DIY Recycled Gift Boxes

A few weeks ago Louis Vuitton mailed me a magazine/book. The pages were made of heavy print material and the images were just beautiful. Of course there is no point in being a hoarder and keeping it around the house after reading it, but at the same time I thought it was too nice to throw away.

I was taught a little DIY trick in elementary school with old Christmas and birthday cards. You turn them into mini gift boxes!

What you will need:
Ruler
Pencil
Eraser
Scissors
Stapler
2 pieces of hard paper/ soft cardboard which are the same size

Step One: Trimming
Trim about half a centimeter off the bottom and side of one piece of the paper (this will be the bottom part of the box). If the lid and base are the same size, the lid would not fit. Therefore, the bottom piece of the box/paper needs to be a tad smaller than the top piece.

Step Two: X it
Using a ruler draw a line from top left corner to bottom right corner and a line from the top right corner to the bottom left. Creating an X across the paper.

Step Three: Folding Time
Fold the four sides of paper to the center point of the X. Now your piece of paper should have these creases in it. Then using the eraser, erase all the pencil markings.

Step Four: Cutting Time
I think the photo is self explanatory lol

Step Five: Folding  and stapling time!
Fold over the edge and staple it! and Repeat on both ends.

Now repeat steps one through five for the other part of the box!