Buying a good present is half the battle. We still need to figure out how to pack the present. Everyone knows that they are greeted by clothes, but for some reason many do not apply this proverb to gifts. But a beautifully packaged present creates the necessary festive atmosphere. This article will discuss how to create DIY gift wrapping.
Box
The easiest way to pack a gift is to put it in a cardboard box. But in order not to seem like a trivial person, you can make a wrapper yourself. For its manufacture you will need a dense cardboard. Print a gift box template. With your own hands you will create an original box. Cut the stencil out of paper and transfer it to cardboard. Dense material should be taken, preferably decorated with a print. If you are betting on plain material, choose something textured or embossed. For example, there is an interesting velvet cardboard or thick matte sheets with a glossy pattern. When you cut the box on the stencil, you need to bend it along the dotted lines. DIY gift wrapping, assembled, ready. If necessary, you can decorate it with accessories, buttons, threads or lace.
Suitcase
Do you want to pack something very small? Then transform the matchbox. You will need only that part of it in which matches were previously invested. DIY gift wrapping is done according to the following principle. You put a gift, such as earrings or a ring, in a miniature box. Fill a box of confetti or cut paper, and then wrap it with colored paper. You can choose something craft for this purpose. But textured paper is better not to use. She will look out of place. When the packaging is ready, it needs to be transformed. To do this, cut brown lining. Make 6 circles, 2 long rectangles and one short. Place the halves of the circles on the corners of the briefcase. Tie the resulting packaging with long brown rectangles, and make a handle out of the short part.
House
You can make such a gift wrapping with your own hands for any holiday. You can fill a cardboard house with both cookies and sweets. And it is not necessary to present a gift to friends for the New Year. You can make such a gift to a person who has done you a favor or helped something. The photo above shows a step-by-step master class. DIY gift wrapping will be created using the template. You need to print it, and then transfer it to thick paper. If you want to make a dense box, then you can not translate the form on the stencil, but stick the paper blank on cardboard and cut everything out along the contour. Now glue the house and put tracing paper or parchment paper in it. The packaging is ready. You can fill it with sweets and tie a beautiful bow.
Kulek
Such packaging is perfect for a sweet gift. But you can pack something more valuable in this way. In this case, in addition to the main gift, you will need to fill a bag with sweets or beautiful paper. Otherwise, your gift will look shapeless. How to make gift wrapping? Take a rectangular sheet of colored paper and twist it with a bag. Fold one corner of the tube, and then roll it to the other corner. Fasten the packaging with glue. Now put a gift in a bag. Pull the top triangular edge to the center. Seal the packaging. To decorate such a bag, you can use ribbons and homemade labels. Similarly, you can wrap small presentations to guests who attended your holiday.
Candy
How to make gift wrapping? To create it, you will need thick colored paper. Cut a rectangle out of it, and then on its edges you need to make a perforation in the form of rhombuses. You need to calculate the size of one rhombus so that on the edge of the package they get 3 integers and two more halves. Armed with a clerical knife, you need to draw fold lines. An incision must be made from each edge of the side square to its other edge. Packaging should be decorated at this stage. Cut a rectangle from beautiful printed paper equal to the center of the candy package. Use double-sided tape or glue to attach the decor. Roll up the packaging and seal the two edges at the junction. It remains to put a gift inside the candy, and tie the edges of the wrapper. You can attach ribbons to the edges of the candy, or you can do with a regular thread. DIY gift wrapping candy is ready.
Diamond
If you want to show a friend that he is a unique and multifaceted personality, then present him a gem made of paper. For the manufacture of such packaging, you need to take glossy paper, preferably shiny. Ideally, this should be a blue glossy sheet, but you can use gold or black cardboard. How to pack a gift? Print the template attached above. Now cut it out. Using the resulting sample, redraw the shape onto the paper of your choice. Cut the packaging. Armed with glue, collect the diamond. Naturally, before gluing the bottom, you must put a gift inside the homemade stone. To add more resemblance to a real diamond, you can make foil glare on the packaging. Cut long strips and glue them along the ribs.
