DIY Magic Folding Photo Cube
by
Sahana
4 Materials
$5
2 Weeks
Medium
Photo cubes are always a popular room decor as well as a nice keepsake for gifting. When the photo cube is a folding and magically interactive then no words are needed to explain that. This is a quite popular DIY which I wanted to attempt making for a long time. Many tutorials online show it as easy as taking a group of 8 cubes and gluing the photos and making cuts here and there but I realized that it is not that easy to make. I failed many times and finally figured a solution. I will be sharing the steps I failed and what I finally did to make it work.Let's get to the making.
Stack a set of 4 cubes on top of another set of 4 cubes. Glue copy paper on each side to secure the cubes together. Glue one side at a time, allow the glue to dry, trim the excess paper using the craft knife and repeat the steps to cover other 5 sides.
Now comes the important part of making slits to turn it into a magic folding cube. Decide which side to be the top part and follow the pictures shown above to make the cut for the outer part of the cube you just made in the previous step using a craft knife. For the remaining sides and how to complete the photo cube, click here.
What do you think about this photo cube? Have you attempted to make something like this? I am very excited how this turned out even though I failed two times. I am happy that I could able to find a way though, it took me a month long. (So little time as I am taking care of my 9-month-old son). Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
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Cute project but didn’t like the fact when I clicked the link to see how to make it comes up an error msg. No more details. Sad
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What?! I'm baffled as to how this works. I've got to give it a try. Guessing it would make a fun birthday gift for my SIL's mom, who is such a lovely person. We have such fun sharing our grandsons. Thanks for posting this unique idea!
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