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29 November 2005

How to Make a Paper Box in 8 easy steps. →[More:]This is Basic Paper Folding 101, but so fun to make your own boxes and lids. If you use card stock they're sturdy enough for gifting, and if you print cool paper out with your printer, you have...a cool paper box.
post by: iconomy at: 08:54 | 11 comments
well that enlivened a dull lunch break - and now i have something to put my paperclips in!
posted by dodgygeezer 29 November | 09:30
I just googled 'vintage sheet music' and printed out the lyrics to an old song from the 20s and made a little box with it. It's too cool for school.

I'm going to make my daughter a Jim Morrison box now. Wheee! I'm drunk with box-making power now and no one can stop me!

(really, you would think no one had ever made a box before...)
posted by iconomy 29 November | 09:56
I think I shall experiment with making these in different sizes. Really shallow ones would be perfect for picture frames if the card-stock is the right balance of sturdy and foldy.
posted by sciurus 29 November | 10:07
A box shaped like a piece of pie - to tote home leftover pizza. Or pie. Or anything triangular-shaped, which is not much, admittedly, but now you have a box for those infrequent times.

You can print out the template. I'm making one right now.
posted by iconomy 29 November | 10:39
That is perfect for a nice juicy slice of human flesh!
posted by sciurus 29 November | 10:42
Mmmmmm...human flesh. With anchovies!
posted by iconomy 29 November | 11:05
Human flesh?

Sell your body... to the NIGHT!
posted by Hugh Janus 29 November | 11:07
Mmmmmm...human flesh. With anchovies!
How dare you sully delicious human flesh with anchovies, you sick bastard!
posted by dodgygeezer 29 November | 11:16
*makes dodgy a special box, lined with anchovies and pepperoni*
posted by iconomy 29 November | 11:35
The people will take back the hideous box monopoly, I tell you!
posted by stilicho 29 November | 12:11
Excellent post. So crafty, so boxy, so good!
posted by omiewise 29 November | 15:15
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