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How to make a paper candy box

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IntermediateAn Origami Tutor design14 steps6 × 6 in · One square

An Origami Tutor candy-tray design with a square bowl and four broad, outward-folded rims. Its corner pleats hold the walls together without cuts or glue.

You need: One square of thin paper and a ruler. No glue or scissors.
Make a square from printer paper ↗
Start: Start white side up, with a corner pointing toward you. Use a ruler to mark the floor and rim guides before raising the walls.
Tips: Measure the floor and rim marks from the center of the open sheet.
Keep each corner pleat flat against its wall as you turn out the rims.

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Finish

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The candy tray is open, with four broad rims around its square bowl. Keep the floor flat when you lift it.

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Steps 1–5

1
Mark the back floor edge
On the line from the center to the top corner, mark three tenths of that distance. Crease through the mark at a right angle to that line, then open flat.
2
Mark the right floor edge
On the line from the center to the right corner, mark three tenths of that distance. Crease through the mark at a right angle to that line, then open flat.
3
Mark the front floor edge
On the line from the center to the bottom corner, mark three tenths of that distance. Crease through the mark at a right angle to that line, then open flat.
4
Mark the left floor edge
On the line from the center to the left corner, mark three tenths of that distance. Crease through the mark at a right angle to that line, then open flat.
5
Mark the back rim
On the same line toward the top corner, mark seven tenths of the distance from the center. Crease through this mark at a right angle, then open flat.

Steps 6–10

6
Mark the right rim
On the same line toward the right corner, mark seven tenths of the distance from the center. Crease through this mark at a right angle, then open flat.
7
Mark the front rim
On the same line toward the bottom corner, mark seven tenths of the distance from the center. Crease through this mark at a right angle, then open flat.
8
Mark the left rim
On the same line toward the left corner, mark seven tenths of the distance from the center. Crease through this mark at a right angle, then open flat.
9
Raise the four walls
Hold the small central square flat and lift all four walls together. Pinch the spare paper at each corner into a diagonal pleat pointing away from the bowl.
10
Flatten the corner pleats
Press the corner pleats against the outside of the left and right walls. Keep the floor flat and the four walls upright.

Steps 11–14

11
Turn out the back rim
Fold the back point outward along its rim guide until the triangular flap is level. Keep the corner pleats against the walls.
12
Turn out the right rim
Fold the right point outward along its rim guide until the triangular flap is level. Keep the corner pleats against the walls.
13
Turn out the front rim
Fold the front point outward along its rim guide until the triangular flap is level. Keep the corner pleats against the walls.
14
Turn out the left rim
Fold the left point outward along its rim guide until the triangular flap is level. Keep the corner pleats against the walls.
✓
Finish
The candy tray is open, with four broad rims around its square bowl. Keep the floor flat when you lift it.