Making Mini Packaging and Painting It

11 days ago

Hello, how are you? I saw a lot of my cousin's boxes from the coupon bond he bought online lying around his working table, so as not to waste the packaging and to save Mother Earth with just a little recycling, I decided to make a packaging box again, but this time a mini one.

This is perfect packaging for one keychain packing only, so I am so excited to use it for my plan.

Materials I Used:

Cardboard Box
Cutter
Pen
Jar with Water
Cutting Mat

Metal Ruler
Glue
Gouache Paint
Paint Brush
Mini Spatula

Craft Time!

I cut the cardboard box into pieces sort it by size. I am going to use the smallest cardboard for today's packaging. I make sure the printed part is facing me, so that the blank part is the one on display, which is the part I am going to paint later.

Using the metal ruler, I scorch each side of the cardboard, and I use the width of the ruler for the thickness of the packaging.

Same as I do to the corner, I first measure what the center of the cardboard is by using the ruler.

I divide that measurement into two, and that is the middle part of the cardboard. Mark it using a pen, using the ruler again, I am going to place it on the mark, but make sure the mark is in the center of the ruler.

Now that I have placed it in the middle, I am going to scorch it using the cutter.

I fold those corners I scorch earlier, and I am going to completely cut the corners and the middle corners just like I did to the photo. And then I assembled it to test if it is fit.

To assemble it, I am going to glue each corner I cut and apply glue using this mini spatula tool. I make sure to glue the outer part just like I did in the photo.

Let the glue rest for a minute before gluing the cardboard together. After a minute, I stick everything together. The glue I use is thick, so it is easy to stick it together. If the glue you're using is runny, make sure to do the resting first.