How to make a rectangular box from a toilet paper roll
This guide will show you how to squash a toilet paper roll and turn it into a box
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Materials:
Toilet paper roll
Scissors
Knife, ruler or similar hard straight edge object
Optional:
Wrapping paper, paper glue
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Squash the toilet paper roll flat.
Run a knife or similar flat object along the edges to give it a sharp crease
Flip it over and crease it from the back also
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Open the roll and align the creases
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Press the crease lines together
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Flatten the crease lines together
Make sharp creases with your knife on both edges
Flip it over to the back side and sharpen the crease even more
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Bring the bottom edge up to the top edge as if you were going to fold it in half
Do not fold only pinch the edge to get a halfway mark
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Fold the top edge down about 1 cm away from the halfway mark.
Fold the bottom edge up about 1 cm away from the halfway mark.
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Give them a sharp crease with the knife
Sharpen the crease from the back also
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Unfold all the folds
Separate the layers and form a 3d rectangle
Make slits at each corner up to the horizontal creases you made in the last step.
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The slits you just made should give you 4 flaps on each side
Press one of the flaps inward
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Press the flap next to it on top of it
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Press the next flap down
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Press the last flap down
Lift the flaps up a little so you can tuck the bottom edge under the first flap
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Press the flaps down to flatten them in place
Repeat step 10 -14 on the bottom of the box
You can stop here, decorate the box or wrap it as you would for a present.
Continue to the next step if you want be able to open and close it when it is covered with paper
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Open the flaps and flatten the box
Cut a piece of wrapping paper that is big enough to wrap around the width of the box and slightly longer than the flaps
Place the box slightly to the left of the center.
Glue it in place.
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Glue the top of the paper to the box.
Make a small fold at the bottom of the paper so it will have a neat edge.
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Bring the folded edge of the paper up and glue it in place.
This part doesn’t have the slits. Spread the 2 layers of the box and cut the 2 slits on each side that you didn’t get to in step 16
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Spread to get the box shape
Fold the extra paper over the flaps and glue them in place
Fold the flaps backwards to get a good crease
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Fold the flaps over as you did in steps 10 to 14
Flatten the flaps
Repeat on the bottom side and enjoy your new box!