Simple box
What does a standard package look like most often? Right, like a box. You can make it yourself out of paper or paste over the form you already have. How to pack a gift? Take wrapping paper and draw squares on it. Create 4 rows of three columns. On the right you need to make a small branch that will fix the package. Now cut all the bottom squares along the drawn lines. And in the second and fourth square, make a diagonal incision with a clerical knife. Now fold the package. You should get a box that resembles a package of kefir or milk. In a similar way, you can create boxes of various sizes. You can fasten such packaging with a standard bow, or you can flash the top with a beautiful satin ribbon.
Simple package
The packaging classic is the package. But it is not necessary to go to the store and purchase a cellophane product. You can make a paper bag yourself. For this you need a sheet and glue. Fold the paper in half, and then wrap its tails inward. Glue the resulting product. At this point you should have a flat tube assembled. Now you need to make a bottom. Fold the bottom of the future package up. Now add the triangles from the corners. Pull the top and bottom of the triangles to the middle. Lock the bottom in this position. You can straighten the package. To make such a package look more attractive, you can decorate it not only with accessories, but also with paper applications or a pattern.
Pyramid
Such packaging is suitable for a small presentation. You can give jewelry or any jewelry in a similar way. How to assemble a small bright pyramid? Print the template. Now take a thick cardboard and transfer the pattern to it. Contour the workpiece. Using a clerical knife, you need to make incisions. At the top of each triangle you need to make a small round hole. For this purpose you can use a hole punch. Bend all the semicircles inward, and now you can proceed to gluing the packaging. Fasten the bent parts together. Pull the ribbon into the top holes. It will also help to fasten the product and at the same time give it a more presentable look. On each side of the pyramid you can write a wish or poems.
Curly packaging
Similarly, you can present soft, shapeless gifts. For example, clothes, frameless accessories, decorative products and textiles. DIY gift wrapping made of paper can be given any shape. You can make a star, a circle, a boot, a ship, etc. For the manufacture of packaging you need to use thick paper. It is advisable to take a solid sheet of neutral color. The outward asceticism of the packaging will be complemented by bright filling. Put your gift on paper and, in accordance with its dimensions, depict a conceived figure. Now cut it out and duplicate in mirror image. On the sewing machine it will be necessary to flash the edge of the package. For this purpose you can use both threads in tone of paper, and something contrasting. In addition to the gift, you need to put confetti or bright, shiny paper in the packaging. This will help fill out a complex form.
Mini packaging
Do you want to give your guests small wedding gifts? Wrap the candy nicely. A small gift wrapping with your own hands will be made as follows. Take a sheet of thick cardboard with print. Cut a long rectangle from it, the width of which should coincide with the width of the candy. Now wrap the rectangle by folding the edge with the edge. Insert candy in the middle of the drop. Use a stapler to fasten the package. To add personality to each gift, you should attach a tag. It should differ from the main packaging in both color and shape. For example, you can make the label white and give it the shape of a flower. Inside, write the name of the donee and the date of the wedding.
Packaging design
Wrapping a present in beautiful paper is sometimes not enough. The present still looks boring. What should beautiful gift wrapping look like? With your own hands you can create decorative overlays. They will transform even the simplest packaging. If you give a present to a woman, then use flowers as a decor. It can be all kinds of plant branches or buds that have opened and not opened. As decorative elements, you can use flowers cut out of paper. It can be flat images or volumetric forms. Impressions on monophonic packaging look quite interesting. You can print a leaf of a plant, a feather, a piece of lace. Often, various accessories are used as decor. It can be all kinds of beads, beads, rhinestones, metal pendants and even natural stones. The classic version of the gift, tied with a bright large bow, also looks beautiful. But still try to make the original, and not banal packaging. Refer to the classics only if you understand that the birthday man cannot appreciate anything else.