Jeszie: origami tissue holder

Friday, June 15, 2012

origami tissue holder

this paper tissue holder can hold 2 or 3 tissues. i use them because i like to go light on the things i carry around with me. i don't use the whole plastic pouch of tissues before it gets destroyed. so i feel like i'm wasting them. it also has a higher cute factor then the plastic pouch of tissues.

start with a piece of 9x9 craft paper. i cut mine down from a 12x12 piece.

fold it in half making a triangle

open it up

fold it in half again and open it up. y'all should have an X folded in the paper.

fold the corners into the center

now open it all back up

fold a corner to the line made in the last step.

open it up

fold the opposite corner to the same fold line

fold the corner back to the edge

fold the center edge in. take it slow there is a hidden fold line on the colorful part of the paper there. use that as a guide.

now fold the opposite corner the same way

flip it over

fold one side in

if you flip it back over it should look like this

fold the other side in

then tuck one side into the flap of the other

flip it back over, it should look like this

fold it in half along the opening

stuff the tissues in

i like to use a piece 9x9 craft paper. but we don't always have a piece of craft paper on hand so a standard piece of printer paper will work. y'all just need it to be a square.

fold one of the long edges over to the other long edge making a triangle shape.

fold the rectangle bit sticking out along the edge of the triangle. then open it up and fold the edge the opposite way to weaken the edge of the rectangle along the side of the triangle.

carefully cut or tear (we don't always have scissors with us) along the edge of the rectangle piece

y'all should have a square piece of paper and a rectangle now. toss the rectangle or keep it for another project later. we just want the square right now.

head back to the beginning of this tutorial and follow the steps with the square you made. the first fold is already done.