How to Make a Paper Lunch Box With Handles
Bring some pizazz to your plain old lunch by making your own paper lunch box with handles. Get kids involved with the process by letting them help decorate their box the night before. Using a traditional origami box pattern, you can easily construct several of these lunch boxes to use every day of the week. Crease your edges to make the paper more malleable.
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Things You'll Need
- 2 - 24-inch squares of thick paper
- 2 handles from a brown grocery bag
- Super glue
- Glitter
- Markers
Instructions
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Construct the Box
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Take one paper square. Fold it in half lengthwise like a door and again so it's a smaller square. Unfold the paper. You should have four quadrants on the paper. Fold each corner to the center of the square. Then, fold the right and left edge to the center. Your paper should now be a rectangle.
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Fold the top and bottom of the rectangle to the center to form a square. Undo all the folds, so you're starting again from your original square. All the folds you've made will make it easier to manipulate the paper from here on out. Place your square in front of you so it's shaped like a diamond. Fold the two side points to the center.
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Pinch in the top and bottom far right and left triangles. Note these triangles have been delineated by your earlier folding. They are located directly above and below the two triangles you folded to the center.
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Bring the rest of the top and bottom triangles toward the center, pressing the paper down to form the sides of the box.
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Repeat these steps with the second paper square to form the lid.
Add the Handles and Decorate
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Decorate the box. Get your kids to help. Use glitter, markers, stickers or other paints.
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Take two handles from a brown grocery bag. Decorate them with markers and glitter before affixing to the box.
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Attach the handles to the bottom of the box with a dab of super glue.
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