How to decorate a box with your own hands?

Taking a gift, the first thing that they pay attention to is its packaging. A nondescript box or a package in which a gift was sold is not the best option. In addition, the beautifully decorated gift wrapper once again confirms that you care about a person and you have taken a close look at the choice and presentation of the presentation.

In this master class we will talk about how you can decorate the gift box with your own hands to deliver even more joy to the donee.

For the long memory

Frames, albums for photos, books, cups - these are quite common variants of gifts for close people. But memorable can be not only a souvenir, but also a box in which he will be presented.

We will need:

  1. The decor of the box with our own hands begins with the fact that we paste on its sides the photographs printed on plain paper. You can glue them at any angle, as they will serve as a background. When all four sides of the box are ready, hide the corners of the paper that will be on the bottom of the box, pasting a sheet of colored paper on it.
  2. Now you need to glue the entire box with a transparent tracing paper to distract attention from the background, making it slightly blurry. Then decorate the box with pictures printed on photographic paper, as well as colored paper figures (hearts, stars, etc.). Similarly, decorate and cover. Stick out the paper inside the box with tape. Now you know how to decorate a regular cardboard box for a gift in a few minutes.

Simple, fast, beautiful

That's how you can decorate a shoe box, how to do it? See below!

We will need:

  1. Place the box on the wrapping paper, the dimensions of which allow you to wrap the entire box. Make cuts from its corners to the corners of the box. To the box does not slip, fix it with a double-sided tape. Then wrap the box with paper.
  2. From the colored paper, cut out the geometric figures and paste them on the thread.
  3. How beautiful will the handcraft look if you decorate the box with these decorative threads!

Tenderness and softness

The ideal option for the decor of the gift box will be its decoration with a cloth.

We will need:

  1. On the fabric cut, circle the bottom of the box with a pencil. Then alternately lay the box on its sides to mark their width. Do not forget to add 2-3 cm of fabric on each side, so that it can be fixed on the inside of the box.
  2. At the intersection of the lines in the corners, make small indentations and draw the lines dotted. Then cut out the part.
  3. Lubricate the box with glue and gently glue the part from the fabric, paying special attention to the corners. Similarly, decorate the lid of the box. From the inside of the edges can be processed with satin ribbon, which will hide all the shortcomings.
  4. Proceed to decorating the box. To do this, you can use artificial flowers, lace, ribbons, knitted or crocheted elements. Soft textiles of pastel tones will make your gift wrapping original, gentle, at home spiritual.

Gift wrapping made by own hands will be definitely appreciated! Even after the holiday, it can be used to store jewelry and small things. Beautiful, original and practical!

In addition to boxes, you can make a gift in other original ways or simply pack into paper .