Hinged Box Tutorial

Hinged Box Tutorial

Box Tutorial

Dear friends so sorry I have not been over to your blogs--was suffering from a bad flu! And this is the promised tutorial for the hinged box.

Box Tutorial

I love the way the box lid opens in a hinged fashion.Added some quilling and punchcraft flowers to the lid of my hinged box.

Box Tutorial

Materials required to make the box

Card stock -not too thick!

Scoring tool -use a bone folder or anything pointed like a blunt knife or a ball point pen which has run out of ink

Score board or scale to measure

Glue- I prefer white glue fevicol MR
Scissors

Sharing the instructions to make a box 3.5 x 3.5 inches and 1 inch in depth.I wanted this dimension to serve as a box for a 3x 3 inch post it note holder.Shall later share the trick to make any sized hinged box!

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Take a 10 x 5.5 inch card.

On the 10 inch long side, score at 1, 4.5,5.5 and 9 inches.If you dont have a score board that will translate to score intervals of 1 inch , 3.5 inches,1 inch and 3.5 inches [leaving 1 inch at the end] to make a 3.5inch wide hinged box.

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Turn the card 90 degree and score at 1 and 4.5. If you dont have a score board that will translate to score intervals of 1 inch and 3.5 inches  [leaving 1 inch at the end] to make a 3.5inch square hinged box.

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Once your lines are scored.Cut on the parts as indicated by the red lines above in the box template

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Valley fold on all the score lines.If you wish for a more polished look for your final box, wedge cut all 6 squares as shown in the box template.

Box Template

More modifications[optional]:If you wish to avoid the flappy appearance some hinged box lids have,chop off a triangular wedge from the lid flap as shown in the box template .

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To give the lid a professional look and make it easier to open the box, punch out a semicircle on the center of the lid flap as shown in the box tutorial.

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Apply glue on the outside of the square flaps and glue one by one to make the base, hinge and lid of your hinged box.

Box Tutorial

The picture below shows the glue on the square tab of the hinge area of the box.

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Once all tabs are glued in position,you  have your basic hinged box.

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To make it easy to open your box and also glamorize it a bit ,stick on the lid and base pieces of card which are slightly larger than your hinged box.

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To make any sized hinged box

Box Tutorial

In the box template above ,b and c are how wide and long the final box will be and a is the depth of the box. To calculate what size of card stock required to make a box of desired dimensions

Width of card stock required =2 a + c

Length of card stock required= 3 a + 2 b 

So if you want a box measuring 3 inch long x 2inch wide x 1 inch depth ; Width of card required = 2 x 1 +3=5 and Length of card required = 3 x 1+ 2 x 2=7. So using a 5 x 7 inches paper you can make a 3x 2 x 1 hinged box.And if you are with me till now, you can actually use these algebra equations to figure out the dimensions of the box you can make from a given sized paper! 

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Dont be daunted by the maths [I dont enjoy maths myself but algebra was always a favorite !] ,this is one of the easiest boxes to make!Do try it!

Edited :this hinged box came top 3 at Dream Valley Challenge