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This is a charming little box for St. Patrick's day -- when opened, it has a delightful reveal.
It is made from a scalloped octagon, a thoroughly impure medium for origami. (Most folders eschew anything that is not square. Some of the broader-minded origamistas will allow for the use of convex polygons. No one will sanction this shape.) A piece of letter paper will yield a box 2¼ inches (5.71cm) wide. Here, I've blown up the model at a local print shop,so it looks a little bigger.
This is a charming little box for St. Patrick's day -- when opened, it has a delightful reveal.
It is made from a scalloped octagon, a thoroughly impure medium for origami. (Most folders eschew anything that is not square. Some of the broader-minded origamistas will allow for the use of convex polygons. No one will sanction this shape.) A piece of letter paper will yield a box 2¼ inches (5.71cm) wide. Here, I've blown up the model at a local print shop,so it looks a little bigger.
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Here you are, a nice PDF of the Guinness Box model. As you can see, the shape is that of a scalloped octagon. Print this and then cut it out -- extra points for accuracy, here. Cutting around the scallops can be persnickety.
Also included here, for your edification and maybe pleasure, is a PDF of the model without all the artwork. This is CC stuff -- feel free to whup up your own boxes.
Also included here, for your edification and maybe pleasure, is a PDF of the model without all the artwork. This is CC stuff -- feel free to whup up your own boxes.
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There should be a space between the fearr and de in that terrible irish translation :P
Since you apparently think you answered my question, I printed out the pdf with the beer commercial on it and folded it together myself.
Readers, the "box" part is about one inch (1" or 2.5cm) in height and about one and seven eights inches (1 7/8" or 4.7cm) in diameter at the bottom. The top is indeed wider at about two and one half inches (2 1/5" or 6.5cm) in diameter. It is indeed a perfect little "box" for tiny presents.
Since all I was trying to do was figure out the dimensions of the "box," I did not diligently crease my folds as accurately as possible. This messed up the shamrock image. I suggest you use the pdf without the preprinted shamrock then be very careful about your folds. That, or use paint or markers to draw an image on top after folding the "box" together.