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Magic Boxes: A Life As Lou Online Class
To begin, choose your paper. You need six sheets of matching paper (preferably a heavier weight). Choose one for your outside, a contrasting one for your lid, and 4 to create the inside boxes. Cut as follows (all measurement are in inches):
Outside: 6 x 11 3/4ths
Lid: 8.5 x 8.5
4 inner boxes: 8 x 8
The only challenging part of this project is creating the lid and inside compartments. The good news is, they follow the exact same process.
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Step 1Draw a line from corner to corner on the back side of your paper.
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Step 2fold the tips of your paper in so that they meet at the center.
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Step 3It will look as though you are folding an envelope.
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Step 4Fold in all four sides, and then unfold.
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Step 5Fold the tips up to the folded line on each side.
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Step 6This fold gives you the sides of your box. Do it on all four sides. When you are finished you should have creases all the way around. I have taken a marker and drawn lines on my creases. This is not necessary. This is to help you see where there should be folds. The first two lines you drew will NOT be creased.
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Step 7I have also colored four triangles. Cut those out. You will be left with this:
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Step 8See the arrows? Cut those lines up to the tip of the arrows. You should get this:
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Step 9You have created two sets of tabs. Bring them together to form a wall of the box like so:
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Step 10Now fold the flap over those tabs.
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Step 11Do the same thing on the other side.
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Step 12Your flaps won’t want to stay down on their own. Fold in the other two flaps and press the corners in firmly.
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Step 13Once all four corners are in, the box will stay together without any glue.
Repeat this process on your 8 inch and 8.5 inch papers. You should have 4 boxes and the lid.
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Step 14Now for the outside.
1. Take the 11 3/4ths x 6 inch paper and fold it in half.
2. Open it up and fold the ends into the center. You should have four perfectly even quadrants.
To put the boxes in, first adhere one to the very top right corner, making certain that you are flush with the corner of the outside paper.
Adhere the next one to the bottom left corner, once again flush to the edge.
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Step 15Align the inside two boxes so that they are in centered in their own quarter of the paper, but not overlapping each other so you can still fold the box shut.
Once the glue is dry (I do recommend a liquid glue to extra staying power) you should be able to close your box and the lid should fit perfectly on top. One corner of the box will remain open, as no part is designed to overlap. To remedy this, I like to tie mine up with ribbons. You can embellish them any way that you like.
Here are a few that I’ve made.
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Maybe ill post it later.
What a creative idea.