How to Fold an Origami Box

Series Summary

Origami, a form of visual representation defined by the folding of paper, originated in Japan in the 1600s. Since then, this ancient art has become a popular hobby for many around the globe. Origami has been popular in the United States and England since the early 1900s, but the first published origami book, "Hiden Senbazuru Orikata" (which translated to English means “Secret of 1,000 Cranes Origami”), was published in 1797. Origami has long-been regarded as a complicated and delicate art form. In this free video series, learn simple origami patterns. With the help of a professional artist, Robert Segundo, discover the step-by-step process of creating classic origami figures. Segundo demonstrates how to make the traditional lily, crane and frog origami forms. Find out how to turn a regular square paper into complex origami shapes, such as dragons, butterflies and even the Easter bunny. With these simple tips, fold kite, diamond, flower and fruit origami bases. Segundo illustrates how to make them all. So, take a moment, and learn to fold some simple origami shapes today!

Video Transcript

"You need a box and all you have is a piece of paper? My name is Robert Segundo and today I'm to teach you how to make an origami box. What we're going to do is we're going to start with a square piece of paper like I have here. And as you can see I've already got this pretty creased so we can kind of speed through this. Well what you're going to do initially is you're going to take your paper and you're going to fold it in half and then open it back up, fold it in half again like so. And then open it back up. And what you're going to do is you're going to take your point corners and you're going to bring them into the cross that you've created here. Like so. You're going to do this on all four sides. Like so. Once you have your square shape what you're going to do is you're going to just open two sides of it back up, then you're going to take your side pieces here, you're going to fold them into the center like so. Apparently my pre-crease wasn't all that great. So we're going to fold this side in as well, just right up to it. Then what you're going to is you're going to take and fold along this crease here that's already been created from your diagonal folds, you're going to take, crease it that way holding it back up. Crease it back the other way as well, open it back up, same thing with the other side. Like so. Lift it back up, what you're going to do is you're going to kind of open synch it as you lift up, so what you're going to do is you're going to hold these sides up, pull this up to this crease here like so. And then what you're going to do is you're going to fold it back like that. Bring these flaps back like so. Then just take your piece here and you're just going to fold down on its own really, like that. Fit right into place. You'll do it with the other side. Fold up with the square corner here, as you can see this one wants to form all by itself, hold it back like so. Fold it down into your origami box. There it is. Have fun and enjoy."