Origami is the ideal craft for anyone who likes to create with their hands. The projects in this book can help you express your creativity by folding wonderful containers out of single sheets of paper, perfect for gift-giving or display around the house. Origami Boxes features designs for 24 boxes that range from traditional to unique, including a Row of Boxes, Round Bowl, and Triangle Gift Box created by origami expert Florence Temko. Each box is explained with easy-to-follow diagrams and illustrated with a photograph of the finished project. A section on folding techniques makes it easy to get started, with special tips on how to adapt boxes to different sizes and papers. This book is sure to provide hours of entertainment for both children and adults.

FLORENCE TEMKO was known internationally for her expertise in paper arts and folk crafts. She was the author of more than fifty how-to craft books with more than 2.5 million copies in print, and had presented hundreds of hands-on programs in schools, universities, libraries, and museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. She had traveled in thirty-one countries and had appeared many times on television. She had contributed to the New York Sunday Times, the Boston Globe, and other newspapers and magazines. She lived in San Diego, California, where she was a consultant to the Mingei International Museum.