How to make a square envelope
Square Envelope: try all 6 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
An Origami Tutor square envelope for a greeting card: four corners fold over the card and the last point tucks under the bottom one, so it stays shut without glue.
- You need
- One square of paper about 1.6 times as wide as the card, such as an 8½ in square for a 5 in card. No glue or tape.
- Start
- Start white side up with a corner pointing at you. For a 5 in square card, use an 8½ in square: trim a letter sheet. The colored side becomes the outside.
- Tips
- The sheet's side should be about 1.6 times the card's side.
- Fold the points over the card itself so the envelope fits it snugly.
Your model is ready
Your card envelope is closed. To open it, lift the bottom point and pull the top point free. The closed square envelope, with its four points meeting in the middle.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Find the middle across
Fold the bottom corner up to the top corner, press, and open.
- 2
Find the middle up and down
Fold the left corner to the right corner, press, and open. Lay your card in the middle where the creases cross.
- 3
Fold the left corner in
Fold the left corner over the card so its tip reaches about ¾ in (2 cm) past the middle.
- 4
Fold the right corner in
Fold the right corner over the same way, overlapping the left one.
- 5
Fold the bottom corner up
Fold the bottom corner up over both side flaps, its tip the same distance past the middle.
- 6
Fold the top corner down and lock it
Fold the top corner down. Lift the bottom point a little and slide the top point under it.
- ✓
Finish
Your card envelope is closed. To open it, lift the bottom point and pull the top point free. The closed square envelope, with its four points meeting in the middle.
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