This tutorial will show you how to make a cool origami drawer box. This origami ‘Tetra Box’ uses no cutting or glue, just paper. This origami drawer box is easy to make. You can use as a gift box or keep your special items inside.
Thanks to everyone who helped my come up with a name for this box of drawers. There were so many to choose from! It’s official name is ‘Origami Tetra Box’, but I went with ‘Origami Secret Drawer Box’ for YouTube as it needed a more descriptive name so that people can find it!
A few people suggested ‘Tetra Box’ and other variations with the word Tetra (meaning four).
These modular origami drawers are super easy to make. You just need to make 4 sets of box drawers and two pieces for the top and bottom.
⚠️By the way! There is one mistake in the video: at 5:58 – I said divide your paper by 7.5 etc.. yes that’s ok but don’t bother with this measurement, all you need to do is just fold up a bit. Depending on your paper’s thickness, just make it more or less.
I hope you enjoy this box as much as I do!
Another video will follow with instructions on how to stack these up without using glue. Update: here is the tutorial for that.
I created a diagram for this origami box, it’s available to download here.
Design: © Paper Kawaii Copyright Information
Level: ★★☆☆☆
You will need:
▸ 10 sheets of square paper
Paper used: 15 x 15 cm
Final model size: 7.5 x 7.5 x 4 cm
Of course you can use any sized paper you like, thick paper or thin card works very well.
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