Materials Needed:
- Tea Bag Box
- Cereal Box
- Frozen Juice Container
- Glue
- Tongue depressor, cotton swab, or ice cream stick
- Scissors
- Wrapping paper
- Origami book
- Pack of origami paper
- Optional: stamps, ink stamps, gel pens, scratch paper
First, make certain that the containers are empty and clean.
Then, prepare the origami shapes. Be innovative, look through the book, learn paper folding. Don't get frustrated if your shape is different from the one in the book, maybe you should make up a name for your shape.
Then, match the containers to the shapes, and store the shapes in the containers.
Finally, place the containers on the wrapping paper. Cut to contour the shape of the container, leaving 1/4 - 1/2 inch margin to tuck in or fold over the container. Then, carefully, glue the paper, and spread the glue over the paper. (I use my fingers to spread the glue, though here's where to use the icecream stick or cotton swab.) Then, carefully, connect the wrapping paper to the container, being careful to avoid air bubble creation. Add the origami shapes to cover up any wrinkles, air bubbles, or just to decorate the piece. (No need to tear the paper in the pursuit of perfection.)
Allow to dry 6 - 8 hours before using.
The frozen juice concentrate container will make an excellent pen and pencil storage container.
The cereal box is fantastic for storing papers.
The tea bag box has dividers, and will hold erasers, staplers, and all sorts of small pieces of paper such as business cards.
