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Are you sick and tired of gifting your loved ones with presents covered in odd bits of sticky tape? Not a good look. If you want to avoid this awkward gift exchange, which reveals your poor wrapping skills, up your gift-wrapping game with our origami box techniques. Be sure to watch our video tutorial along with reading our helpful article, to make sure you master these techniques and are a pro by the time it comes to wrapping up your Christmas presents.
If you’re wrapping books, follow this tutorial!
1. Basic Box – Origami Box Gift Wrapping
What you will need:
- Origami paper or other wrapping paper
- Ribbons
- Scissors
- Gift (for inside the box)
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Instructions:
- Take your gift-wrapping paper, making sure it’s 8×8 inches.
2. Fold your paper in half to create a triangle shape and unfold it back to its original state, leaving a crease.
3. Repeat “Step 2” with the opposite corners of your paper.
4. Take 1 corner of your paper and fold it to the center point of your creases. Repeat this for all 4 corners. Unfold it back to the original state.
5. Again, fold 1 corner to the opposite corner for a horizontal crease. Unfold it back to the original state. Repeat this for all 4 corners.
6. Take the bottom of your gift-wrapping paper, fold it to about an inch, and unfold it back to its original state. Repeat for all sides of your paper.
7. Now, fold all sides of the paper to the center square of your paper. Pinching the leftover pieces of paper on top and folding them inwards, creating our origami basic box.
2. Baby Bird Box – Origami Box Gift Wrapping
What You Will Need:
- Paper or other wrapping paper
- Ribbon
- Scissors
- Gift (for inside the box)
Instructions:
- Take your gift-wrapping paper, making sure it’s 8×8 inches.
- Fold your paper in half to create a triangle shape and unfold it back to the original state, leaving a crease.
- Repeat “Step 2” with the opposite corners of your paper.
- Take 1 corner of your paper and fold it to the center point of your creases. Repeat this for all 4 corners.
- Flip the box shape over, go around all 4 sides of your box shape, and press your finger over the sides, smoothing out the paper.
- Fold your box shape into 3 parts, creating creases and unfolding it.
Finishing It
- With your current box shape, start folding 4 triangles (created from our last creases) in the center of your box.
- Flip the box over again and fold 1 end over, creating a crease. Repeat this on the other end of your box shape.
- Turn your box back over, and your creases should create a tic-tac-toe-like shape. Flip your box back over and fold each corner towards the center square creases.
- Turn your box back over and fold the top end towards the middle crease, doing the same with the bottom end. Then, take each side and fold them in also, leaving you with a little square. Unfold all back to the original shape.
- Take the bottom corner and fold towards the first crease. Fold again, meeting the next crease, and again. Repeat on the other side.
- You should be left with 2 corners unfolded. Taking the bottom 1, fold it towards the first crease. Fold again, meeting slightly UNDER the next crease.
- Unfold and fold again, meeting the second crease we just created. Then, take the corner of the paper and bring the line halfway to the edge. Folding your corner behind the paper, bring the crease halfway beyond the edge.
- Repeat “Step 12” and “Step 13” on the other side.
- Fold your shape into 3 parts, meeting the existing creases.
- Please refer to 5:35-6:49 of the video to complete your origami baby bird box.
3. Belted Box – Origami Box Gift Wrapping
What you will need:
- Origami Paper or other wrapping paper
- Ribbons
- Scissors
- Gift (for inside the box)
Instructions:
- Take your gift-wrapping paper, making sure it’s 8×8 inches.
- Fold your paper in half to create a triangle shape. Then, unfold it back to its original state, leaving a crease.
- Afterward, repeat “Step 2” with the opposite corners of your paper.
- Next, grab 1 corner of your paper and fold it to the center point of your creases. Repeat this for all 4 corners. Unfold to the original state after creases have been made.
- Grab 1 corner of your paper and fold it to the opposite side. Do this until it meets the first horizontal crease. Repeat for all 4 corners.
- Fold the paper in half again, creating a triangle shape. Taking the bottom, fold upwards, creating a 1-inch fold. Then, unfold the bottom, flip it over, and repeat on the other side.
- Finally, unfold it back to the original shape. If you want to complete the box, please refer to 7:55-9:38 of the video.
4. Heart On Top Box – Origami Box Gift Wrapping
What You Will Need:
- Origami Paper or other wrapping paper
- Ribbons
- Scissors
- Gift (for inside the box)
Instructions:
- Take your gift-wrapping paper, making sure it’s 8×8 inches.
- After you’ve confirmed your paper is the right shape, fold it in half to create a triangle shape and unfold it back to its original state, leaving a crease.
- Then, repeat “Step 2” with the opposite corners of your paper.
- Next, take 1 corner of your paper and fold it to the center point of your creases. Repeat this for all 4 corners.
- Taking 1 corner of your paper, fold it to the opposite side until it meets the first horizontal crease. Repeat for all 4 corners.
- Grabbing scissors, cut along the creases we’ve created (please refer to 10:33-10:46 of the video).
- Fold the pieces of paper that we’ve just cut towards the inside of the box shape, folding over twice.
- Please refer to 11:02-11:52 of the video to complete your origami heart on top of the box.
Wrap Up Some Joy!
We hope you enjoyed our article and video tutorial on these cute origami box gift-wrapping techniques and hope you master them this Christmas season! Show those presents whose boss!
Looking for holiday gift ideas to put in your origami boxes? Check out our ultimate gift guide, ultimate family gift guide, white elephant gift guide or even simply an ugly Christmas sweater article for a good ugly sweater gift!
