Make origami boxes shaped like candies | How About Orange

March 18, 2011

Make origami boxes shaped like candies

I tried making these little paper boxes shaped like candies, designed by Makato Yamaguchi. They're a project in a Toyo origami kit for boxes shaped like various sweets. Each candy half is one sheet of folded paper; one end fits inside the other to form a container. You can watch Heather's nice video tutorial right here on YouTube. Collapsing the candy ends is tricky, but I'm improving with practice!

Update: The video I used is no longer available, but here's another tutorial.

26 comments:

grey rose (they/them) said...

these are fabulous!! thanks!
xo

Theresa (Miss Charlotte) said...

These are super cute...my daughters are origami crazy. The eldest has made "sticky-pockets" with post it notes. Fun!

Terriaw said...

Cute project! Thanks for sharing the link to the demo video. I've always wanted to know how to do origami, so these videos are super helpful.

Hena Tayeb said...

these are so cute. great to give as party favors.

Grandma G said...

Oh, so cute! I like your paper, too!

Mum

ViiriƤinen said...

A 15 minute tutorial?! Oh dear. Still, sweet things.

jewellers said...

Very pretty, nice idea.

tinajo said...

Looks great - thanks! :-)

Anonymous said...

This is exactly the gift idea I need for a specific friend, thanks!

Unknown said...

Thank you so much for sharing this, these are great!

Unknown said...

These are wonderful! They'd make perfect little party favors!

Anonymous said...

Cute! :D

Ria said...

do you have a diagram of it?

Katie said...

Oooh this made me squee!! Thanks so much for sharing, I've been an origami FIEND since I was a kid but I don't think I've ever seen this before!

Jessica Jones said...

Ria, I don't; sorry!

Nikkee said...

I've made something similar to those =) Made 200 of them as favors for my wedding. My ends are a bit different then yours, take a look =)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickkole/5569324254/

Crafty recycler said...

These will be fantastic for me to make christmas crackers on my homemade recycled christmas pledge. Thank you xXx

Anonymous said...

Wow these are soo cute! What a good idea, very creative!

buhtel said...

I love love love this boxes. I have made them once before, but now the youtube tutorial doesn't seem to be working. Is there any other tutorial? I would really like to make them again..
BTW - love your blog :)

Jessica Jones said...

Hmm, I don't know. Try a Google or YouTube search for origami candy boxes.

buhtel said...

I have tried that - searched every way I thought of on google and youtube - nothing but the picture of the made box... Just thought I would ask if you knew of another source. And if you ever happen to find one could you please let me know? Thank you anyway :)

Anonymous said...

THE VIDEO ISNT WORKING!!!!!!!* GOES FULL RAGE AND KNOCKS EVERYTHING OF THE TABLE*

Tsvetelina Mihaylova said...

Hi, nice blog :) I love these boxes and i really want to try making them but the video doesn't work. I've tried searching all over the network for these boxes but I found nothing. Can you please explain how to make them, it would be very very helpfull for me :) Thanks

Jessica Jones said...

Hi! I'm so sorry, but I don't remember the steps to make them. I just followed the video, which sadly is no longer available!

Alice said...

Here is a video on how to make this cracker box.
http://www.noodle.org/learn/details/143355/origami-daily-025-chocolate-box-cracker-tcgames-hd

Jessica Jones said...

Thanks, Alice! We appreciate it!