How to make a Christmas Star Gift Box

This box is also known as the Hexagonal Star Box. There is a video already out there about this box. However, that one is not showing the locking of the modules, which is quite essential to get a box that you can actually use.
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[@chineseroxs]

Just made one using colored origami paper and it looks really cool :). Thanks for sharing the tutorial on how to make this. I'm an intermediate level but I had to use tape as assistance to make sure pieces wouldn't fall out while in assembly. Also, a tip for those making this: when assembling, the little triangle you fold in the beginning should be fixed towards the end to where the middle crease of the triangle meets the crease on the paper and that will insure you it will fit perfectly :)

[@Radjehuty]

haha. I actually found it helpful to use a toothpick on the locks. If you unfold the pocket you can use a toothpick to pull out the little triangle part of the pocket far enough for the flap of the other module to insert under. Then you fold back that triangle and close the pocket to form a strong lock. I was stupid enough to try this model for the first time on foil paper, but I got lucky and did it alright. I assume you made a lid for this with slightly smaller or larger paper?

[@bobjoe5043]

love it its great. for you dumb people who say your origami nerds or whatever and you dont get it, its your own fault. the instructions are very clear.

[@danbergamondo]

It's fantastic! And the tutorial is clear and very, very understandable... as usual for you! 5* and adding it to my favourites! Merry Christmas! :-D

[@NuLLm3riDiaN]

I do like most of your tutorials because they are easy to fold along with and spare me a lot of time by folding from CP but this one is really nuts. In the end i was able to achieve the finish but i can pretty much figure that many people didn't have had a small idea how to complete this model because you used precreased papers so the people were left alone to do the math on their own at the circled points folds. I would be really nice to see you folding from blanc paper next time ;)

[@DukeCherokee66]

like the lines showing the creases/folds...also, better to see them on plain paper than printed paper. Thanx!

[@BeingBeverly1]

I like your vid! You make it look understandable with the hand motion and the text - {which I guess some people can't read if they are complaining you need to talk}...but I guess you can't do this with thicker paper, right? TFS!

[@suparat123456789]

OMG!! I'm finished in 20 mins!! And I'm only 12!! This is an awsome vid!!

[@Funkndork]

the first corner fold (the top left) goes to some seemingly random point (i thing that's what soyojos meant). That isn't from a fold! it seems the top of that partial crease line would extend to about 1/4 fold?

[@Radjehuty]

I've been lookin at this model for a while now...better give it a shot. Though I don't think I understand the point of the fold you made at 5:00, it seems that's what causes the flap to not fit in the pocket very well. Oh well, thanks for the video :)

[@ThisKENTbe]

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah..... Hirap sa una! pero nagawa ku rin... Ganda!!!

[@mikuluvsmochi1]

My snowball looks amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^

[@Ktayr]

I HOPE I can do this... Looks hard! but i'm gonna give it a shot! =D

[@chatotlover]

thanks man ^^ Really nice and clear. I really liked your style of explaining stuff =) Does it also have a lit?

[@Happyfolding]

Hehe, I was about to comment re fetchbunny to say that, too. You're too quick form e barbabellaatje! :)

[@abbielayla]

Wow. beautiful. congratulations.

[@Shrimpy1020]

That was truly amazing!!! Cannot wait to try it :D

[@fetchbunny]

I love this box, I found the lid, but without your awesome video help, I can't seem to make it. Would you post on how to make the lid? ^.^

[@antonyquach0672]

omg it is hard took me 2 hours to fold it. thanks nice work

[@kritties]

I like the box can't wate to make one. Thank You

[@suryakumar9675]

it's unbelievable. how u get these fabulous ideas

[@teefrmdabay]

they look rea..y cool...and fist comment, rating , and view...yay

[@MaxMerrier]

How did you figure them out?!?! wow that's genius... Thanks for sharing...

[@kevinlee8023]

very good.I like it very much.It will be much better if you put more deital in it .

[@nuria4151]

This beautiful I love the video

[@twoper85]

wow nice very creative

[@reniveizi]

i liked that!

[@705roxy]

beautifullllllll work...but my models suck lol :) but yours look awesome and the tutorial is also very good...slowly and clear... 5*

[@djtanguy]

COOL Y'a juste à l'assemblage, quelques petites pointes de pâte à fixe, parce que je suis un petit joueur ^^ Formidable, j'ai enfin réussi à plier un truc qui ressemble àquelque chose :-D

[@chikitooo.]

Well,somewhere to the end was written NOT for begginers...I'm begginer and i DID it! YAY!

[@Booshibonton]

Great for Hanukah! :D

[@MegaGamingxpert]

NICE ORIGAMI I WILL SUBCRIBE

[@shallowstorm211]

HAPPY NEW YEAR

[@lanmind1024]

How do you find the point at 0:54? The crease pattern is not available.

[@sLiready]

pasmado na si kuya oh .... ^_ __^V

[@arjun1696]

like your origami skils

[@dinuflorian.]

hiii cool im roxana anamica and ii i love origami ever do!

[@BellFlute]

how I'll know where the points should be in my paper?

[@xXJessicaSongXx]

YES!!!! I MADE A SNOWBALL BOX :D

[@ChrisLimjuco]

@chikitoo0 did you use square paper?

[@Timeless14]

where did that point come from at :54???

[@XzahidahX]

is it possible for you to make a lid with this?

[@JaredDev]

:) cool, very cool. Now I know why it's 80 g/ m2.

[@viResPonJa]

pufff it took me some time to join together the modules but i did it. Thanks for the tutorial but i agree with everybody else, that's a little confusing.. i did it because i took the help of maths.. but to begin with u should explain where the first point is located, to make the diagonal possible. Nevertheless thanks!

