How to make an Origami Dropbox, a cool paper gift box designed by José Meeusen

2018 ж. 7 Ақп.
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Are you looking for a paper gift box to put small gifts or candy? Try the origami Dropbox, a very beautiful and very strong origami box designed by José Meeusen. You can make this box by folding one square piece of paper, without cuts or glue. Follow the step-by-step instructions of this tutorial to learn how to fold the origami Dropbox.
José Meeusen kindly gave me permission to make a video tutorial for her dropbox origami model that she designed in 2014. José lives in the Netherlands, and Drop is the name of a very popular Dutch sweet, hence the name Dropbox. It is a very cool box with a very clever locking mechanism that makes the box very strong. In fact once folded, it's very hard to open the box again, so if you want to put something inside your box, don't forget to put it before you close the box!
José has drawn a diagram for the Dropbox model that you can find here: origami.plus/origami-dropbox
I slightly changed the folding sequence, and I didn't notice it when I made the video, but the resulting Dropbox is very slightly different from José's original model. In the page linked above, you can see the two versions side-by-side folded by José, and there is also a great suggestion from José to make the model easier to close by doing an additional pre-crease fold. So please check it out. :-)
To make the origami Dropbox, you will need one square piece of paper. Only one side of the paper will show in the final model. It's best if you use paper that is not too thin. José recommends thick paper of at least 120g.
In the video, I use a 20x20 cm (about 8x8 inches) square. I also folded some Dropbox boxes with 15x15 kami, but the paper is too thin and it is more difficult.
If you fold the Dropbox, please send me some pictures so that I can show them to José and display them in future videos!
Thank you very much José for making such a great model, sharing your diagram and giving me the authorization to make this video!
Happy folding everyone!

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  • thank you! exactly what I was looking for to send some loose tea as a gift to friends. A bit challenging but it was alright :)

    @stephanie.kilgast@stephanie.kilgast2 жыл бұрын
    • Sorry for my late reply. Thank you very much, storing tea inside is a great idea.

      @OrigamiPlusTutorials@OrigamiPlusTutorials2 жыл бұрын
  • Excellent tutorial with clear directions and a very cool model. Thank you.

    @tomjones6777@tomjones67772 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks! Sorry for the late reply. I love José's model too.

      @OrigamiPlusTutorials@OrigamiPlusTutorials2 жыл бұрын
  • Fantastic! Excellent for Christmas goodies!❤️❤️❤️

    @tjsmith2748@tjsmith27485 ай бұрын
  • very beautiful small box easy to do , thank you

    @francoisefleu8498@francoisefleu84986 ай бұрын
  • Hi Everyone! Usually I show how to fold origami models that I create, but this one was designed by José Meeusen, a very prolific origami designer from the Netherlands who has created tons of wonderful models. Thank you so much José for allowing me to make a video of your wonderful Dropbox!!! :-) Would you be interested to see tutorials for more models from more origami creators? There are a lot of very talented origami designers who make awesome models, I have a few ones in mind that make simple, inventive and beautiful models, but if you have suggestions of designers and/or models, please let me know! Thank you and Happy Folding!

    @OrigamiPlusTutorials@OrigamiPlusTutorials6 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you very much, Stéphane, for making this great video!!!!

    @JoseMeeusen@JoseMeeusen6 жыл бұрын
    • Thank you José, it's a great model, I'm sure everybody will like it :)

      @OrigamiPlusTutorials@OrigamiPlusTutorials6 жыл бұрын
  • Awesome 💗

    @origamieasyforbeginners@origamieasyforbeginners10 ай бұрын
  • Wow this is awesome

    @adamlamey5512@adamlamey55126 жыл бұрын
  • Nice!

    @AllPaperArt@AllPaperArt5 жыл бұрын
  • Спасибо за понятное видео! У меня получилось сложить эту коробочку! Она очаровательна!

    @user-rv1be4qq9d@user-rv1be4qq9d2 жыл бұрын
  • nice one! 😃

    @origamiharrihadi@origamiharrihadi6 жыл бұрын
    • Thank you! :)

      @OrigamiPlusTutorials@OrigamiPlusTutorials6 жыл бұрын
  • Cool origami! 😉

    @LKorigami@LKorigami6 жыл бұрын
    • I very much like José's models in general, but this one is very much a favorite of mine :)

      @OrigamiPlusTutorials@OrigamiPlusTutorials6 жыл бұрын
    • Oui, les modèles de José sont très agréables, avec des verrous et des emboitements ... c'est un vrai plaisir de les plier. Merci Stéphane.

      @phispit6662@phispit66624 жыл бұрын
  • Wow

    @sailboat5614@sailboat56144 жыл бұрын
  • Pas mal :)

    @amauryannequin7533@amauryannequin75336 жыл бұрын
    • +Amaury Annequin Merci Amaury !

      @OrigamiPlusTutorials@OrigamiPlusTutorials6 жыл бұрын
  • Hello, how are you nice origami i like it messing around to my channel awaited his ballot visit best regards youtuber forward together

    @Sam-nw7px@Sam-nw7px6 жыл бұрын
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