, working or in class! Joe, it's great you're folding origami but try not to do it when you're supposed to be studying, ok?! :)
From Hollie of Whitley City:
From Giselle of Brighton:
