A friend is a close and dear little man who can share the joy and support in difficult times. The best way to express your feelings is to make a birthday present for a friend with your own hands. Handmade items carry a piece of the manufacturer's energy. It is not necessary to be a master in a particular area of needlework. It is enough to carefully study the instructions and follow the instructions.
Choosing the right gift
Giving gifts is an art in itself. To make the present pleasant and cause unforgettable emotions, you should prepare for your birthday in advance. After all, it will take more than one day to make a gift for a friend with your own hands.
What to focus on:
- First of all, it is worth considering the age of the birthday girl. The interests of a girl aged 25 and 15 have significant differences.
- Work, interests and hobbies. Many women and girls are fond of cooking, homework, sewing, knitting and other types of needlework. In this case, it is very easy to create a small copy of a kitchen attribute or accessory from beads or other improvised materials.
- Girl's way of life. Many girls are fond of sports or a healthy lifestyle. In such a situation, it is appropriate to present natural cosmetics. For a sweet tooth, you can make a cake or a bouquet of sweets, and a fashionista can sew a beautiful wallet.
- Sweets, nuts or dried fruits will definitely never wither, and will be beneficial.
- It is appropriate to pick up sweets in one color scheme, then the gift will make sense.
- Brown color symbolizes home warmth, comfort and stability. The main components of the composition are figs, dates, prunes, raisins.
- Pink and red shades, this is a wish for romance and personal happiness. For this, dried strawberries, barberries, cranberries, rose hips are used.
- For the wishes of financial well-being and a positive mood, choose an orange scale. These are papaya, kumquat, dried apricots, peach, mango, apple.
A pot of sweets instead of a houseplant
This is a universal version of what you can give your girlfriend for her birthday with your own hands.
For the manufacture will need:
- pots for indoor plants,
- long wooden skewers
- hot glue, floral foam,
- artificial moss,
- sweets.
As the main component, you can use caramels, chocolates, marshmallows and other confectionery at your discretion.
How to do:
- Each candy is glued to a skewer.
- Put floral foam in the pot. It can be replaced with foam, but the latter option is very light and has low strength. As a result, skewers can fall out of the finished product and spoil the appearance of the gift.
- Cover the top of the floral foam with decorative moss or grass to hide the irregularities and shortcomings of the inner filler of the planter.
- Insert skewers with sweets. A handmade gift for your best friend's birthday is ready.
Bouquet of nuts and dried fruits
Even if a friend is a supporter of a healthy lifestyle, she definitely will not refuse such a present.
The easiest way to make it is to string or glue each nut or dried fruit onto a skewer. Beautiful packaging will be a great addition to the composition.
Before proceeding with the creation of the composition, it is important to choose high-quality components that will not cause an allergic reaction in the hero of the occasion.
To design the composition, you should prepare:
- dried fruits,
- nuts,
- wooden skewers,
- Scotch,
- hot glue.
It is not necessary to use special paper for packaging. It can be successfully replaced with craft paper, burlap, rough cloth or even old newspapers. As decorations, it is appropriate to use cotton bolls on a stem, sprigs of greens, cinnamon or vanilla sticks, brushes of mountain ash, wild rose or viburnum.
Nuts and dried fruits can be replaced with cookies, marshmallows, fresh fruits, marmalade, marshmallows and other sweets. If the product does not have a separate package, it must be wrapped in cling film.
How to:
Attach all ingredients to skewers with hot glue. Use tape if necessary.
Collect all the skewers in a bouquet. Give the composition stability with adhesive tape. Add decorations. Wrap everything in paper or cloth.
Chocolate bomb with marshmallows
It is enough to pour such sweetness with hot milk or boiling water and get a wonderful drink with small pieces of marshmallows and other additives.
For the manufacture will need:
- chocolate containing at least 25% cocoa,
- marshmallow,
- 2 teaspoons cocoa
- decorative confectionery powder,
- hemisphere silicone molds,
- pastry bag.
How to cook:
- Melt the chocolate bar in a water bath. It is important not to overheat so that the finished product does not melt in your hands. The ideal temperature is between 40 and 45 C0.
- Using a pastry bag, chocolate must be poured into hemispheres and spread evenly over the surface. After that, place the mold in the refrigerator for a few minutes.
- Heat a regular plate in the microwave. Remove the hemisphere from the mold, put on the surface of the plate so that the chocolate melts a little. Place a few pieces of marshmallow inside. You can add dry cream, coconut milk, and other goodies at your discretion. Lower the second hemisphere with a seam into a plate, and connect with the first.
- After all the bombs are ready, they should be placed in the refrigerator until completely cooled.
- For decoration, you can pour over chocolate (white, pink, milk) and sprinkle with decorative powder or crushed nuts.
- Wrap all products in paper and put in a gift box.
In order to make an original birthday present for a friend with your own hands, it is enough to show a little imagination. A cute and pleasant bauble will cheer you up and remind you of the giver.
