How to make a jewelry box

I have been asked how to make a box and I decide to make a little tutorial about it. It is quite easy and fast way to make a cute little handmade box for little jewellery and tiny objects.

It is not as complicate as it might look and feel in the first try, after few boxes you'll make them eyes closed :)

1. You need pencil, ruler and cardboard. There is a lot pretty cardbord colors available, I just happend to like this brown craft paper.

Cut 2 squares, one 0.8-1 cm bigger than the other one

2. like this

3. Fold from the middle

4. like this

5. open

6. fold to opposite side

7. Now there should be cross in the middle. Then fold the corners to the middle

8. Fold all 4 corners to the middle

9. It should look like this now

10. Then fold the corners to the first folded line

11. Now it should look like this

12. Then the last folding, the corners to the closest fold line

13. Now it should be full of fold lines like this.

Note: do these lines in this order so that you don't get mixed. At least for me it is easier to make it always in same order so that I don't mix the lines.

14. See the squre in the middle? It is the bottom/cover of the box. You can mark it at first times to make it clear.

15. Cut until the "bottom" line, but do not cut any further (you'll cut the bottom if you do)

16. Cut the other sides too and it should look like this now.

17. Now we will buid the walls of the box. Fold it like this.

18. Then fold the sides in.

19. Do same on the other side

20.

21. Then lift the sides up and turn the inner wall sides like in the picture

22. Fold the remaining parts inside of the box, they will be the other box wallls.

23. like this

24. Almost ready...

25. Here you are! First half of the box!

26. Build the other half exactly same

27. Yay! Now you have 2 pieces: the top and the bottom part!

28. I usually glue my shop name on the box

29. and tie it up with cute ribbons. Lion ring is ready to be shipped!