In anticipation of the upcoming holidays, the main problem is what to present to a loved one this time. I want the gift not only to be useful, but also to please with its originality. Among the many non-banal things, it becomes more and more difficult every year to choose what has not yet been given.
If women are even more or less easy to please, then choosing a gift for a man is a real problem. They are hard enough to surprise and come up with something unusual. We suggest you make a tank from socks with your own hands. This element of the men's wardrobe will probably never be redundant, and such a creative presentation will amaze even the most inveterate skeptic.
Tank of socks: a master class
Creating such a gift will require a minimum investment of time and money, but its originality and usefulness will be on top.
So you will need:
- socks (five to seven pairs);
- bottle;
- twine or strong thick thread;
- bank gum;
- colored gift paper;
- tape;
- adhesive tape (preferably double-sided);
- toothpick;
- Super glue.
Important!
When buying socks do not spare money. Choose high-quality and beautiful. It is advisable to take monophonic, without drawings and any inscriptions. You can stay at different manufacturing companies (for a change). In a twisted state, this will not be visible, but the color scheme should be the same.
The bottle may be your favorite male drink - beer or another non-alcoholic (low alcohol) drink. A capacity of 0.33 or 0.5 liters is ideal.
Step-by-step instruction
Let's take a step-by-step look at how to make a tank out of socks:
- Decorate the bottle with colored paper and twine. Choose pastel colors, without elaborate drawings and inscriptions. Dark green or deep blue are ideal. You can also combine several tones and use knitting threads or a dark ribbon instead of twine.
- Spread all pairs of socks upside down, ironing them in advance.
- Gently twist each sock into a very tight tube in the direction from the sock to the elastic.
- Fix the resulting roller with a rubber band. Make literally two or three windings, since then you will fix the socks tighter, connecting them together.
- Repeat with the remaining socks.
- Now you need to combine all the socks together. To do this, each previous round of gum is wound on the next or previous roller from the sock. The result should be a "tank caterpillar."
- To give greater credibility, place two more socks on the top and bottom of the resulting garland and fix them by threading the sock of the first into the elastic of the second. One part of the tank is ready.
- We make the "tower". Take the last pair of socks and place it on the base of the bottle so that one of the pairs is perpendicular to the second. Wrap the bottle tightly around this toe and lock it next. This is easy to do by threading the gum of the sock into the resulting pocket.
- As a tower, a cigar, a set of pens, or even the most banal cocktail tubes fixed among themselves can act.
- Connect both elements (tower and tracks).
- To slightly raise the tower above the tank, you can put a cork of wine wrapped in dark paper, a lighter, a twisted handkerchief or other improvised means of a suitable size under the bottle.
- Decorate the tank from socks. From a piece of colored paper and a toothpick, you get a flag that can only be fixed with superglue.
- Wrap a gift with a bright ribbon. If you used a cocktail tube as a tower, then pick up a satin ribbon to match her.
- If you have to carry the tank from socks, put it in a box or pack it in a gift bag. The design is not entirely stable, and such measures will help keep it unscathed.
If you do everything right, then such a tank of socks you will end up with.
Design options
Most often, black, dark blue or gray socks are used to make such a tank. But you can try to combine socks of dark tones and light. To do this, alternately place socks of different colors in the caterpillar, and combine the dark barrel with light socks that will fix the structure.
The size and scale of the resulting tank will depend on the number of pairs of socks used in the work. The optimal amount is 5-7 pieces.
Conclusion
Now you know how to make a tank of socks. The master class has step-by-step instructions, so you should not have any difficulties in the process of creating this gift.
Complete it with a greeting card and sincere words. Such a surprise will be remembered for a long time and will please your loved one. In addition, a tank of socks can be presented not only to her husband or lover, but also to a friend or just a colleague. This is a fairly versatile gift that will always come in handy, and if it is presented as such, it will make you a creative person.