I watched a video on making a little triangular gift box, as I watched the demonstrator sticking lots of pieces together to form the sides of the box, I thought, I'm pretty sure you could make one of those out of a single sheet of card, without having to cut lots of pieces and stick them all together. So I set about designing one. I have no idea what sort of gift would fit in this box., apart from mini sandwiches. I guess I made it just to satisfy my curiosity to see if it could be made as an all in one piece box..
Here is the result.
So if you want to make one yourself here are the instructions.
You'll need;
1, A4 piece of card cut to 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches
Half a sheet of patterned paper
Scoring tool, rule and a pencil
score board.
Scissors & glue
From that line measure 2cms out and mark all along the line on both sides, join up the marks with a pencil and rule. Then erase the centre line, you should have a 4cm wide band running through the middle of the card now. With a rule and a scoring tool score both lines.
Score a line 4cms in on all four sides.
at each end of the diagonal lines, draw a line from the end of one diagonal to the end of the other to join them up, as in the photo below.
Cut off the corners at both ends.
Between the diagonal (marked in grey on the photo.) score a straight line across from score line to score line at each end. (marked in black on the photo.)
Once you have cut along the cut lines fold in the tabs. You may find it useful to number the corners as I have.
On the opposite corners marked as 1 & 2 on the photo, cut one of the score lines to where the lines meet. Apply glue to the back of panel 1 and adhere it to the inside of the side marked 1, to form a nice sharp corner.
adhere corner 2 in the same way.
adhere 3 to 3
Close the box.
Draw a line on the back of the wings following the edge of the box. Open the box then trim the wings off.
The construction part is now complete.
the bottom
The measurements.
How to cut the triangular panel to fit the top.
Measure the short side of the box, this box measures 10cms on the short sides. Cut a square of pretty paper 1 cm smaller than the box's short side, so that will be 9 x 9cms. Then cut the square in half diagonally and you will have two triangles that will fit the top and the bottom of the box.
Cut 2 side panels measuring 9 x 3cms and the back panel 13 x3cms.If you turn it on it's side, you have a cute mini sandwich box.
