It may seem that making a paper cube is difficult. However, this is only at first glance. Follow our instructions and you will succeed. You can use 1, 2, or 3 colors or maybe each of the 6 parts will be of different color. This is even more interesting! So, let’s begin.
Step 1
Cut out 6 squares of paper measuring 12×12 cm. You can make them 15×15 cm or larger, depending on what kind of cube you want to make.
Step 2
Let’s make the first part.
Step 3
Place the paper face down and fold it in half to form a horizontal fold.
Step 4
Fold together the right and left corners and pinch in the center of the shape.
Step 5
You should get a small fold.
Step 6
Bend the bottom and then the top corners, so that their edges meet exactly in the center.
Step 8
The shape is visually divided into two parts – upper and lower. Fold in half towards the center, first one, then the other.
Step 10
Bend the side corners towards the center.
Step 12
Bend the corners as shown in the photo: first the bottom right, then the top left.
Step 14
Hide the bent right corner into the “pocket”.
Step 16
Do the same with the left corner.
Step 18
Turn the shape over and fold the corners.
Step 20
Repeat the steps to make five more parts of the future cube.
Step 21
Now, you can begin to connect the parts.
Step 22
Take two of them and fold them as shown in the photo.
Step 25
Carefully turn the shape over and make assisting folds.
Step 27
It’s time to add the fourth detail – the top one. You would connect it with the orange part, and then with the yellow one.
Step 28
The first four sides of the cube are ready.
Step 29
Turn the figure once away from you.
Step 30
Add another part (yellow on the photo).
Step 31
Turn the cube over to the opposite side and complete the right side.
Step 32
In the photo, the corner of the yellow part is inserted into the “pocket”.
Step 33
Add the last left side. In the photo, the corner of the orange part is placed into the “pocket”.
Step 34
Flip the cube over to the opposite side and complete the left side.
Step 35
All you have left to do is put the remaining corners into the “pockets”.
Step 36
In the photo, they are red.
We are sure that you will want to repeat this origami in a different color and size. Such a beautiful result! You can also hide a note with a wish for the future in a paper cube or make a kind of piggy bank – no one will guess about its function, and besides, it will not need to be broken.