Text-Only Instructions
Credits and Resources:
This model was folded by me without any external reference or resource. It is likely to be a traditional model, though.
If you are aware of any other source where this model or similar might be listed, please let me know so I can reference it under this heading.
Paper to be used: 2 squares of a similar size; thicker paper or thin cardstock is strongly recommended.
Folding level: Easy/Beginner
Steps: 15 for the lid; 14 for the box.
Description:
This model makes use of the Accordion Base to first create a lid and then the bottom of a fairly shallow, long box. The lid will show both colors if two-sided paper is used.
The lid will have a thin band of a different color running across the length of it with this color also visible on the short sides of the box.
The corners will also form an interesting feature, sloping inwards on the top sides of the lid.
This box is great as a gift box for any occasion or use it to keep things neat around your home or office.
NOTE: This model starts from the Accordion Base. If you are able to achieve this without instructions, fold the base, then go to Step 3.
For a detailed description of how to fold the Accordion Base accurately, visit
You can also learn about the Accordion and other origami bases at the following link:
PART A - FOLDING THE LID
Step 1
Take a square and divide it into 8 long strips by folding in half and repeating twice more.
Step 2
Open and then fan fold the square so the crease lines will be able to fold in both directions.
Step 3
Open the square all the way again and turn it so all the creases run from top to bottom or vertically.
Step 4
Mentally number your creases from left to right as 1 to 7.
Step 5
Locate crease line 4, counting from the left. This is the center vertical line of the model.
Step 6
While keeping your paper flat, you are going to make a fan fold next by locating crease 2 and bringing it to the right to lie on top of (or just next to) crease 4.
This is not a normal fold, where the paper is folded over, but rather you are folding or sliding one long strip or section of the paper so it lies on top of the strip next to it.
You will do the same on the right side, bringing crease 6 to the left to lie on top of (or just next to) crease 4.
The result will be a long rectangle with a slit at its center.
When looking at your rectangle you will now only feel 4 separate strips. The left and right strips are single-layered while the 2 strips at the center will be composed of 3 layers lying on top of each other.
Step 7
Flip the entire model over from left to right.
Notice that you have 2 movable or loose center panels or flaps that are lying on top of the single-layered panels forming the rectangular model at this point.
Step 8
Gently lift the loose, two-layered panel on the left and fold over its top corner away from you, using a mountain fold. The corner will be formed in between the layers of the paper.
Repeat with the bottom corner of the left panel.
Step 9
Next, working with the loose panel on the right, fold first the top and then the bottom small corners in the same way, using mountain folds.
Step 10
Now, using valley folds, also fold in the top and bottom corners of the single-layered rectangle on the left so they meet the center vertical crease of the model.
You will have to lift the two-layered panel on the left to do this.
Press the left panel down again so it will cover the folded corners underneath it.
Step 11
Repeat with the 2 single-layered corners on the right side of the model.
All corners will now be folded to the inside of the rectangle.
Step 12
Now fold in the left and right long edges of the model towards the center. They will not meet exactly at the vertical center, but a long, thin gap or line will be formed.
Step 13
Next, using the triangles at the top and bottom of the model as a guide, fold them up and down to form a straight edge.
Make a strong horizontal crease to form the short sides of the box.
Unfold both points again.
Step 14
Turn over the model.
Step 15
Gently open the box by pulling the vertical center apart.
Shape the corners if necessary and reinforce all the sides.
PART B - FOLDING THE BOX
Follow Steps 1 to 6 as for the lid above.
Step 7
Fold the left and right edges in to meet the center. You will now have two long strips next to each other, each 4 layers thick.
Step 8
Mentally group the left side of your rectangle into a bottom flap (2 layers thick) and a top flap, (also 2 layers thick).
Step 9
Gently lift the loose top flap on the left and fold over its top corner away from you, using a mountain fold. The corner will be formed in between the layers of the paper.
Repeat with the bottom corner of the left top flap.
Step 10
Next, working with the loose top flap on the right, fold first the top and then the bottom small corners in the same way, using mountain folds.
Step 11
Now focus on the left bottom flap of the rectangle that has not yet been folded.
Fold the top and bottom corners inwards toward the center, this time using valley folds. They will also disappear between the folds of the paper, making the left side of your tall rectangle cymmetrical.
Step 12
Repeat on the right unfolded bottom flap of the model, folding in the top and bottom corners as well.
You will now have a long, skinny rectangle with pointy ends at the top and bottom.
Step 13
Fold over the top and bottom points of the model to form a straight edge. Make a strong horizontal crease to form the short sides of the box.
Unfold both points again.
Step 14
Gently open the box by pulling the vertical center apart.
Shape the corners if necessary and reinforce all the sides.
PART C
Fit the lid over the bottom of the box.
Making origami accessible to visually impaired crafters through text instructions.
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Compiled by Lindy van der Merwe, August 2023
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