Orchid surprise box

Box with a surprise - here is the original small one present, which will surprise and delight with its unusualness. The idea of the gift is that in addition to its elegant appearance, the box contains contents in the form of a lovely three-dimensional orchid flower.

For work we will prepare the following materials and tools:
Colored paper, a sheet of cardboard, lace paper napkins, elements for scrapbooking. If there are no ribbons, stripes and other parts from the scrap kit, then we use printed pictures, sequins, and paper-based foil. You will also need a glue stick and some Titan glue.

The box itself consists of two parts. To make the bottom part, we line a sheet of decorative cardboard into nine equal squares. From the resulting lined field, cut out the corner squares, leaving a cross-shaped shape.

In the folds around the central square, using a ruler, we draw along the lines with a pointed object, for example, the end of scissors. This way we get neat, even folds.

We decorate the inside of the folding sides of the box with pictures for scrapbooking, photographs or appliques. We use a glue stick.
We cover the outside of the box with fragments of lace napkins, ornaments, sparkles, and other decor.

The box lid is made from the remaining four squares. We bend each square, wrapping 1/3 of a piece of cardboard. Then we glue the connected parts in the center, after checking that the lid tightly closes the box.

Next, glue along the side seams with decorative foil, glue decor: pictures, a butterfly made of rhinestones (we use Titan glue for it), figured sparkles.

We will make orchid flowers from thick colored glossy paper. To do this, download the template or draw yourself a complex flower of this royal vine, transfer the contours to colored paper and cut it out.

Using a felt-tip pen, we apply small, frequent dots along the petals of the center of the flower, imitating the color of a real flower. We curl each petal with a pen or pencil to add volume.

The orchid's leaves are simple, belt-shaped, and can be cut out without a template. Draw the central fold with a green felt-tip pen.

To get a movable flexible peduncle of an orchid that will tremble with bright flowers and look alive, we cut it out from a fragment of a green plastic bottle and make cuts for the branch branches.

We bend the tip at a right angle, and glue the flowers collected from the petals onto the branches.

We use double-sided tape. We attach a peduncle with flowers to the center of the bottom, then the orchid leaves on top of it, covering the junction with them.

Lift the sides of the box up and close it with the lid.
When closed, you get an elegant gift box. As soon as you lift the lid, its walls will move apart, revealing a fluttering, like a living orchid.