Hi all! Thanks for visiting the blog! We continue to prepare for the New Year and today’s topic: how to wrap gifts with your own hands.
I’m willing to bet that you’ve already felt that the New Year is approaching soon, fortunately, tons of themed TV advertisements and elegant store windows inviting Christmas sales are unlikely to let us forget about the New Year’s bustle. Surely you have already thought about and, and, of course, about gifts for friends and family! In order for the gifts to be remembered by your loved ones for a long time and become a joyful, long-awaited surprise, I recommend taking care of beautiful packaging in advance. Of course, you can turn to a specialist, but beautifully decorated gifts are not cheap, and handmade packaging, even if not entirely perfect, is a great way to express love and show attention.
The usual shiny wrapping paper has long looked old-fashioned and uninteresting. It looks cheap and is not that easy to use. An excellent alternative is the simplest rough kraft paper that you can buy at an office supply store. It is dense, eco-friendly, neutral - an ideal basis for any holiday decor.
Ribbons, pieces of lace, bright threads, buttons, lace napkins, Christmas tree decorations, sparkles and feathers - you can use everything you have at hand!
The combination of wrapping paper and satin ribbons looks very elegant and sophisticated.
Craft paper, scraps of colorful fabric, a piece of twine and a little imagination - the original designer packaging is ready.
If you wish, you can make cards yourself by cutting them out of beautiful paper or cardboard and attaching them to the gift:
Pine cones, spruce or thuja branches will look very festive and original on the packaging.
Where to get thuja branches? I won’t recommend plucking it from the nearest fence... Although that’s also an option. Let it remain on my conscience =) You can buy a small thuja in a pot - it will fit perfectly into the New Year's interior of your home.
If you paint the paper yourself or write New Year's wishes on it, you will get designer wrapping paper at minimal cost:
A very simple and beautiful way to decorate New Year's gifts - snowflakes cut out of white or colored paper:
Another great idea is to use family photos when wrapping gifts. Collective family - for a gift to mutual friends, individual photos - to indicate the recipient.
If you don’t have the funds and have some imagination, you can even use newspapers as wrapping paper! In my opinion, there is something romantic in this, from childhood: when they wrapped both roses and sausage in newspaper =)
As you know, a book is the best gift, which also needs beautiful New Year’s packaging:
And this way of making a gift for the New Year will definitely be appreciated by music lovers and musicians. I am sure that everyone who studied at a music school will have old sheet music with overplayed etudes at home.
If you approach gift wrapping with soul, then even simple notebook sheets will look stylish and unusual:
Another way is to use lace when packing. Perhaps not the most budget option, but this gift design looks simply luxurious!
I am sure that you have found an option to your liking and you can’t wait to start wrapping gifts for the New Year and Christmas! On our blog you can find detailed master classes and DIY projects.
I wish you that all your New Year's chores will be extremely pleasant, and that the result will win the hearts of your loved ones and friends!
New Year's traditions, together with the magical winter holiday - New Year, have come to us from time immemorial. According to long-established traditions, before New Year's Eve we install and decorate the Christmas tree, decorate the house, prepare a large number of festive dishes, and of course, prepare gifts for relatives and friends. Giving each other New Year's gifts is an equally old and good tradition. And it is very important to get it right with the gift, presenting exactly the kind of thing that you will like, so that the person will enjoy using it in the future. But no less important is the design of your gift, its packaging, on which the first impression that the gift will make on the recipient largely depends. The importance of this aspect has led to the emergence of special packaging stores, where they will select the most successful design option for you, and pack the item there. But in the pre-New Year bustle, we often have no time to look for such services, and on the other hand, we want to decorate the gift ourselves in order to convey through it the warmth of our attitude towards the person. We have selected several options for how to wrap a gift for the New Year 2020 with your own hands, which will transform the gift, making it a small masterpiece.
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How to pack a box
Most gifts are given in rectangular or square cardboard boxes of varying sizes. The figure below shows step-by-step instructions for packing such a box in wrapping paper. For convenience and greater strength, it is recommended to secure each step with a stapler or tape. It is very convenient in this case to use double-sided tape.
A small gift, such as a vacation package, a gym membership, a gift certificate, or a concert ticket, would be best presented in a gift envelope. You can buy a ready-made one, or you can buy an original copy with your own hands.
How to decorate a gift
One of the most traditional ways to decorate gifts is to decorate with ribbons and bows. Here are some simple and interesting ways to decorate a gift this way.
How to wrap a gift in the form of candy
New Year is, of course, a time for eating a variety of sweets. You remember your childhood, right? So why not connect the presentation design with this pleasant moment. We take beautiful wrapping paper and select two ribbons to match. Then everything is very simple: wrap the gift like candy and tie it on both sides. Corrugated paper is also suitable for this method. 
