How to make a heart-shaped box with your own hands: a step-by-step master class with a photo

We make bright boxes with our own hands, master class.
To buy or make a gift to a loved one is not everything. It's important to pack beautiful gift. Today we together will learn how to make a simple box-heart made of paper.

Paper heart-shaped box

Materials used:

Step-by-step instruction

  1. Transfer the scheme of the future heart-shaped box to the cardboard. You can print it out or draw it - as it will be more convenient for you.

  2. Cut out the workpiece along the contour. Work with a knife or scissors. Bend the side pieces as shown in the photo.

  3. Collect the box: at the edges of the heart, apply glue and press the corresponding parts.

  4. Let the glue dry - and we get here is such a wonderful box-heart made of paper. The glue must dry completely, so do packing in advance. The size of the heart can vary depending on your preferences and gift settings.

This box is suitable for small presents and sweets. You can make for the holiday several hearts of different colors for their colleagues, close friends, parents and just acquaintances.

And now we will make an open box with a heart in the technique of origami.

Materials used:

Step-by-step instruction

  1. Draw and cut out the scheme of the future box. How it will look depends on your preferences.

  2. Mark the point of the bent with the dashed line. The outline of the heart is colored with a marker of the shade approximated to the color of the paper.

  3. Start folding and gluing the box along the dotted lines. When the package dries, write in a beautiful font the congratulatory words or simply "With Love", fill it with sweets or small souvenirs - a box-heart in the form of an open pocket is ready to please a person close to you!

Miniature box with heart

Materials used:

Step-by-step instruction

  1. Transfer the circuit to the colored paper, cut out the contour.


  2. Bend the workpiece in the places marked in the diagram with a dotted line. Cut in the rest of the places, as shown in the photo.

  3. Collect the box, close the top valves - the box-heart made of paper is ready!

The heart acts here in the role of a lock.

Origami heart caps: video

Having mastered the folding of simple figures, you can start making heart-shaped boxes in your own complex origami technique.

How to make a heart-shaped box of paper with your own hands, watch the video

How to make a modular 3D figurine of a heart for decorating a box, see the video