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Get Clover-licious!

St. Patrick's Day is just round the corner and what is Paddy's Day without some origami clovers?

Time to get your green on and fold some for yourself, friends and co-workers! Don't forget to send us photos of your creations!

 

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Origami Rectangle Box

This origami rectangle box can be used to organize your home office. In fact, rather than buy boxes, why not make your own? Use card stock and your origami rectangle boxes might just be better than those Ikea boxes!

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We used an A4 or 8 1/2 inch x 11 inch printer paper for this origami rectangle box. You could also use newspaper or magazine paper.

 

Origami Rectangle Box Step 1: Start off with a piece of printer paper. Fold in half on the vertical axis. Crease well and unfold.

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origami-rectangle-box-step-1

 

 

 

Origami Rectangle Box Step 2: Now fold both the right and left sides to meet in the center. Crease well and unfold.

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origami-rectangle-box-step-2

 

 

Origami Rectangle Box Step 3: Fold in half along the horizontal axis. Crease well and unfold.

 

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Origami Rectangle Box Step 4: Fold the bottom and top sides to meet at the center line. Crease well.

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Origami Rectangle Box Step 5: Fold the bottom right corner to meet the 1st vertical line. Do the same for the bottom left corner.

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origami-rectangle-box-step-5

 

 

Origami Rectangle Box Step 6: Now fold the top right and left corners to the vertical crease.

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Origami Rectangle Box Step 7: Now we'll fold the paper from the center, bring the top flap down and making a crease at the line shown below.

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origami-rectangle-box-step-7

 

 

 

Origami Rectangle Box Step 8: Repeat Step 7 for the top half.

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Origami Rectangle Box Step 9: OK, we're almost done. All we've to do is to open the box. Lift up all 4 sides, creasing the bottom edges if needed to help the box stand up strong.

 

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origami-rectangle-box-step-9

 

And our origami rectangle box is complete!

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From Jacki of N Reading "A rectangular box made of a star pattern paper. (Note all other origami stuff inside it."

 

 

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