How to make a paper cube

I will show you how to make an origami paper cube in less than 3 minutes. These paper cubes are really fun to make! After you finish making the cube, you could also try putting a LED inside the cube to make awesome lighting effects! Credit for the LED in the cube goes to gorillazmiko.

Step 1: Beginning fold

All you need is:
A piece of paper
Something that will cut paper

First, you just do a simple fold (shown in the photo).

Comments

[k2iran]

im a master of making this cube bombs!!

fill it with water and booom!! :D

[tweetybirdcheapcheap]

This is a really cool way to make a paper box! Way easier than how my friend explained it. "Uhh, now you fold here, no you don't. You fold here, but that doesn't look right. Umm hold up, wait for just a second..." Haha! It was HILARIOUS! But thanks for the tips!

[midknight5000]

interesting design and good looks but I think I have a better idea of cube that can hold its shape, I think ill post it this weekend. great instructable btw!

[ATTILAtheHUNgry]

In Japanese they call these "Kamifusen" which means "Paper Balloon".

[flamingice]

if you dont crease the edges you can fill it with water through the hole and then you have a water bomb

[Pfarmkid]

I wonder if you could make a hot air balloon out of it

[cc67]

nice instructable. you know, you can fill the hole with water and drop them to a floor (or enemy if youre really angry at him).

[pdmitri]

tnx for the steps,i done a great job with it,but its all crumpled,but that's the way i go,hahahaha

[pdmitri]

my favorite part,haahaha

[pdmitri]

i have used it in a project of mine,and many others want to learn it too

[fduerr1]

50 years ago we used to make water bombs with this design. They, indeed, hold most any liquid of the paper is water (or ?) proof. What we did with the water bombs is another story.

[SirBishop]

The detail looks easy. Will comment on the finished qube later.

[dubeadri]

HOW THE HELL ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO THAT???? i do not understand one bit... lol.. make it easier next time

[ZyZZyvette]

Yeah, I think 2/3 of my edges didn't even have lines to crease on when I started this step. It was looking pretty good before I creased, but now not so much. But I'm clumsy like that I guess. :D

[Fizzy11Fatz]

sweet ill do dat 1 day

[snork8720]

Thanks, I used to make these when I was a kid, forgot about them, til now, and will be teaching my cousins when I see them later. hehehe

One suggestion: instead of steps one/two, because I was really confused as I started with a square paper, being just cut the paper, maybe next time you could say start with a square paper and if you don't have one, --insert step 1/2

[HedgehogNinja]

Sweet... Thank you sooooo much. I have been in need of something like this!!!

[ublind]

Your fold in step 4 is actually called the water bomb fold, some Chinese kids fill those pockets with water and use them as water balloons.

[Ghost-12985]

I was completly lost a step 7 Do you think you could make it a little bit easier?

[Radobot]

Cool!
This is a cool and easy tutorial How make paper cube with one paper square!
This is really easy!!!

[amin001]

wow nice way to make a cube

[adirtyshame]

really nice and easy ... and after blowing it to the cube, fill it with gas from a lighter, set it on fire (on the hole) and you'll have your own party-rocket =)

[Arbitror]

I like the water bomb idea

[FreshPineSent]

Shove an LED in there for an LED cubie.

[Shadow Dragon]

Does anyone like it?

[andiihewes]

i do but only because its simple althought there is some bad points... its not tight enough and you dent tell us what it can be useful for

[stuffman366]

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[jdege]

You missed the last two steps: 11. Fill it with water at the drinking fountain, and 12. Throw it at the girl with the pigtails.

[Arbitror]

Cool...

[GorillazMiko]

I do. Awesome job. Looks pretty easy to do, and nice pictures. Maybe you could add in an LED, then it'll be like the "Awesome led cube" Instructable. Great job! +1 rating.

[Shadow Dragon]

Thanks for the idea! :D I think I might try that right now. :)

[stuffman366]

i make these out of deli wrap then fill them w/water and lob them at people +1

[At Liberty]

I've been lost at step six. Could you kindly elaborate on how I go about the folding in step 6, please?

[Aburame Shino]

You should have the two flaps at the top/bottom and fold the ones pointing to the left and right to the center, so they touch.