How to make a box of paper by gluing and 'lock' ways

From a young age, it is necessary to develop spatial thinking in children , which they will need later in the study of trigonometry and simply in practical life. All these skills are developed when performing simple work on making the simplest designs from paper, for example, when making a rectangular box, a pencil cup, a triangular prism, or a box with a hexagonal bottom.

Since it is not difficult to make a box of paper, it is necessary to start with this model. First you need to make a pattern of the box. If the child is already in primary school and knows how to work with a ruler and a pencil, then you can entrust this work to him. If the baby is still very small, then it will be necessary to draw a pattern for the adult himself. However, it is best to do this in front of the child, explaining to him aloud their actions. Children have very developed visual memory, and soon enough he will understand how to make a box with their own hands without the help of an adult or independently glue a cube of cardboard for various board games.

If you plan to use this item later to store accessories, then there is nothing better than to make a box of solid cardboard with a lid, and then pasted it with colorful pictures or old postcards. After the child understands, as Make a box of paper, you can teach him how to sew beautiful boxes from postcards. But first all the same you need to learn how to make a pattern from ordinary paper.

So, we begin the construction from the construction of a rectangular bottom - the bottom. We draw a rectangle with a width "A" and a length "B". On both long sides of the "B" we add rectangles - the walls so that the sides of the bottom equal to "B" belong simultaneously to the bottom and the walls of the future box. The width of the rectangles - the walls (the height of the box) will be equal to "C". To one of the walls also on the side of "B" we attach the rectangle of the cover. It must be identical to the bottom.

Now you need to build the end walls of the box. To do this, we add rectangles to the sides of the bottom equal to "A". These rectangles have all the dimensions already set, since the second side of it (the height of the box) should be equal to the second side of the wall "C".

The basic drawing is ready. There came a time when you need to think about the final stage of construction. It is necessary to provide a place for subsequent application of glue. For this, to both sides of the end walls, which are equal to the height of the "C" box, it is required to make trapezoidal auxiliary constructions. It is thanks to these glue "locks" that the box receives and keeps the present form.

The last stages of manufacturing this model are cutting out the contour of the model, bending the drawing along lines and direct gluing.

And you can also learn how to make a box of paper in a glue-free way. This method is often used to make various boxes for Christmas gifts. Simulation of the drawing pattern remains the same. Just add on the sides of the box (not the front) of the height "C" two additional "lock". They need to be built not in the form of a trapezoid, the base of the wall supported on the whole side, but only two small trapezes on each side of the "C" - from above and from the bottom of the side. When cutting, you need to make small incisions on both sides of the lock trapezium so that the middle of the base they hold tightly to the wall. If the free parts of the "locks" are bent inward, they can be inserted into a hole of the appropriate size. If the ends of the "locks" are then unbent, the wall will snap securely into this position.

Now it is necessary to modify and end "locks" of the box. On the contour of the box, between the "lock" trapezoid and directly the end wall itself, it is necessary to cut through the entrances for the "locks" of the walls - they must exactly match the location and size with the folded "locks".

Now everyone understands how to make a box of paper by gluing and without glue? After all, the most important thing in this process is perseverance and accuracy, and this, of course, can not be taught in the article!