Birthday is a special holiday for every person. The most pleasant thing on this day is, of course, gifts from family and friends. In our age of digital technologies and smart gadgets, choosing a gift will not be difficult, but now, as always the most precious thing for a birthday person's heart, this is a thing created especially for him. In the store, souvenirs and gifts are sold for everyone, but only something made personally for the hero of the occasion conveys all the positive emotions, love and a wish for good to him. This article will show you how to make a DIY birthday present out of paper.
The simplest gift can be a beautiful postcard.
Presents for men
Gifts for men are created depending on their interests and age:
- Grandfather
In order to please your grandfather, you can do vintage lantern from cardboard using templates, using distressing (artificial aging of paper). You can decorate the flashlight with different figures, for example, a marine theme, shells, an anchor, or flowers, stars. Depends on what grandpa loves.
- To the Pope
For a gift to dad, an idea such as safe box from an old book. This requires a hardcover book. Open the front cover, grease all the edges of the book with glue. Then, after the glue dries, cut out the middle, stepping back from the edges 2-3cm. The cover of such a safe can be painted with wishes, or you can stick any figures or photographs cut out of paper.
- Younger brother
The little brother will be pleased to receive a beautiful airplane or car... The base for an airplane can be an ordinary small box. Wings made of a strip of cardboard are glued to it from above and below, 5-6 times longer than the length of the box and the same width as it. Then, for the base of the tail, two small rectangles of the same color are cut out and narrower than the tail itself, their edges are rounded. One is glued right across the end of the tail section. The second one must first be bent in half, then slightly bend its edges outward. You get something like a three-dimensional letter "L" on the base. The base is glued to the transverse part of the tail. The screw is cut in the shape of a flower with four petals and glued to the front of the airplane. All this can be done from multi-colored cardboard and paper.
A little boy will like a car in which you can "ride".
- Teenager
For a teenage brother who disappears in computer games, a do-it-yourself birthday gift made of paper will be a great surprise if made from beautiful cardboard and patterns of stones a collection of diamonds in an original box hand-written design with the inscription: Award for the next level.
- To a good friend
A friend will be happy to receive unique decoupage style clock... The subject matter can be different. Sports, fishing, football, cars. Everything that a friend is fond of. Images of the necessary elements are cut out of rice paper for decoupage and applied to a primed blank for a watch. It can be a regular wooden plate. A pattern is formed and covered with glue on top. After the glue has dried, the watch blank is covered with acrylic varnish. You can diversify the color scheme with splashes or drawings from acrylic paints. Finally, a clockwork is inserted into the workpiece.
You can make a real clock out of paper and sea stones.
Gifts for women
What to do with your own hands for a woman also depends on her life status: she is still a little girl or she is the grandmother of the same little girl:
- To beloved grandmother
A do-it-yourself paper gift will be especially pleasant for your grandmother. An ordinary box can turn into elegant suitcase or vintage jewelry box for storing cute little things and family photos. Paste the box with colored paper from the inside. For the idea of a suitcase, you need to arrange luggage straps and a handle on the outside. Cover the corners with foil, like the metal corners of the suitcases of the last century. Decorate the outside with flowers or figures made of colored paper.
- Mom
For mom's birthday, to decorate the festive table, you can give cardboard napkin holder in the form of a teapot. Draw or print a teapot template from two symmetrical parts, a bottom and two sides. Glue the templates to the bottom and glue the sidewalls. For the decor of the napkin holder, you can use colored paper, or whatever your imagination tells you.
- Sister
Little sister will really like boxes in the form of fruit slices... Triangular boxes are made of paper, and painted under watermelon or orange slices. You can put sweets or your favorite sweets inside the boxes. Such a paper gift is made quickly and easily.
And if you cook a whole surprise cake with many secrets, then there will be no limit to delight.
A teenage sister will be happy to receive a gift original lanterns in the form of fairy castles... Cut out images of old castles from photographs, glue them together in the form of a flashlight, and place a light source inside. You can make several of these lamps so that together they form a fabulous city.
- Best friend
There is nothing easier than making a paper gift for a friend. Surely it will be interesting for her to have in the interior of her room Balloon... To make this gift, you need to inflate the balloon to the required size and glue it over with several layers of paper. When the glue is dry, apply to the paper the addresses and stamps of the post offices from old envelopes, or vintage images of them. Make a net from any twine or braid and place a ball there. Glue a basket out of paper into which you can put small toys. Attach the basket to the balloon.
Even with the help of a huge balloon and paper, you can make a huge Kinder surprise, in which you can also hide something.
Gifts for everyone
Any romantic gift is, of course, a heart. Quite a hackneyed topic. But if you connect your imagination to this idea, you can make a very useful and original gift from paper with your own hands. Heart shaped tea bags... You can use paper coffee filters for this. Sew the two halves of the filter in the shape of a heart, without breaking the thread, pour the birthday boy's favorite tea into the resulting bag. Attach a small heart to the end of the thread for ease of use. Can be done bag of joy... Put candies in a paper or cloth bag, with strips of paper pasted on, where kind and beautiful words for the birthday person will be written.
For a beloved teacher, you can do greeting card... Glue a cardboard rectangle with foil or colored paper and bend it in half. Depending on the subject taught by the teacher, decorate the card with congratulations and applique. For a chemistry teacher - chemical formulas, for biology - petals and flowers, for computer science - buttons from the keyboard, and so on. Such gifts made of paper will look more elegant using distressing technology.
It is very easy to make an unusual 3D postcard.
A colleague can be pleased by making from cardboard and colored paper original and convenient organizer with many compartments for pens, pencils, and other office supplies, with funny photos of colleagues and friends.
Banknotes are also paper. Instead of giving money just like that, you can make a fun gift with humor. For instance, cabbage, where instead of leaves money, or umbrella, coir, bouquet of banknotes, sailing ship, or Money Tree... The most important thing is that fantasy and sense of humor do not cross ethical boundaries.
DIY paper gifts are good because almost any person who does not have knowledge of any craft can make them. You can not limit your imagination to find many ideas for such a gift. Origami, appliques, decoration with paper flowers and figures of the already purchased basic gift, postcards, papier-mâché lamps, caskets, and much more that will help express love, respect and best wishes to the hero of the occasion personally. A do-it-yourself paper gift is such a thing that will remain in the house for a long time, and in the memory of the birthday person.
