Arts & Crafts; How to Make a Star Shaped Box (Origami)

Origami BoxAssalamu’alaikum,

Please click the links below to see our previous origami projects:

How to Make a Paper Hat
How to Make a Paper Windmill
How to Make a Duck’s Shape Using a Paper

Learn how to make a star shaped box using the instructions below.

1. Start with a square paper.

Origami Box 1

2. Fold a square of paper four times accross the centre.

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3. Fold it over diagonally.

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4. Lift the righthand side of the paper, open it out, press it down flat, fold the left wing over and crease it.

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5. Repeat step 4 with the left handside, after that turn the paper with the open point uppermost.

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6. Fold the front left and right triangles into the centre fold. Make two sharp creases.

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7. Lift one of the wings diagonally, open it out and press it down flat. Crease it. wpid-mntsdcardDCIMCamera2014-01-09-11.08.45.jpg.jpg

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8. Repeat with the other wing and fold both outer wings in to the centre. Press the shape flat, turn it over and repeat on the reverse side.

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9. Crease the paper as shown below.

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10. Fold the top front point down. Fold the top back point down behind the shape. Crease it.

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11. Pull the left and righthand points carefully apart and firm up the top edges of the box.

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12. Push out the square base of the box and crease the base edges.

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13. Done!

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Origami Box

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