The book is one of the most affordable, original and useful gifts. It is especially nice to receive a series of works by your beloved writer. But how to pack a book as a gift when there is no special holiday packaging at hand? In this case, you can limit yourself to the use of materials that can be found in every home.
Creating exclusive packaging for a book with your own hands is a simple process, the main thing is to get creative. In this case, the original packaging may consist of several elements: a wrapper, an external decor and an internal filler.
Holiday wrapper
Currently, there are a limitless number of original options for creating a unique wrapper. Having shown a little imagination, you can avoid handing the book in a regular gift paper with a bow, which many of us have long been bored with. The following recommendations will tell you how to pack a book beautifully.
Wallpaper packaging
If, after a recent repair, scraps of beautiful wallpaper remained in the apartment, it's time to put them on your presentation. Especially attractive as packaging are expensive wallpapers with a convex and textured pattern.
Consider how to pack a book quickly and efficiently. Wallpaper can directly wrap the printed edition itself or glue it over a regular cardboard box, which will be chosen as a container for the future presentation. If necessary, an inexpensive running meter of wallpaper residues can be purchased for packaging, which can be found in a specialized store.
Parcel packaging
Fans of making surprises should definitely pay attention to the option of sending a book in the form of a parcel. Such a present will certainly cause the most pleasant experience with the recipient.
To create a masterpiece, ordinary brown wrapping paper is used, which is used by postal services to send parcels. You can wrap the packaging with a book with a twisted cord or a strong thread made of natural materials. As for the remaining decorative elements, it all depends on the breadth of imagination.
Fabric packaging for the book
A great idea for wrapping a gift in the form of a book can be not only the use of paper, but also the use of all kinds of fabrics. It is with this material that presentations are most often wrapped in oriental culture. Even in ancient times, oriental craftsmen designed valuable objects in this way for convenient transportation over long distances.
How to pack a book with a cloth? You can make attractive packaging using the ancient Japanese technique of Furoshiki. To do this, use a small piece of cloth or material from old clothes.
According to the technique, the book must be wrapped with a square piece of material, tying the free edges with a knot in the upper part of the package. The most original appearance of the gift in this case can be obtained thanks to cotton fabrics. Alternatively, you can use the sleeve of an old woolen sweater, having designed it in the form of an improvised book cover.
How to pack several books in a cloth?
If you need to present two books, then as a package it is better to use a beautiful scarf. It is desirable that it be made of fabric that does not crease. Such book packaging will require:
- two volumes of a printed publication with identical parameters;
- one dense cloth square scarf.
For proper packaging, place the scarf on a flat surface with one of the corners to itself. Books are stacked in opposite corners of the scarf, and then wrapped in cloth towards the center of the material. As a result, the components of the gift should be tightly pressed to each other in the very center of the scarf.
Consider another way. The free corners of the fabric are released as much as possible. Further, one book is laid on another, and the free ends of the material are tied at the top in a knot. Thus, you can easily make attractive packaging for several books in the form of a small, convenient bag.
What more can be done?
How nice to pack a book so that the present will be remembered by the recipient for life? If the gift is intended for one of the parents, it is enough to wrap the book with plain paper and let the child draw the packaging. This decor will definitely appeal to a loving mother.
Alternatively, packaging for a book can be made on the basis of old photos combined into a collage. The main thing is that the images recall the most joyful and significant moments.
If a children's book acts as a gift, you can stick pictures of your favorite cartoon characters on the packaging.
Packaging decoration techniques
How to pack a book so that the gift looks truly unique? To do this, just use a few simple tricks. As a decor for a presentation in the form of a book, a wide variety of materials are used today. However, the presence of numerous options can only be confusing when choosing a spectacular decoration. Therefore, when making gift wrapping, it is better to follow specific recommendations.
If the book is planned to be handed over for some holiday, you can perform thematic decoration. These can be traditional elements for the New Year, celebration of March 8 or Valentine's Day.
Wrapping paper can be decorated with Christmas trees or snowflakes cut from colored cards, festive rain, hearts and even fresh flowers. By preparing the book as a birthday present, the packaging can be made personalized by using inscriptions and wishes addressed to the birthday person as a decor.
In general, the main thing is that the decor looks appropriate and neat. Remember, the original packaging in this case should fully reflect the nature of the holiday and the breadth of your own imagination.
Decor from natural materials
In search of the best option, which will tell you how to pack the book in the most original way, you should pay attention to the possibility of using natural materials in the form of decor. Probably each of us will be pleased to receive a book wrapped in a package that is made from gifts of nature.
In this case, excellent decorative elements for decorating gift wrapping can be:
- sea pebbles, shells, corals, dried seaweed;
- coffee beans;
- multi-colored threads, laces, lace;
- stickers;
- unusual buttons, zippers, fasteners.
Fillers
You can make original packaging for a book both outside and inside. It is enough to use non-standard fillers, which will be placed in the package along with the book. One has only to imagine how surprised the recipient of the presentation is when, opening a gift, he finds fragrant rose petals, wood chips, dried fruits, sweets and many other unexpected things.
In some cases, the filler may not be so much a decorative element as it is truly practical. For example, soft material will protect the book in a fragile binding from damage when mailing over a long distance. In this case, shredded paper, candy wrappers, aromatic herbs can act as an excellent filler.