GIFT BOX

HEART
Tutorial

Size: length 23 cm, width 27 cm, depth 16 cm

Materials and tools: 13 sheets (2 for the bow, 7 for the heart, 4 for the inside) of
A4 or US Letter paper (density of 180-300 g/m2),
glue, ruler, scissors (or stationery knife), awl (or pen without ink)
Amount of detail: 46
Approximate assemble time: 9 hours of fun

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Tutorial
Step by step
Step 1
Print the template on sheets of A4 or US Letter paper or cardboard. For best
results, use thick colored paper in three colors. For this model, I recommend using
paper with a weight of 180 to 300 g/m2. If the paper has a front and a wrong side,
you need to print on the wrong side, which will remain inside the finished model.

Color 1

Color 3

Color 2

Color 1 (the bow) - page 1-2 of the template;

Color 2 (the heart) - page 3-9 of the template;

Color 3 (the inside) - page 10-13 of the template.

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Step 2
Carefully cut out the parts along solid lines with scissors or using a ruler and a
stationery knife.
– solid line

or

Step 3
Push through all the dotted and dashed lines with a ruler and a pen without ink
(an awl, or other similar tool that will push through, but not cut through the
paper).

– dotted line
– dash-dotted line

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Step 4
Bend all the details along the lines, as shown in the figure: along the dotted lines
"valley" (inward), along the dash-dotted lines - "mountain" (outward). Don't
worry about fold corners, the paper will adjust to the correct corners during
assembly.
«mountain»

«valley»

Step 5
Now you can start the most interesting part - assembling the model. At this stage,
you will need the following notation:

Each part has a part number (large gray numbers). Assemble the model in this
sequence. Page 6 shows the position of each part on the model so you can better
understand what you are assembling at a particular moment.
The edges of the parts that will be joined have the same edge ID. Your task is to
find the matching edge IDs and glue them together.

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Apply glue to the flap (on the side opposite the printing side), and stick it so that
the corresponding edges match.

The figure below shows an example of connecting parts:

Collect all parts of the model in the same way. Take your time, be careful and you
will succeed!

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The order of assembly

Cap

1 2
page 3 page 3

3 4
page 3 page 4

5 6
page 1 page 3

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7 8
page 4 page 4

9 10
page 4 page 5

11 12
page 4 page 5

13 14
page 3 page 5

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15 16
page 2 page 5

17 18
page 5 page 6

19 20
page 1 page 6

21 22
page 2 page 2

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23 24
page 1 page 6

25 26
page 6 page 6

Bottom

27 28
page 7 page 8

29 30
page 8 page 9

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31 32
page 9 page 9

33 34
page 7 page 7

35 36
page 7 page 8

37 38
page 10 page 10

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39 40
page 12 page 12

41 42
page 10 page 11

43 44
page 11 page 11

45 46
page 12 page 13

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