Here’s a box with a lid made out of a single square paper. It’s not as pretty as the square box with lid, but it can come handy. The corners are cleverly locked and the lid holds itself on the box by interlocking the four lid parts. A useful origami by Marc Vigo Anglada.
Diagrams here and the video is after the break.
3 responses to “Video: Box-lid”
yeess!! I made it! thanks:D i also made the 6 pointed star:)
great one… thanks!!
How about doing one that holds cd’s. Sort of like a cd case made of paper. I’ve tried a lot of them but they don’t hold properly.
[...] It’s all in the presentation November 2, 2008 at 2:49 pm | In Other Crafts | Tags: Origami So, after making some nice earrings, where do you put them? They definitely don’t come with a nice jewellery box from the store! One possibility is to make a box for them to live in, also very nice if you want to give a pair away as a present. Origami to the rescue. There are literally dozens of different patterns for origami boxes out there, but I wanted one with an integrated lid, so I ended up with this one. [...]
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