Other Mother Box

Step 4 Cut Your Box Pieces

For this step you'll need your craft knife, ruler and illustration board with transferred designs (Photo 1).

Using the lines on your board as a guide to align the ruler, cut out your box top and bottom (Photo 2). Remember that you are only cutting the outside lines. Do not try to cut through the entire piece of illustration board in one pass. I often take as many as six passes with the knife to fully cut a piece (Photo 3). This makes for smoother cuts and less Band-aid incidents.