Coffee Mug Case
Funny clothes for a cup will become not only a decorative decoration. Thanks to the cover, the drink will remain hot for a long period of time. A wonderful DIY birthday gift idea.
Production material - felt. All decorations can be sewn on with a machine or by hand. In the latter case, it is important to ensure that the distance between the stitches remains the same. Hot glue is not suitable for this product, as hot drink will be poured into the cup and small parts may come off.
The clothes are attached to the surface of the mug with a sewn-on Velcro. It also helps to adjust the length of the cover, which is important when using different cups.
gel candle
This is a great way out if it's hard to figure out what kind of gift you can make with your own hands for your girlfriend's birthday. The candle can be put on a shelf as a decoration or used for its intended purpose.
To make a candle, it is enough to purchase a ready-made kit in a craft store. You can also purchase the ingredients individually. But this option is more suitable for those who plan to engage in manufacturing constantly.
For the manufacture will need:
- special gel,
- glass container,
- decorations.
To color the gel, you need to add an aqueous solution of food coloring to the melted mass. All natural essential oils are used for the scent, except for rose, as it gives off an unpleasant odor when burned.
Artificial pebbles, colored sand, shells, beads, feathers, dry twigs or flowers are used as decorative elements.
How to do:
- Put a little glue on the bottom of the glass and attach a reinforced wick.
- Cut the candle gel into small cubes and melt in a stainless steel bowl. The temperature should not exceed 93 C0otherwise the mass will become cloudy. Ready-to-use gel resembles thick sugar syrup.
- The candle container heats up to 70 C0, filled with decor and filled with gel. The liquid is poured carefully, from the side, so that bubbles do not form. Pull the wick up and wrap it around a skewer or pencil. You can cut off the excess after the mass has cooled.
Bead and ribbon bracelet
This is a good solution to the problem of what to give a girlfriend for her birthday with her own hands.
To make it is enough to take:
- strong thread or thin elastic (fishing line),
- beads
- tape,
- needle.
How to do:
Insert the line into the needle and tie a knot. Fold a piece of ribbon like an accordion. Pass the needle through the crease. String a bead. Continue with this pattern. Tie both free ends of the ribbon with a beautiful bow.
book box
DIY gifts for a friend's birthday don't have to be expensive. You can make a wonderful gift from improvised means.
For work, you should prepare:
- hardcover book,
- stationery knife,
- PVA glue,
- brush,
- ruler
- pencil.
Manufacturing process:
- Dilute glue with water one to one.
- First, apply liquid to the back endpaper to adhere it to the last page.
- Open the top of the cover to apply the mixture to the other sides of the book and stick them together.
- After the glue has completely dried, draw a rectangular hole in the book, stepping back from the edges by 2 cm.
- Cut out the pages, leaving a few pages at the very end.
- Cover the inside of the future box with glue and leave to dry.
The box is ready. If desired, you can paste over the surface with a beautiful fabric, such as velvet.
Salt dough or polymer clay pendant
This is the easiest DIY gift for a friend. You will need:
- salty dough,
- acrylic paint,
- ribbon,
- plastic tube,
- hot glue.
Also, to make a print, you will need a cat's paw.
How to do it:
- Roll out the dough into a thin layer and cut out a circle using a glass.
- Set a trail with a cat. In the absence of an animal, this can be done with your fingers. Make a hole with a plastic tube. Dry the product.
- Paint the footprint with one color and the background with another. Pass the tape through the hole.
- In the same way, you can make a fridge magnet. To do this, attach a magnet to the back surface of the product with hot glue.
Handmade soap
For the manufacture will need:
- silicone mold, but you can do without it, you can make a disposable container of food foil, cut the finished soap into small sticks and tie with a ribbon;
- soap base;
- essential oils.
How to do:
- Melt the soap base in the microwave or in a water bath.
- Add natural and essential oils to the mass. If the girlfriend is a teenager, then it can be grape seed oil or wheat germ. For older women, it is appropriate to use peach or apricot kernel oil. Argan oil or burdock oil is not used for soap, as it can provoke hair growth in unwanted places. To add flavor to the mass, add one or two drops of natural essential oil (lavender, citrus, bergamot and others, at the discretion).
- Soap is heated to a liquid state in a water bath or in a microwave. But boiling should not be allowed, as this will spoil the appearance of the finished product.
- Pour the mass into the prepared form, pre-treated with alcohol. This substance will allow you to remove the soap from the mold without any problems.
There is no universal recipe or method for making a birthday present. The choice depends not only on the age and preferences of the birthday girl, but also on the skill and capabilities of the donor. But, it should be remembered that every girl deserves the perfect gift for her personal holiday. The presentation must be desirable and useful. The essence of a gift made by yourself is care and attention, because each item contains a piece of the energy of the person who created it.
