How beautiful to wrap a gift

Gift wrapping

So, you have chosen a wonderful gift, bought flowers, sweets, a bottle of champagne. And tomorrow comes the holiday, and the gifts are lonely on the table and look like dolls without dresses. Of course, every thing needs clothes. And sometimes a beautiful wrapper can overshadow the content. Of course, you do not strive for this, but you cannot just bring a gift in a bag from the store.

Of course, the present itself may be the most wonderful, but the overall impression will deteriorate. Therefore, we will consider a couple of ideas on how to make a gift attractive not only internally, but also externally.

gift wrapping

A beautifully designed gift is undoubtedly an important, meaningful moment in the ritual of receiving a present.

Types of packaging

Depending on the purpose and its recipient, the gift can be decorated from a laconic strict case to the most incredible fantasy with the passage of a cycle of tasks. Upon completion of each item of such a quest, the hero of the occasion receives a task and instructions on the conditions for passing to the next stage. A gift will be waiting at the finish line.

types of packaging

Ideas for New Year's gift decoration.

Packaging - intrigue

First you need to decide on the size of the gift. If it is small, then you have three exits. You can choose a package of the same volume, everything is clear here. You can choose a huge box, fill it all with colorful pieces of paper and ribbons, and attach the gift to the wall of the box or put it on the very bottom. For weight, you can put a stone or brick in the box.

packaging intrigue

The size of the box may exceed the size of the gift.

The third option is to make a matryoshka packaging. Of course, the gift should be in the smallest one. And if you want to surprise, put a “Find me” note in the last box and draw a small map. Let the birthday boy be intrigued a little longer. If the gift is medium or large, then more paper and energy will be spent on its packaging. If we talk about a box, then you can try to find packaging from a washing machine, stove or refrigerator.

packaging - intrigue

It is the greatest pleasure to watch the recipient as they approach the central gift box.

With your own hands

However, you should not be limited only to ready-made boxes. If you have time, you can make a gift box yourself. Moreover, it can be of any shape (round, polygonal, traditionally square or rectangular) and size. You will need cardboard, scissors, glue, and a schematic found on the Internet.

their own hands

Each gift form can be shaped to create a highly artistic, complete, complete product.

What to wrap

If you approach the packaging thoroughly and make it an integral part of the gift, then it is recommended to devote time and attention to all stages of dressing the presentation in a beautiful shape, without losing sight of every detail.

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Now it's worth talking about the wrapper:

  • In addition to the usual wrapping paper, which can be found in any supermarket or gift shop, a thing that is not intended for this at all can serve for wrapping.

With your own hands

The most unexpected elements can serve as the idea of ​​packaging.

  • For example, a box can be wrapped with newspaper. As they say, cheap and cheerful.

what to wrap

Just a newspaper, but how exquisite.

  • Another democratic option is to glue the box with plain white paper, and then draw hearts, stars, flowers, etc. on it. If you don't know how to draw, you can write some nice words. You can use magazine clippings, postcards, photographs. By the way, you can print a large photograph of the birthday person and stick it on the box.

what to wrap

Stylish packaging in craft paper.

  • You can find letter paper - it will look very interesting (especially if you arrange it like a parcel).
  • You can wrap a gift not only with paper. For these purposes, fabric or lace is suitable.
  • If you want originality, you can sew a wrapper from leaves or petals. Of course, it is very short-lived and such a wrapper should be done a maximum of an hour before delivery, but believe me, your efforts will be appreciated.
  • You can knit a gift wrapper ... For example, a bottle case. It looks beautiful and unusual.

what to wrap

This is how you can give money in an original way.

Decoration

Well, you wrapped the gift, but it still looks not presentable? Because besides the wrapper itself, there are additional decorations:

  • Ribbons and bows. Like the packaging, you can buy a ready-made bow at the store. But sometimes the color is not suitable, the shape or material is not pleasant. Then you can buy a ribbon and make a bow yourself. As a ribbon, there can also be knitting threads, lace, braid, twine, thinly cut strips of paper. Choose materials that match the color and style - and experiment!

ornamentation

Countless packaging decorations.

  • Small postcards. Homemade curly postcards with wishes look very cute. They can be cut out of paper or cardboard, decorated according to the birthday person's tastes (coffee beans, buttons, shells, dried flowers, etc.).
  • Beads, twigs, plastic and metal figurines. All of this can be pasted directly onto the paper. Or you can come up with your own author's drawing and make a real work of art out of the box.

ornamentation

Decorating the package with flowers adds tenderness and sophistication to the gift.

Gift wrapping is a huge world, a holiday anticipation creation industry and an additional desire to highlight who the gift is intended for. A beautifully packaged, tastefully decorated, effectively presented gift already creates a joyful mood and evokes pleasant emotions.