Origami Star Box Folding Instructions
This is a nice practical origami. You can use this origami star box to hold various things from m&ms to paper clips.Submit your questions/comments and photos to us!
As always, we used a regular 6 " square origami paper so the finished box was only about 1.5 inch in length and width. But if you use a larger sheet of paper, this origami box can be used to holder larger stuff like business cards.
I also used a sturdier Rice Origami Paper and it is holding up really well!
There is another "version" for this origami star box. Scroll down to see which you prefer. Photos and instructions for both versions are on this page.
We have other boxes on this site: an easy origami box and an origami pleated box.
Origami Star Box Step 1: Start with a square origami paper and make a square base. Below is the square base and what you should have to start with.
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Origami Star Box Step 2: Now fold the right side to meet the center crease.
Origami Star Box Step 3: Bring that right flap away from the center, open it slightly and squash it down. This is a squash fold or also sometimes called spread squash fold.
Origami Star Box Step 4: Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for the left side.
Origami Star Box Step 5: FLIP paper over.
Origami Star Box Step 6: Now repeat steps 2 to 4 on this side.
Origami Star Box Step 7: Remember that the square base has 4 sides? You can find the other 2 by bringing the top flap over.
Origami Star Box Step 8: OK, fold both sides to meet the center crease.
Origami Star Box Step 9: FLIP paper over and repeat step 8.
Origami Star Box Step 10: Almost there! Now, fold the bottom tip to the top. See the dash line in the photo below? That's where the crease should be.
Origami Star Box Step 11: Repeat Step 10 for the other 3 sides and you should the following.
Origami Star Box Step 12: Slowly push out the sides and flatten the bottom. The box will begin to form before your very eyes like magic!!
and here's your origami star box!!
OK, now that you have version 1 down, you can also make something like this:
Everything is the same as the first origami star box EXCEPT for Step 10. Replace Step 10 with the following to obtain version 2.
Alternate Step 10: Fold the bottom tip up and crease at the bottom dash line shown below. Then fold it over and crease at the top dash line. Follow the photos below. Repeat for all 3 other sides.
Thanks to a reader from Philadelphia for both the orange and red origami star boxes:
From Jeff in West Hartford " My niece brought me some origami paper from Japan for Christmas. Your site is the best one I've found for instructions, and I'm making my way through it! This one's the star box."
From reader in Naples:
From Tess in Anderson "Origami star box, first 190 of 300 for a wedding."
Also from Tess "One of the 300 from wedding, origami star box."
Tess - Wow, what an effort! 300 origami star boxes! I hope you had help! What a great way to incorporate origami into a wedding. The Ferrero Roche chocolate fitted so nicely into the box too! Congratulations!
From Caitlin in Apex who did not submit a photo but commented I love this website I use it all the time! I am currently using the star box because I am in a wedding, not getting married, and I have to make about 100. I saw somebody said that they make 300 and I was awed! Now, I thing I have changed my mind and put those chocolates in there with that fuzzy grass in it. Thank you so much. Also, I think that it's a great idea to show the actual paper and not a diagram. It is so much more effective!"
Caitlin - I hope you'll send in a photo of your 100 origami star boxes! Good luck!
From reader in Toronto "I love this box! It can hold my big cubes without collapsing! also useful for putting pieces in when disassembling the cube. Although it is a bit small for putting in some objects."
