Little Origami Box

Origami is so fascinating to me.  The papers are beautiful, the process is soothing, the designs are remarkable.  I bought a little pack of origami paper while we were traveling and found instructions for a simple little box.  I made two.  Mabel and Stella love them.  They like to fill them with animal crackers.  

These are the instructions included with the pack of paper.  In this case a picture really is worth a thousand words.  That's part of what I like about origami instructions.  It's all in the diagram.

Begin with a square piece of paper.  Locate center by folding in half and in half again.  Unfold.  Fold corners down to center point of square.

Fold sides in to meet center point of square.

Fold top and bottom in to meet center point of square.

Unfold everything except for two side corners.

Fold sides in to meet center point of square.

Change the direction of the folds near the top corner so the folds point inward and the sides stand up.

Wrap the top corner over the folds.  Repeat the last two steps on the bottom corner.

Ta-da!

If the flaps on the bottom of the box don't stay down, just add a little smear of glue-stick underneath them.  Technically, it's a little inappropriate for true origami, but it keeps out the animal cracker crumbs.