What is a casket is known to many, and it is associated, as a rule, with a woman. It is women who like to store for a long time very important, they think, valuable things. Such small boxes are made of different materials. They can be wood, plastic or something more exotic, for example, ivory. However, any woman without much effort can independently make for herself a casket of this size and shape that she most likes. It is quite easy to do this if you use thick paper or cardboard as a "building" material.
If you do not get distracted by various tricks in the form of secret mechanisms, double bottom, different internal departments, you should decide in principle - how to do it? There are two ways: pick up the finished box or cut the full opening of the box, and then fold it. Or collect parts by piece from the blanks. The second and third methods are more labor-intensive - they require certain skills and accuracy. Otherwise, as a result, the box will be a "kosobokoy."Therefore, consider the method of manufacturing from a finished box.
Making a box from the box
Depending on the desired size of the box, you can use a shoe box, for example. There are many options. The surface of the box( outer and inner) is carefully cleaned. It is necessary to "remove" all unnecessary: the remnants of glue, labels, film. Then put the cover on the box. The lid has 4 sides: 2 long and 2 short. Under one of the long, tightly pressing the lid, draw a line with a pencil. Then remove the lid and make on the edges of one of the long sides of the notches( release it).
This side will perform the "role" of the door hinge. The place of its fold for strength can be laid on both sides with adhesive tape. After that, glue the sidewall, focusing on the contoured line, to the box. In the place of gluing it is also desirable to impose a strip of adhesive tape.
That's it, the base of the box with the lid is ready, and now we proceed to the finishing stage. You need to start from the inside. It is better to cover the inside with matter, and here you need some precision. Therefore, you first need to make a "markup" using a sheet of newspaper. We cut out the workpiece, we again check the accuracy of the pattern, and then we cut out the inner lining from the material selected by this template. After that, we paste the material on the inside of the box. Do not forget about the cover.
The outer side can also be sewn with material, colored paper or film. You can simply cover the cardboard with a pattern, and then with a varnish. There is a flight of fantasy for everyone. If desired, for such a box you can make various inserts, cassettes, etc. Everything depends on what you are going to store in it.
Today I told you only about the general method of making the simplest casket. The rest can either come up yourself, or somewhere to read. The main thing is that the result of your work is pleasant to you and convenient in all respects.
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