Una scatola origami senza coperchio davvero semplicissima da realizzare e che può presentare molte occasioni di impiego a casa, a scuola, per le feste e la tavola, per attività didattiche montessoriane e non solo, per far ordine nei cassetti…

Materiale occorrente
un foglio quadrato, di qualsiasi dimensione.

Come si fa
Piegate il foglio a metà:

aprite:

piegate l’altra metà:

aprite:

ora piegate i quattro angoli verso il centro:


girate:

e piegate i quattro angoli:


tenendo fermo il centro, piegate a metà il quadrato ottenuto:


aprite e fate la stessa cosa come a formare una croce; poi aprite:

ripassate anche le pieghe diagonali:

inserite un dito in ogni angolo e spingete con un dito il centro del quadrato (il punto in cui convergono tutte le pieghe fatte) verso l’alto; modellerete senza fatica la vostra scatola origami:





Che a seconda del gusto (e dell’uso) può essere già pronta così:



Ripiegando invece verso l’interno le “alette” il contenuto degli scomparti sarà più visibile ai bambini, e la scatola più solida:


Questo articolo fa parte dell’Album di Vita pratica:

Origami box with four compartments tutorial: an origami box without lid really easy to make and that can present many opportunities to use at home, at school, for the parties & dining, for Montessori educational activities and not only, to bring order in the drawers …

Origami box with four compartments tutorial
What do you need?
a square sheet of any size.

Origami box with four compartments tutorial
What to do?
Fold the sheet in half:

open:

fold the other half:

open:

Now fold the four corners toward the center:


turn it:

and fold the four corners:


while holding the center, fold in half the square obtained:


open and do the same thing as to form a cross; then open:

pass again the diagonal folds:

insert a finger in every corner and push with a finger the center of the square (the point at which converge all folds made) upwards; in this way you can shape effortlessly your origami box:





That according to taste (and use) may be ready:



folding instead inward “wings” the contents of the compartments will be more visible to children, and the box more solid:

