Square Paper Box Folding Instructions/Method (based on Fujimoto Hexagonal Box method)

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Square Paper Box Folding Instructions/Method (based on Fujimoto Hexagonal Box method)

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This shows how to make a square box from an ordinary letter-sized piece of paper. I had made a few boxes based on instructions for the Fujimoto Hexagonal Box (just search that in google and you should be able to find the cartoon illustrations for how to do it--here's one site that has it: http://www.britishorigami.info/academic/thok/fujibox.html), but never really thought about why certain folds were done. When I paused to think about it, I realized that a number of them were simply to help divide paper in to 3 equal segments. With that knowledge, I decided I'd try to do boxes with other numbers of sides. 4 sides and 8 sides seemed to work quite well, and could be done with folds to measure distances and get angles correct. 5 and 7 worked with more difficulty/forcing, and with a ruler and a calculator to get things right. 3 sides didn't work for me at all, though if you look around online, there are instructions on how to get that sort of box to work (presumably in a different method--I didn't read through them in any detail). Here is my attempt to show a 4 sided box--I tried to show the steps clearly/enough that with a couple tries you can follow along and make your own boxes. To make the other half of the box, make the first fold larger if you want it to be the bottom, and smaller if you want it to be the top. If it is a coloured or textured piece of paper, put the coloured/textured side to the table. It, when finished, is all that will be seen on the box.

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pklages4

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origami, paper, paper box, box, fujimoto, instructions, help, tutorial, how-to, how to,