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We all know Luniboxes, they are sweet 3D art boxes that are made up by layering up paper cutouts one upon another.

You can either buy one of those that come pre-assembled from Urelas or create your own, today we’re gonna try and create one of our own Luniboxes.

Materials required:

• Wood board 8 x 1 cm (2 x 27 cm; 2 x 20 cm)



• Wood stripe 1 x 1 cm (2 x 25 cm; 2 x 18 cm)


• Plywood 22 x 27 cm


• White card stock (170 grams thickness)


• Copy paper (80 grams thickness)


• Foam core board


• Glass panel 20 x 25 cm


• RGB LED strip lights


• White glue


• Wood glue


• Paint


• Screws 4 x 16 mm


• Pins

Step 1: Draw layers

Start by drawing outlinings of your scenery on different papers. The trick here is to keep each forward layer smaller, or at least taking lesser canvas space, than its predecessor.

Step 2: Cut it out

Use an X-Acto knife to cut out each drawing that you’ve made. Keep your cutouts as precise as you can – which is the prime reason we’ve recommended getting an X-Acto knife as they’re designed for utmost precision.

However, if you don’t have one, you can always use one of those stationary utility knives, the cutouts should turn out fine unless you’ve drawn something too complicated.

Step 3: Resemble the layers

Use thermocol (foam) pieces to form spaces between each layer. This is a crucial step as you don’t want too much of a space or the effect will be demolished. Keep them too close and lights won’t pass through.

Ideally, we recommend keeping them 0.8-1.0 cms away from each other. Maintain consistency.

Step 4: Create your wooden box

You can buy these pre-made as well, or make up your own. Their size should encompass the layers you’ve made, along with the slabs causing spaces between each layer.

You can choose to paint your wooden box (frame).

Step 5: Make a back & light it up

Use a white cardboard sheet or hard paper to create your back for the Lunibox. Lay down your RGB strip and create a small hole for the strip’s powering wire to go out.

Use strong glue to stick your RGB with the back. For multiple colored – gradient effect – you can place one of your RGB strips on top of the back and another on the bottom.

Step 6: Turn it on!

And there you have it! A gorgeous art piece that you can finally gift to that displeased girlfriend of yours, she just won’t talk, eh? Try this.