Tato and Self-Closing Containers

This page is about tatos and other self-closing origami containers. Tatos are of Japanese origin: they are flat, decorative packets used to store small items such as buttons, thread, and needles.

Self-Closing Origami Containers Diagrams: Bodleian Box (Melisande) Box (MV Anglada) Closed Pentagon Box (Melisande) Cubic Box (Gerardo) Double Compartment Box (D Brill) Double Layer Box (J Casoblanco) 4-Leaf Tato Box (Melisande) Geneve Tato Box: pg 1, 2 (Melisande) Gift Box (R Glynn) Hexagonal Twist Box (David_paperfold) Iso-area Rect. Solid (T May) Jasper's box: 1, 2, 3 (Jasper) Lidded Cube Box (D Brill) $Origami Boxes (J Beebe) Rose Candy Box (leidygra) Temate Baku: 1, 2 (van Gelder) Triangular Gift Box (A Tubis) Twist Top (Flower) Box (C Giusto) Crease Pattern only: Compase Rose Box (Chapman-Bell) photo Guiness Box (Chapman-Bell) photo Movie Reel Box (Chapman-Bell) photo Octogonal Tato Box (Melisande) One Piece Twist Box (AnC Christensen) Petal Box & variation (Ekiguchi/Jaramillo) Tato Box of NY (Chapman-Bell) photo

Tatos and Envelope-like Packets 2x2 Envelope (Gerardo) Butterfly Tato (M Brina) Claudine's Ur Tato (Chapman-Bell) *Flower Tato Blossom: 1, 2 (GM Gross) *Flower Tato Star: 1 (GM Gross) *Pinwheel Tato: 1, 2, 3 (GM Gross) *Pleated Triangle: 1, 2 (GM Gross) Pumpkin Tato (M Brina) Spiral Data Tato (Chapman-Bell) **Tato: pg 1, 2, 3, 4 (D Mitchell) Trio of Tatos (T May) Victorian Puzzle Purse (ORC) [From *MiniGami by Gay Merrill Gross; and **Complete Origami by David Mitchell; posted with permission.]

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Books about Origami Boxes

Origami Boxes by Tomoko Fuse (see book review)
Origami Boxes and More! by F Temko (book review)
Unfolding Mathematics with Origami Boxes (book review)
Fun With Folded Fabric Boxes by C Mills & A Tubis
Fabulous Origami Boxes by Tomoko Fuse
Quick & Easy Origami Boxes by Tomoko Fuse

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