Original packaging: photo and video ideas
Depending on who this gift is intended for, you can arrange it in a special way. This could be a gift for a child, a musician or a needlewoman. Here you can imagine and experiment to your heart's content! Use your imagination and begin the exciting creative process.
DIY gift wrapping master class
Interesting idea for holiday gift packaging
Video instructions for an original way to decorate a New Year's gift
Finally
This is how easy it is to wrap a gift with your own hands for the New Year 2020. Making a gift is a troublesome task, but very pleasant. After all, you are doing this for your loved ones and family! And let it take a little time, but how the process of presenting a gift will change! Do this with love, and you will definitely see the surprised and happy eyes of the person you love. Happy New Year!
How to pack a gift? Of course, the easiest way is to use a gift bag purchased at the supermarket. But if you use a little imagination and make original packaging with your own hands, you will create a much greater effect!
Especially for you, the Maternity.ru portal presents gift wrapping ideas for every taste!
Magic slots
The design is quite easy to implement - magic slots on the packaging. It could be a themed street, a star, a Christmas tree decoration, a silhouette of Santa Claus, candy, and more. This approach looks original in combination with a contrasting color box from.Thematic paper for gifts
For amateurs, you can pack it in a geographical map, for musicians - in sheets of music, or you can use wallpaper with images of twinkling stars and Christmas trees.
Instead of signatures, use plain wrapping paper and glue on photos of family members. Thanks to them, even a child who cannot read will be able to distribute gifts to recipients!
Newspaper and wrapping paper decor
You can create a bright gift design not only with colorful paper, but also with ordinary newspaper or craft paper.To do this, you can draw lines with glue, draw symbols of the New Year - a Christmas tree, a ball, an inscription, a snowflake - and sprinkle them with colored confetti.
You can apply a design to the wrapping paper. For example, a lush New Year tree.
You can glue wheels from a toy car to a gift package for a man or boy. This will sound especially original if the gift itself is related to the automotive theme.
From plain paper you can make “vacuum” packaging for an easy gift. To do this, draw an outline, make outlines, put the gift inside the envelope and stitch it with colored threads on all sides. Original figures are obtained.
You can decorate gift packaging with snowflakes from scrap materials: cocktail straws, .
You can attach colorful handmade cards to wrapping paper or newsprint packaging.
Simple packaging can be decorated with bright threads and funny pom-poms.
We decorate the newspaper packaging with bright stripes of colored paper. It can be golden or silver, with imprints of New Year and Christmas symbols. Look at the strip folding diagram.
We decorate the wrapping packaging with a garland of colored balls, a Christmas tree, and snowflakes made of colored paper. Simple and stylish!
We make a reindeer out of a gift. We attach the eyes and mouth, funny horns on the sides. The original New Year's gift packaging is ready!
We glue the appropriate applique onto the paper bags - a clock with the last minutes of the New Year, New Year's or Christmas.
We decorate a New Year's gift with real cones and fir branches. Very New Year's!
We wrap gifts of various shapes in plain paper. Now we decorate with fir branches made of green colored paper and a pine cone.
Pieces of fabric, lace or braid can be glued to packaging made from wrapping paper or newsprint.
Packaging with imprints and stamps
New Year themed stamps are perfect for decorating holiday packaging.
If you do not have such stamps, then you can use other available materials. For example, a spruce branch.
Packaging - candy
The packaging of a suitable gift in the shape of a candy or a cracker looks original. Inside the cardboard tube you can put a rolled up soft gift or several small gifts. The top of the thick tube is wrapped in colored paper, tied and decorated to your liking.
You can make candy entirely from thick cardboard according to the diagram.
New Year's attributes
You can tie small Christmas tree decorations to the bow on the gift wrapping.
For children, you can make sweet decor from lollipops and sweets.
You can “sew” bright winter mittens from colored paper and attach them to a gift.
You can give a gift with wishes. It could be a chamomile with excerpts from poems, anecdotes and aphorisms. Such packaging will make an impression greater than the gift itself!
You can decorate a gift with threads with “filling” - beads, balls, snowflakes.
Chocolate girls
An original gift - a chocolate bowl. This is a box the size of a chocolate bar, where you put a sweet present and a warm sincere wish. There is an opportunity to put a cash gift - right under the bookmark with a wish.
The chocolate maker can be decorated to match any symbol of the New Year. For example, wrap a chocolate bar in white paper, draw a snowman figure, and put on a small hat. Original and tasteful. Thus, you can decorate any gift that is not bulky.
DIY boxes
We offer several patterns for cutting out gift boxes.
You can make an original box from thick paper or wallpaper with “spruce” decor according to the following scheme:
We wish you creativity and original ideas for wrapping New Year's gifts!
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Vika DiA series of winter holidays is coming, and we are all preparing gifts for our loved ones. Come up with a gift for your man– an important matter, but how to present it? How to pack a man's gift in an original way? We'll talk about this today.
