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Origami STRAWBERRY GIFT BOX instructions
Both
papers I used for this box are the same size. These boxes are great for
decoration
of
your house, just place a few on a plate or bowl.
Step
1:
This paper is completely white on the backside.
Prefold over these 4 lines, then turn the paper
Step
2:
Valley-fold over these 4 lines.
Step
3:
Pull the part on the right of the 2 lines to the left
by making a valley-fold over the line at the left
and a mountain-fold over the line at the right.
Step
4:
Repeat step 3 on the other 3 edges, see green lines
Step
5:
Press the 2 edges of the corner against each other,
see arrows. Then lock them together by making
a mountain-fold over the green line.

Step
6:
Repeat step 5 on the other 3 corners, see arrows

Step
7:
Valley-fold over this line.

Step
8:
Repeat step 7 on the other 3 ends, see arrows
Turn the model.

Step
9:
Make sharper folding lines, see the 4 green lines
Then, turn the model again

Step
10:
The box itself is done.......

Step
11:
This paper is for the lid, the backside is
completely green.
Prefold over these 4 lines, then turn the paper
Step
12:
First, valley-fold over the 2 lines at the bottom-right.
Then mountain-fold over the 2 lines in the middle.
And valley-fold over the 2 lines at the top left.
Step
13:
Valley-fold over these 2 lines.
Step
14:
Unfold the folds of step 13
Step
15:
Pull the end at the bottom of the arrow upwards
by making a valley-fold over the green line.
Step
16:
Press the edges downwards, see arrows
Step
17:
Repeat steps 13 to 16 on the backside
Step
18:
Fold the edges to the outside of the flaps
(the 2 short lines are mountain-folds)
Do the same on the other side of the model
Step
19:
Now the model looks like this
Step
20:
Push the center flat, see arrow.
Use the 4 lines as help (one line is on
the backside)
Step
21:
And now the model looks like this,
turn the model
Step
22:
Fold over these 2 lines
Step
23:
Repeat step 22 on the other 3 flaps
Step
24:
Pull the flap indicated by the arrow upwards
Step
25:
Make an inside reverse fold over these
2 sets of 3 lines
Step
26:
The arrow shows the edge with the folding lines
drawn on it in the next step
Step
27:
Make an inside reverse fold over these 3 lines,
do the same on the other side of the flap.
Step
28:
Repeat steps 24 to 27 on the other 3 flaps

Step
29:
Turn the model

Step
30:
Prefold over these 4 lines

Step
31:
Make an inside reverse fold on the 4 corners, see
green lines. Valley-fold over the yellow lines while
you do this.

Step
32:
Press the 2 edges of the corner indicated by the
arrow against each other. Then lock them together
by making a mountain-fold over the short green line.
Do the same on
the other 3 corners

Step
33:
Turn the strawberry lid
Step
34:
Curl the 4 petals around a pen/pencil or
with your fingers
Step
35:
And the strawberry lid is done too....
Step
36:
Place the lid on the box

DONE!

