Boxes

One can make many different models of boxes of beads. Boxes
There are several ways to make a box of beads.

One way is to make a few flat pieces and glue them together.
All these figures are made on small peg boards.

You select of course yourself which colors and patterns your boxes will have.

The heart-shaped box consists of the base, lid, three flat sides and masking tape as hinges.



Heartshaped box
The hexagonal box consists of the base, three bended sides and a lid.
To get the right angle of the bended sides, you can hold together some hexagonal peg boards with rubber band and use them to help you shape the sides.



Sides for a hexagonal box
Bended corner.

Before you glue together the parts, it may be wise to trim the protruding edges with a scissors. This way will provide you with more surface to glue.
Sides for a hexagonal box
In the lid you glue a hexagonal-shaped ring.Hexagonal box
The star-shaped box consists of the bottom, six unfilled stars and a lid. The unfilled stars will be glued on the bottom plate and on top of each other.

In the lid you will glue a small star.

Star-shaped box