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Twist Top Holly Box Tutorial


twist top box holly leaf

How to make a twist top holly treat box or candy box

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Cut and score.

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Mountain fold horizontal and vertical creases. Valley fold diagonal creases.

Curl box around and glue together at the vertical join. Do not glue the bottom yet.

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Crease all holly leaves firmly in half.
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Close the box by collapsing each section, working around in a circle. If you are having trouble, check that your diagonal creases are still valley folded and your vertical creases are still mountain folded. I find that the folds on the last section tends to want to reverse as I work my way around collapsing the top.

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Unfold each holly leaf.

Glue box bottom to bottom tabs.


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