So my first post isn't a recipe-HA! But I went to a Girls Night Out on Tuesday and they sent us home with these adorable gift boxes! They were so fun, I had to make a post for them.
I took mine apart to see how it was folded since I couldn't find the pattern online. I'm not the best at explaining paper origami, so follow the pictures:) Grab a 12" scrapbook sheet of paper-
Make a mark 5" in on both sides, fold and crease well. It should look like this when you're done. With the small strip laying horizontal, make a mark 3" in on both sides of the paper-fold and crease.
It should now look like this: (sorry, I rotated my picture-don't let that throw you off)
Keep the small center strip laying horizontal. That skinny rectangle has four corners on the perimeter of the paper- take one corner and bend the paper so it will lay flat against the 3" crease line.
Crease the fold line down. Do this three more times with the other corners.
If you unfold everything, it should look like this. Now get your glue stick out.
There are four trapezoids-you'll glue those to the large squares. Then glue the triangles down on top. If this doesn't make any sense, then you're doing great! Just follow the pictures!
Pull the tops together and make a mark at 2" & 4"-use a hole punch to make the holes.
The top is just regular weight scrapbook paper. Cut it into a 3"X6" rectangle. Fold in half and line the middle to the top of the box and make a mark where the holes go. Punch away.
Take a 17" piece of ribbon and thread it through the top piece first, then the tops of the box, then the top piece again to pull everything together.
There you have it! Fill it with candy or lotion and it becomes a perfect, very inexpensive gift.
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