07/15/2019
Boxes With Trays
Materials:
Paper cutter, Stick glue, Pencil, cereal box, heavy paper or cardstock colored or plain or patterned, lightweight paper like wrapping paper, poster or map. . .
A= Outside paper- 12” x 6 ½”
B= Inside paper- 10 ½” x 4 ¾”
C= Heavy paper for lid- 7 ¼” x 7 ¼”
D, E, F, G= Heavy paper for trays- 6” x 6”
H, I, J, K =Heavy cardstock from a cereal box for side support between outside and inside paper layers- 5” x 2 3/8”
L = Heavy cardstock from a cereal box for lip between outside and inside layers- 5” x 1”
Directions:
Cut out all pieces as sized above
Construct the outside walls of the box as follows:
1. Lay A face down on a flat surface with top of design facing away from you
2. Starting on the left side, place H, I, J, K and L onto A, in that order, with pieces just barely touching, leaving a rim of about ¾” all around the edges
3. Glue H, I, J, K and L onto A in that position, and proceed to next step.
4. Fold the ¾”rim of A down at the corners first then on the sides over the edges of H, I, J, K and L, and glue
5. Place B face up with pattern or design facing you to cover all remaining heavy cardstock, leaving about 1/8” of the folded over edge of A showing all around.
6. Crease at each joint between H & I, I & J, J & K and K & L, set aside to dry. This is the main box.
For C, D, E, F and G follow these steps
1. Lay the paper face down with design on the outside.
2. Fold the opposite corners diagonally, forming an X when the paper is unfolded
3. Fold opposite points of the X to the center, and crease
4. Keeping the points touching in the center, fold two opposite straight edges in to the center so that they are touching, and crease
5. Open and do the same with the other two opposite points
6. Open and lay flat. There will be four small squares in the center of the paper
7. Mark the four outside corners of these squares with a pencil dot
8. Holding the paper like a diamond make a set of parallel vertical cuts from the edge of the paper along the fold, up or down to each dot. There will be four cuts.
9. The four small squares in the center become the bottom of the tray. The remaining paper will be folded in such a way as to form the four sides and to reinforce the bottom.
10. Keeping the diamond orientation, with the large triangle shapes to the left and right, fold the tips of the left and right triangles to the center, and crease.
11. Fold the right and left straight edges to the center, so they touch.
12. Stand the edges upright to form the left and right sides of the tray.
13. While in this position fold in the upper left and right tabs 90° tabs along the upper edge of the four squares to form the upper side of the tray. Do this with the opposite side.
14. To hold the box together fold the remaining two tips over the tabs and into the center; glue them to the bottom. These are the four trays and the largest is the lid.
Glue box H inside and even with the bottom of the main box centered on the third large side
Glue box I inside so that the top is even with the top of the main box centered on the left side
Space and glue boxes J and K inside the main box centered on each side; step them down so that the main box can close
Fold the main box closed and put on the lid
