Handmade Gift Box

I will never again purchase small gift boxes.  I was trying to figure out how I wanted to send out a headband I just made, and could have sworn I had a small gift box lying around somewhere that I could use.  Nope, could not find it anywhere...  So, I remembered that I saw something about making gift boxes out of newspaper.  I have a ton of extra newspaper that I saved for our fireplace, but did not want to use something that smudges easily.  I am sure it would have worked fine, but wanted something thicker too.  Then I remembered that I had recently bought some scrapbook paper that was on sale at Hobby Lobby.  Hmmm...  This could work.

Not to plug Google, but I Google something almost every day.  So when I Googled "how to make a paper box," the very first link was a gold mine!  This site not only has instructions for a box, but there are instructions for a box with a cover, with a divider, pleated, star shaped, etc...  There are also photos on this site, which is so very helpful!  I am not going to include all the instructions, but I am going to share this website with you, so you can make cute little boxes of your own!  http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-box.html 

If you look to the left, you will see the different box options.  I chose the box with a cover.  I will add that I used a ruler to make a couple of tiny marks.  I marked the middle edge of each side.  My piece of scrapbook paper was 8 inches by 8 inches, so I marked 4 inches in, on each edge, on the non colored/designed side.  I did this to skip over the mountain fold, so I would not have fold lines on the bottom of my box.  This way when I folded in my corners (step 2), I was doing it evenly.  It worked out well for me, and hopefully you will be making small boxes of your own!  The pictures are how mine turned out!