Octagonal Origami Box Tutorial

This tutorial will teach you how to make an 8 sided octagonal origami gift box. Both the lid and box are made with 1 sheet of paper, no glue required.

This is the 8 sided version of the hexagonal origami box that I posted previously. This octagonal box is what I based the origami poke ball box on.

I made a lot more versions of the lid design but whilst experimenting, had ruined quite a few.. there are so many things you could do with it. I put a photo of the ones I like at the end of the video and a photo is also below.

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Level: ★★★☆☆

You will need:

1 sheet of paper each for the box and lid

Paper used: A4 – 29.7 x 21 cm
Final model size: 8.5 x 8.5 x 3+ cm

If your paper is thick you’ll need to make the paper you use for the lower box a little shorter, 1 cm is what I took off. You can also just fold this over instead of cutting, which would actually make the raw edge of the side nice too.

The height of the box can be decided whilst folding.

You can buy the scoring tool I used, here.
Paper used: I haven’t been able to find it online, it’s described as ‘metallic pearlized embossed paper’.

You can leave the inside octagon ‘undone’ or fold the outer triangles under to make it secure..
A shallow box makes a nice lid as well…
Here are some alternative lid designs, the bottom left one is made the same was as the Origami Poké Ball box – link
You can make a shallow box and lid and then an inner box that is the same height as both of them together to get it like the one on the left.
Which one do you like best?

Love to know which box you like the best in the comments!

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Hexagonal origami Box

A six sided hexagonal origami gift box. Using one sheet of paper for each the box and lid. You can customise the top of the lid in many ways too.

Octagonal Origami Star Tato

A pretty origami compass star tato! This is a variation of the traditional origami 8 point star tato. It’s made from 1 sheet of square paper, no glue required!