The choice of gift packaging for a man is greatly influenced by its content, as well as who you are going to give it to. Of course, first we decide on the gift. We evaluate its shape and size. Consider the time of delivery. How will you take him? Is it comfortable to carry? Think over this point especially well if you are going to give it away from home. If your gift is destined to travel with you, choose practical materials and take care of protection from external factors(precipitation, transportation in public transport, etc.) so that your original packaging for a gift for a man is not damaged.
It is worth taking into account the status, age, hobbies, and profession of the recipient. Thus, discreet colors and high quality materials from which the packaging is made will suit serious business men.
Young guys can prepare an interesting design with cool wishes and a drawing
If your boyfriend is seriously interested in creativity or is immersed in his business, you can prepare themed packaging related to his hobby.
We asked men how important packaging is to them, what their ideal gift from their beloved should look like, this is what they answered:
Ilya: “A gift for a man should be beautifully packaged, you need to make sure that the packaging intrigues you and makes you want to open it. It is possible that the packaging contains some kind of surprise. It is imperative that the gift be decorated in dark colors (dark blue, steel, black, brown) with a soft ribbon or twine).”
Vladimir: “If a girl makes a gift with love, with her own hands or to order, then I will be delighted even with a bag of seeds. I’m a dancer, and for me, packaging designed in the appropriate theme hits the spot!”
Rostislav: “I like boxes made of thick cardboard in dark colors. A friend was recently given a gift decorated in a book box, it looked very original and stylish. I would like this too."
Thus, men approach gift decoration completely differently than we girls do. They like strict forms subdued colors and minimalism in design. At the same time, they are not averse to receiving a gift, decorated in an original way, with a “secret” or made with their own hands.
Girls put their soul and love into creating a gift for their loved one. let's consider trending solutions
Kraft paper
An important criterion of kraft paper is environmental friendliness, and this wrapping material meets all requirements to the maximum. In addition, this is a budget solution. This packaging option is ideal for eco-gifts: sets with mittens and honey, bouquets with men's goodies. All that remains is to choose the color and ribbon for dressing. The gift will look unusual if you additionally decorate it with fir branches with pine cones, a strip knitted by yourself, cookies or romantic figures.
Gift packaging made from craft paper
Wooden packaging
If your gift is voluminous or consists of a whole set, then you can beautifully pack a gift for a man in a wooden box. Him also make it yourself, purchasing everything you need at a craft store. If you want to decorate it in an unusual way, we recommend using decoupage or any other technique for decorating wooden objects.
Wooden gift packaging
Book - box
If your chosen one is an intellectual, then he will probably like such a cool solution as a book-box made of wood or thick cardboard. It’s not difficult to wrap a gift for a guy with your own hands into a literary masterpiece. There's a lot on the Internet available video lessons for the production of such packaging.
Gift packaging in a book box
Thick cardboard bag
In this case, the flight for your imagination can be limitless. It would seem like a standard gift wrap, but in reality it is an inexpensive, convenient option, suitable for many men's gifts: shirts, watches, gadgets, car accessories. You can buy thick cardboard and make an exclusive bag that perfectly matches its contents. For example, if you are giving him a stylish shirt, make a bag with applique in the form of a collar with a tie.
Gift packaging in a thick cardboard bag
Other packaging options
On the Internet you can find any ideas for packaging a men's gift. You can choose an interesting and original solution and bring it to life. Try to make the creative process enjoyable for you. If you like to knit, knit an unusual wrapper for a box, if you like to embroider, come up with an original design and do embroidery, and then cover a regular box with embroidered fabric. Even if you are not a needlewoman, you can quickly and easily make a cool holiday applique from scrap materials.
You can watch one of the options for wrapping a gift for a man in the video:
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Nowadays, DIY gift wrapping is actively becoming fashionable, and I decided to figure out what’s what - let’s find out what trends there are in gift wrapping, what you should focus on, and how in general you can pack a gift for any holiday with your own hands.
Trends
Nowadays, it is no longer enough to wrap a gift in gift paper - gone are the days when half a meter of sparkling paper with a ribbon bow was considered the best packaging. Currently, most attention is paid to three areas:- eco-style (one of its subtypes can be called rustic style);
- minimalism;
- eclecticism and futurism.
Minimalist motifs are always strict and restrained. Here you should be guided by one idea - the simpler the better. A minimal number of decorative elements is welcome here - for example, a gift can be wrapped in plain white paper, and a special small element made from a die-cut or a regular elegant tag can be used as decoration.
Futuristic and eclectic notes will appeal to those who prefer to combine several styles into one - there can be an elaborate, complex bow made of satin ribbons and the simplest craft paper as packaging, or, on the contrary, a complex figured box covered with natural fabric for decoration can be attached with a decorative pin.
