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Waitlist – Origami Boxes & More
About the Class
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll learn to make your own holiday gift boxes, inspired by traditional Japanese folding techniques. Megumi will guide you through mastering each fold and crease, turning simple sheets of paper into boxes that can be gifts in themselves. The focus will be on creating smaller boxes but you’ll also learn how to scale up the boxes using larger sheets of paper for even more versatility. You’ll also learn embellishment techniques of repurposing and upcycling everyday materials to add a personal touch and additional layer of meaning to your gift boxes. Megumi will integrate excerpts from her book “The Soul of Gift Wrapping” explaining not only techniques but the various meanings and historic context of the art of wrapping and folding paper.
Megumi’s book “The Soul of Gift Wrapping: Creative Techniques for Expressing Gratitude, Inspired by the Japanese Art of Giving” will be available to purchase at the workshop.
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About your Instructor
Megumi Inouye
Megumi Inouye is a gift wrapping and packaging artist known for her sustainable wrapping designs and inventive techniques inspired by her Japanese heritage.
She is the author of “The Soul of Gift Wrapping: Creative Techniques for Expressing Gratitude, Inspired by the Japanese Art of Giving” and has been featured in American Craft magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, Yahoo Lifestyle News and on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
https://www.giftwrapbymegumi.com/
@giftwrapbymegumi
This Session
December 9, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Experience Level
All Levels, Beginning, Intermediate and AdvancedAges
Adults
$40 Registration Fee
$10 Materials Fee
Class FAQ
We ask that you notify us at least 10 days in advance of a class if you need to cancel your registration. You may cancel by phone or email and we will gladly offer you a refund or credit toward a future class. If you cancel with less than 10 days’ notice, we will not be able to provide refunds, due to our contractual obligations and material purchases for each class.
Sometimes, the Sonoma Community Center has to cancel a class due to low enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as a natural disaster or health emergency. If this happens and we do not offer a reschedule date, you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee (minus the payment processing and services fee), or credit towards a future class. If we are able to offer a reschedule date but you are unable to make the new date, we will gladly offer credit towards a future class.
All credits must be used within 1 year.
You can view our full class policies and guidelines here.
The Sonoma Community Center is committed to creating an accessible learning environment. If you require any special considerations(medical, physical, learning) please share them with Sean Baskin, Program Associate, by emailing him at [email protected] so that he can forward them to the relevant Program Director and Instructor.
Late additions to any program, class, or workshop that has already begun will be allowed on a per-case basis depending upon the Program Director & instructors approval. Late additions will have to pay the full registration cost of the class, along with any materials fees, and will not be prorated for the time missed. You may reach out to the program directors directly, or the Program Associate Sean Baskin at [email protected] to request a late addition.
We are always looking for new instructors. You can fill out the form directly here.