[@ohsweetmystery]

@lanmind1024 Start the first end of the fold right at the left edge of the paper where the second fold begins and then position the top corner of the paper so it comes down right on top of the line of the first fold. Crease.

[@MrTipptiger]

Thank you for this nice tutorial, but could you please make this tutorial without the pre-made lines, this would be very helpful.

[@ohsweetmystery]

@lanmind1024 Start the first end of the fold right at the left edge of the paper where the second fold begins and then position the top corner of the paper so it comes down right on top of the line of the first fold. Crease. Or use a compass and center it at the left edge of the second horizontal fold, draw an arc starting from the top of the page and where it intersects the first fold is the point you want for the corner to meet.

[@theHenrik]

where the hell do you get the point in step five of your sheet from? :O

[@JUV003]

How do u gift something in it if its open?

[@ImFallingInToDestiny]

Woah, amazing! How to you make it again?

[@arcsat85]

what are the dimensions of paper to be used for this?

[@rocker9904]

6:43 was like a creepy "paper peepers" episode, where the two pieces of paper are gettin it on... which one?? all of them :)

[@PeytonMont]

@tomaatje1 Mom, why are you watching my videos and correcting the others!?!? I'm just kidding, you have a great point with that guy up there.... :D

[@thanhvan231]

Can u use origami paper instead of that paper?

[@lialeuschner3478]

Is the paper a quadrat?

[@jamesyuan97]

nice, nice, very nice.

[@darkangel78917]

i got lost on the first step....how do you make it!!!!!its too hard but very cool

[@MrIbrahimk]

you make make another one but a little bit smaller papper so they can put together, then it will be a box that you can open =)

[@Mendozino6969]

Wow ! 111 people cant do this! THUMS UP IF U AGREE!

[@fanaticayo]

y de doinde salió ese primer punto hacia donde doblas la primera punta???

[@MrKlarsichtfolie]

how should we know where those points are?!

[@hatsunehatsunemikumikumiku]

hello

[@PresentingRachelS]

@damien1989ster traditionally glue, tape and scissors are not used in origami no.

[@Manuelawantsth]

what are the dimensions of paper?

[@milad0823]

i am a begginer and i DID IT, because i can the tactics

[@sandykoong]

I dont get it. The lines on the paper makes it so confusing.

[@Kaksdelatvsecom]

I do it more beautiful.

[@NuLLm3riDiaN]

Big talking about other videos with missing parts, mr. barbabellaatje... But where is the instruction for the lid of the box? :-p

[@PeytonMont]

The Pros. and Cons. about this video.... Pros. -The box was very cool looking and fun! Cons. -You should have had WAY better music! -You should have said at the beginning all the materials you needed instead of towards the middle. -You said it was a BOX not a TOP.... there's a difference! -You should talk more, sometimes your instructions were confusing. That's all I gotta say about that.

[@teefrmdabay]

thank you

[@j98c]

this is very easy

[@jamowa]

The glynn origami. co.uk /Starbox1 link does not work. Keeps sending you to a Scrapbooking Supplies page. )-X

[@madpiratesarah]

I made a pretty awesome snowball..not that i'm showing off or anything! lol

[@hannahkeen8433]

i was like "I don't get a word of this i don't get it" so I just left it and made my own one from newspaper lol

[@JohannWendt]

I like how its called a "christmas" star box, when it resembles the Star of David. Does anybody else think thats ironic?

[@johnputtick7]

Cool goos video

[@LoveMagicAngel]

@bubblesforCK my opinion is that his order of explaining this.. is just wrong.. maybe u can find ur Points by if you got your paper in 3 parts u turn it and fold it in the middle then fold the other half in 3 parts again then u can find ur point because on the first line is where the point is of folding all.. if you understand what i mean (1:10) my english is bad -.-;

[@angelridhu149]

i like it

[@sarahkayekaye]

cn i buy origami paper at wal-mart?

[@ema6ptk]

i made it too, but it doesn't look exactly like the first ones. and the modules are not locked :D.

[@violeta3479]

de donde hiciste esos puntos pues ya el papel esta marcado y no mostraste como ni porque

[@PeytonMont]

@xia6849 your very welcome.... Xp

[@rhyoul]

@Chiavuiful its easy :/ i think barbabelaatje is the best teacher :D

[@chikitooo.]

@Deustchkid i use 16x16

[@ChaoticRupture]

Perfect. Im guving this as a present box for a jewish friend

[@Mathuw]

my name is jeff

[@fintonsawesomestuff]

yes but it works best with a bit heavier paper :)

[@sarahparker7395]

I think paper size is 6"x6" inches squares I will try to make that star box

[@citrusz1245]

That's is a dodecagon. I'm just too much of a nerd :P

[@rafaelaleixo2710]

eu fis só que eu não entendi aquela parate que se setara duas pessas

[@kaibyo.studio]

yey i made a snow ball :D

[@AmiezraBee]

ur tutorial is so confusing.....with all that pre-made lines n creases.. i just cant follow. but ur origami star box is so pretty.

[@1023mitchell]

this is so hard but you have talent but too hard for me.haha

[@echoesact3368]

It'll take me a week just to do one corner!

[@MarlineaQ]

The music sounds like Sims-music, but on Sims they CHANGE songs, they don't play the same song OVER and OVER again -.- Great tutorial though ;P

[@MyWilliam2020]

A pesar del idioma, me salió, pero esa es la caja, me imagino que la tapa la haré igual o unos milimetros más grande para que cierre.

[@Lindermann95]

deberias poner las medidas de cada punto para que los dobleces salgan iguales que el tuyo

[@shocklight78]

@Almaraz901 happy birthday!~!~!~!~!~! have fun [=

[@arelimitzukimewmew]

coooooooooooooolllllllllll

[@lotuspu3]

oh wow, maybe I can use this as a shuriken