No-Glue Box Lantern
Assembly instructions for the No-Glue Box Lantern — a 3.75-inch cube with an attached lid. These steps work for every pattern in the line, so whichever pattern you picked, you’re in the right place.
Downloads straight to your device — no sign-in, and nothing to install.
Know your pieces
Worth thirty seconds before you start folding. Once the parts have names, the steps stop being a puzzle.
Dash lines or score lines
Your download includes two versions of the file, and which one you use depends on your machine.
Score lines are a single pass with a scoring tool or stylus. They crease the cardstock without cutting through it, and they give the cleanest fold.
Dash lines are tiny cuts — a dashed line your blade cuts straight through. Use these if your machine can’t score, or if you’d rather not swap tools mid-cut. The fold is still good, the line is just a little more visible.
Either one works. Pick the one that suits your machine and don’t overthink it.
Something not lining up?
If a step reads wrong, or a piece doesn’t sit the way the diagram says it should, tell me — info@michellewarddesigns.com. I’d rather fix the instructions than have you wrestle with them.