How to make a gift box?

Beautifully decorated gift itself is a little more pleasant, because the donor tried twice. It is especially nice when a person makes the original packaging with their own hands. Below we will consider a few simple options for decorating boxes for a gift, which are very simple to do.

Gift box made of cardboard in the form of a basket

In principle, no one bothers to make such a design out of felt or other material. We need only a punch and a kind of ribbon, and we choose the decor at our discretion.

1. The first step is to build the foundation. From the cardboard we cut out such a workpiece and work out the edges using a punch. We only make sure that the holes on the adjacent faces are located symmetrically.
2. Next, we simply string each side with a ribbon or with a decorative braid.
3. We fix the handles for our basket.
4. Now it remains to paste the decorative elements and making the gift box by our own hands is completed.

Original boxes for gifts

1. Next, we'll look at how to make a box for a closed type gift. They have the same principle, the only difference is in the preparation of the base.
2. So, here's a template for making a simpler little box. Cut it out and duplicate it on a beautiful cardboard.
3. We cut out.
4. Next, using a pencil, we apply the fold lines to simplify the work.
5. Ruler according to the marking, we bend each "ray" in turn.
6. The most convenient is that you do not need additional decorations to decorate the gift box , since only the ornament on the cardboard and the original assembly work.
7. We bend each "ray" in turn and at the same time, as it were, we fill it with the previous one.
8. And here is the result.

Once you can easily master the assembly of this option, it's worth trying more complicated.

1. Again, we need a template for making a gift box with our own hands of this type.
2. Cut it out and transfer it to the cardboard.
3. In this variant, the base is not just a square, but a pentagon.
4. To make this box for a gift is not much more difficult, because the technique is no different: we alternately bend each "ray" and fill it up with the previous one. You seem to make a rose from the petals.

How to decorate a gift box with beads?

1. First of all, from color cardboard we cut out two blanks in the form of a square.
2. Then alternately bend each side at the same distance and form a box, as shown in the figure.
3. The top part, or rather the lid, will be decorated with a variety of beads and buttons. This decor will simultaneously become a kind of handle for the box.
4. The options are weight and everything depends on the chosen pattern on the cardboard and beads.