So, what should be the design of gifts so that it is fashionable and beautiful? Unusual, stylish and neat.
Original handmade boxes
The simplest and at the same time effective way to pack a gift in an unusual way is to make a cardboard box for it. How to make a gift box in four easy steps?
Another option for a homemade box:
Template:
Or this option:
Templates for her:
Or maybe make a pyramid?
Scheme for the pyramid:
By the way, a DIY gift box can be of any shape - why not a candy box? Especially if the gift is not too large or oblong.
What is required to make this packaging?
- Colored cardboard.
- Ruler and pencil.
- Scissors, stationery cutter.
- Template (can be printed or redrawn).
- Glue.
- Ribbon or stiff thread.
You can also make your own gift box in the shape of a piece of cake. Almost everyone loves sweets, and a piece of cake looks extravagant and cute at the same time.
To make a piece of cardboard cake, you need to prepare:
- thick colored paper or thin cardboard;
- ruler and pencil;
- glue.
The box is made of two fragments, the lower part should be smaller (literally a couple of millimeters in each direction). We cut out the blanks and transfer them to colored cardboard.
We do the creasing (we draw a line along all the folds with a knitting needle until grooves form - this will make the folds smoother).
We glue the blanks according to the allowances and dry them well. Our box is ready, now the only thing left is to decorate it.
For example, you can make a light rose out of paper and tie it with twine.
This option is easier to manufacture. Without removable lid. You just need to print (or draw by hand) this template on a beautiful cardboard, cut where it is marked, bend where the dotted lines are, glue where it says glue, and you're done!
How to make an origami style box? You need to stock up on a ruler and a pencil, pick up two beautiful square sheets of paper (I use scrapbooking paper), and you will also need scissors. By the way, you can also use the box for your own needs - I store paper clips in one of these on my desk.
Packed beautifully
We already know how to make boxes, now we need to understand how to beautifully wrap a gift with our own hands. Of course, you can leave the gift as is (or put the gifts in gift boxes, which is also good), or you can think about how to decorate the gift and come up with something special.Let's look at how to wrap a gift in paper so that it looks truly stylish and does not give the impression of sloppiness. Pay attention to the choice of paper - you can choose regular light or dark paper, you can choose natural packaging paper (Kraft), or you can buy several sheets or rolls of beautiful printed paper from a scrapbooking store.
See how to wrap a gift in an original way. Try a new way that attracts attention - your gift will look very, very unusual!
How to do it right
- Packaging must be neat - cuts of paper or fabric must be even, and there should be no visible traces of glue, tape or paper clips.
- It should completely hide the gift, then you can make a surprise and give the hero of the occasion not only your gift, but also a few exciting minutes of guessing and guessing what is hidden inside.
- Don't forget about the decor and name card - such details always catch the eye.
How classic gift packaging is made:
This was a classic type of packaging, and now there will be an original gift packaging for a man or woman - in the form of a Christmas tree.
We will need:
- packaging - it can be wrapping paper, fabric or film;
- glue (for fabric) or double-sided tape (for paper);
- sharp scissors;
- various decor - ribbons, cutting, feathers, butterflies.
As a practice, try wrapping any small box with a piece of newspaper or plain paper - this way you will understand how to fold the folds, where to lay the tape and practice a little.
This way you can make packaging for anything - it could be a large box of chocolates and an ordinary book, a set of cosmetics or a plush toy.
Tying bows
Tiffany
Another simple and effective bow
- Fold the bow according to the photo instructions and tie it with thread.
- We tie a ribbon around the box, put our bow on top of the knot and tie another ribbon bow on top of it. See photo master class:
Or this version from paper:
Here is a decor option made from satin ribbon:
The box can also be decorated with flowers made from plain paper or corrugated paper (an ordinary napkin will do), see:
Various packaging options
Have you ever thought about how the packaging for New Year's gifts should be different? How can you make packaging wedding gifts interesting and atypical? How can you make beautiful cardboard bonbonnieres or miniature boxes? If you have kraft paper and twine, then don’t worry - look at the selection of photos.
How to pack a gift in other ways? The main role can be played by gift wrapping paper - for example, the design of New Year's gifts made in red, white and green colors will bring the spirit of Christmas miracles, and the combination of blue and brown is well suited for a gift to a man!
Are you preparing a wedding gift or a birthday gift? Ideas for wrapping gifts for different holidays - for the New Year you can do something multi-colored, and for original wedding gift design it would be useful to stock up on silver or gold dust; it will make a light box with a gift truly magical.
Do you want to pack in an unusual way? Pack it in craft paper and use original stamps (they can be cut from a regular eraser). Just stamp craft paper or a box of craft paper with the stamp you created - white ink looks amazingly stylish on craft paper.
Use the diagrams and templates below to fold your own boxes (by the way, you can make birthday or wedding invitations with your own hands from the same cardboard).
