Tiny Paper Cube
How to make a tiny paper cube! Easy, and simple, with supplies you can find around the house. It also can be modified so it has a detachable lid.
Supplies
Small Post It Notes or square pieces of paper around 2 inches by 2 inches
**Disclaimer**
The paper MUST be a square for this to work
**Disclaimer**
The paper MUST be a square for this to work
Folding the Pieces, Pt. 1
Start out with 1 post it/paper and fold it in half
Folding the Pieces, Pt. 2
Fold the paper in half, again, length wise.
Folding the Pieces, Pt. 3
Unfold the paper, and fold down the top right edge to the crease.
**Make sure you do not go over the crease!!"**
**Make sure you do not go over the crease!!"**
Folding the Pieces, Pt. 4
Fold down the same corner, again, to the crease.
Kinda like making a paper airplane.
Kinda like making a paper airplane.
Folding the Pieces, Pt. 5
Repeat steps 4 and 3 on the opposite corner,
Folding the Pieces, Pt. 6
Fold both the sides in, toward the middle
Folding the Pieces, Pt. 7
Taking the corner in the shape of a square, fold it over the middle, tucking it inside the flap
Folding the Pieces, Pt. 8
Do the same on the opposite side, making sure to tuck it in
Folding the Pieces, Pt. 9
Fold it in half, and then the legs backwards to make a triangle shape
Construction of the Cube, Pt. 1
Make six of them
Construction of the Cube, Pt. 2
Take two pieces and put them together. You put them together by tucking in the end into the other ones flap.
Construction of the Cube, Pt. 3
Add another piece, again tucking it into the flaps
It will make a sort of triangle point
It will make a sort of triangle point
Construction of the Cube, Pt. 4
Add another piece, still tucking flaps into each other
Construction of Cube, Pt. 5
Add another piece, still tucking in the flaps
Construction of the Cube, Pt 6
Right now you need to decide if you want a lid or not. If you do want a lid skip step 16/pt.7. Otherwise, let's continue.
Construction of the Cube (without Lid), Pt 7
Add the last piece, and you are finished!
Congratulations on making the cube!
Congratulations on making the cube!
Construction of the Cube (with Lid), Pt 8
Fold the last pieces legs back, and fold the legs down inside the cube. Place lid on cube. Now you are finished!
Finished Product
With quarter to scale