How to Fold an Origami Valentine's Box

Video Transcript

"We've already cut our paper for the bottom of the box, 11x11. Now what I'm going to do is switch out my blade. I want to take my cutting blade out and put my scoring blade back in because from now on, all we're going to be doing is scoring. The first score we're going to do is at 5 1/2. I'm going to score my paper 5 1/2, take and rotate it 90 degrees, and go ahead and score again at 5 1/2. I'm going to move this aside. I want to go ahead and just fold my paper down. Using your fingers and your bone folder, give that edge a nice push. I'm going to go ahead and fold it both ways. Now I'm going to open the box back up and I'm going to take this corner into the middle. Here you're going to use your eye a little bit to get things lined up. This paper is really thick. It's good quality cardstock. You will need to use your bone folder to push the edges down. Then I'm going to take my next edge, fold it in, and line it up. Take your time here. You want your folds to be really accurate. Fold that one down. Remember making paper airplanes at school? It's kind of like that. I'm going to go ahead and fold this next one up. Fold that down. Your last fold, and press. With your bone folder, fold that across. If you don't have a bone folder at home, you could use a knife. The back edge of a knife will also help push it down. It really, really helps that you have a nice solid crease. Now we're going to be moving onto the next folds."