Origami Candy Box Paper Craft: An Easy And Fun Tutorial

Today, you can learn how to fold a cute and functional candy box with just a piece of paper using the ancient art of origami. This step-by-step guide makes it easy and enjoyable to make your own unique candy box, and it’s suitable for beginners too.

With just a few creases and a little glue, you can make a beautiful candy box that can be used as decoration for any occasion, including in the candy dish at Halloween, birthdays, Christmas, and even on Valentine’s Day.

Place some candy or chocolates inside this beautiful little box, and you can even use it as a homemade birthday gift.

Two folded origami candy boxes on a white background from Skip to My Lou. — You’ll learn to fold this fun origami candy in a few simple steps.

At Skip to My Lou, we have so many paper crafts and creative activities featuring various paper shapes, including A Step-by-Step Guide to Folding an Origami Shirt and Tie, Folding An Easy Origami Leaf: A Step-by-Step Guide, Origami Heart Sucker Covers, and many more.

Why don’t you try them out?

Supplies

For this tutorial, you will need the following supplies:

A pair of scissors
A square sheet of paper (you can use origami paper, but I love using wrapping paper with different patterns)
A pair of scissors
Glue stick
String

Video: How to Fold an Easy Origami Candy Box

Step-by-Step Guide: Folding An Origami Candy Box

Follow these step-by-step instructions to fold your origami candy box. What the video first to give you an excellent idea of what to expect.

Step 1: You need a square piece of paper like this to start.

Two hands holding a pink piece of square paper with orange dots on it. — Start with a square piece of paper.

Step 2: Start by making a fold on the right side as shown in the image below. Make sure to squash the fold down and form a good crease. Now unfold, take a pair of scissors, and cut along that crease.

Two pieces of pink paper with orange dots. The second piece of paper has been cut along the fold made earlier. — Cut along the crease.

Step 3: Take the largest piece of paper and make a small fold from the bottom upwards, as shown in the image below. Then fold the paper in half from the bottom to opposite end on top.

Two hands making a small fold at the bottom of the bigger piece of pink paper with orange dots. — Make a small fold at the bottom.

Two hands folding the of pink paper with orange dots in half from the bottom to the top. — Fold in half.

Step 4: Now fold in half again.

Two hands folding the of pink paper with orange dots in half in half again. — Make another fold in half.

Step 5: Unfold the paper place some glue along the small bottom fold and secure the paper in place on the half fold. If you are unsure of this step, the video shows it clearly.

Two hand placing glue along the bottom of the unfolded pink paper with orange dots.

Two hand securing the bottom of the bottom of folded pink paper with orange dots where glue was applied to the top section. — Fold and secure.

Step 6: Turn the paper 90 degrees and fold it in half from the bottom towards the top.

Two hands folding the bottom of the paper in half towards the top after it has been turned 90 degrees. — Fold the bottom towards the top.

Two hands securing the fold to form a square. — It should look like this when you are done.

Step 7: Unfold the paper again, and now make a smaller fold at the bottom as shown in the image below. Do the same at the top.

Two hands making a fold at the bottom of the pink paper with orange dots. — Make a fold at the bottom.

Two hands making a fold at the top of the pink paper with orange dots. — And at the top.

Step 8: Now fold the paper in half along the center line as shown in the images below. If you are unsure of the fold to make, watch the video which shows this clearly.

Two hands folding the paper in half along the center line. — Fold in half along the center line.

Step 9: Now take your scissors and cut off the corners at a 45-degree angle.

Two hands using a scissors to cut of all the corners at a 45 degree angle. — Cut off all four corners at a 45-degree angle.

Two hands holding the paper once it has been cut. — Your paper will now look like this once done.

Step 10: Unfold the paper once again. Now make a fold on the right-hand side as shown in the image below and then do the same on the left-hand side.

Two hands unfolding the paper. — Unfold the paper.

Two hands folding the right hand side. — Fold the right-hand side.

Two hand folding the left hand side. — Then fold the left-hand side.

Step 11: Now make a smaller fold on the right-hand side as well as the left-hand side as shown in the images below.

Two hand making a smaller fold the right hand side. — Make a smaller fold on the right-hand side.

Two hand making a smaller fold the left hand side. — Make the same fold on the left-hand side.

Step 12: Open the paper using your finger and ensure all the creases are folded properly to form a square box shape.

Two hands opening the folded paper to form a box shape. — Open the paper to form a box.

Two hands ensuring all the creases are tightly folded to enhance the box shape. — Ensure all the crease lines are pushed down tight to enhance the box shape.

Step 13: Tie some string to either end and your origami paper candy is complete. Make sure you put any sweets inside before you secure the final piece of string.

A completed origami paper candy. — Beautiful, isn’t it!

Other Paper Crafts to Try

Be sure to try some of the other paper crafts we have on Skip to My Lou.

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