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Christmas box Anonymous
I've had an idea of a Christmas gift consisting of a box where you'd pull the bow or whatever upwards and it'd pull out a tree, something like the one in the picture.

Now, I've no experience in designing papercraft and I'm not quite sure how this would work, so I'm asking for /po/'s help here. How could I make it work?
>> Anonymous
Seconded. If this is possible, I'd love to try it!
>> Anonymous
make that tree, then make a box, make a platform below the tree, when you open the box, the platform is pulled by the top of the box and you get a tree
>> To sage or not to sage... that is the question. !!u7H15vJR6mX
You're looking for something pretty complicated. No matter how you worked it, you'd lose a lot of detail on your tree in making it collapsing.

If the tree was nothing but a cone shape, you could slice it in layers, and add a slight lip to keep them from coming apart; the result would end up as rings inside of rings, allowing you to recreate the tree via a telescoping movement -- sort of like the toy lightsabers from Star Wars.

In case anyone wants the tree you posted, it's at
http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/event/xmastree_basic_e.html
>> Anonymous
I think I might actually try and make that...It sounds interesting and there is a possibility of WIN...WHY NOT?
>> Anonymous
christ people.
Step 1: making a fucking accordian shaped cone. put a bow on the damn top.
Step 2: pull
Step 3:...
Step 4:profit
>> Anonymous
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Easier than an accordian cone would be a spiral, and you could pull the center up to make a tree as well.

Otherwise I remember doing these kirigami things during the kiddy days. You can pull it out to make a tree-like thing too, but I forgot how. I'm sure some anon would know the way to do this =)
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fail haha
>> Anonymous
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Sounds like a crappy idea

How about an unfolding accordion card/ornament, they're easy to make

http://www.gagatree.com/wblue1.html
>> Anonymous
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Once you learn accordion style folding ornaments they are ridiculously easy to make
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well couldnt find a xmas tree shaped one but you get the idea
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>> ANON !!h3KpZcKKNah
I didn't know they still made these - used to have them every Xmas when I was little (not long after the dinosaurs became extinct!)
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>>104961

basically take a stack of tissue papers flat, crease them down the middle, fold and apply a thin line of glue to glue each sheet to the next so they are connected in middle.

cut out desired shape

have then laying flat and all in a stack, take the very bottom piece of tissue paper and make tiny dots of glue equally spaced along the outside rim of your shape, make the dots no less than 1 1/2 or 2 inches spaced. Dont let the glue bleed through

Lay the next paper down on that gently

Now on top of that piece apply another line of equal spaced dots of glue, but not over the same location- you'll apply these 'between' where you did the first (like laying bricks)

Keep doing that with tiny glue dots and let dry

Unfold for glorious accordion decoration
>> Anonymous
>>105007
I learned it a slightly different way: take your stack of tissues, sew them together down the middle, then fold along the seam and proceed as usual.

Only downside to that method is you have to know how to hand-sew, as I can't see it surviving in a machine (I used to quilt so I should know).
>> Anonymous
>>105092

perhaps on a 1" stitch and using very LIGHT PRESSURE on the pedal
>> sage
>>105195
...Maybe I should rephrase that as "my machine." Some sewing machines don't have adjustable feed dogs, and I can see that causing paper damage.