Important to consider before making
- Remember, does the recipient have any hobbies? They can be reflected in the packaging.
- The design of the gift is greatly influenced by the degree of your intimacy. If it is appropriate to give a relative something sweet and personal, then for an employee it is appropriate to give something more universal and discreet.
- Since the emphasis is on the box, it should look unusual.
- Remember your recipient's favorite treats and add them to the box.
- Don’t give up on an idea if it seems like there’s nothing to come up with or it’s difficult. Nowadays you can easily find many master classes and video tutorials online. And if you can’t wait to get started or it’s simply more convenient to do it on video, then here are some interesting options. Below you will find the same instructions, but with a photo.
Materials required for work
So, if the reader is interested in the technology of making a photo box with your own hands, we offer a detailed and step-by-step master class, which begins with a list of the necessary tools and materials. This:
- regular cardboard for crafts;
- corrugated, colored or wrapping paper;
- paper adhesive tape;
- satin ribbon;
- PVA glue;
- ruler;
- a simple pencil;
- comfortable scissors.
In addition, you need to prepare various decorative elements. For example, beads, satin ribbon bows, paper decorative elements, etc. It is also important not to forget about many of the most interesting, favorite and memorable photographs.
How to fill a gift box
Below we have listed many options for different holidays. Just choose a gift, complement it with goodies and fill your surprise box, which we will tell you how to make a little below.
On February 14
A heart-shaped gift box with a Valentine's card will be very useful. You can bake cookies or a heart-shaped cake for your loved one with your own hands.
For a friend or relative,
on the occasion of
a birthday
or
New Year,
the packaging can be made from dark shades of cardboard, or a wooden box or suitcase can be prepared. The content depends on age, hobbies and profession.
Here are some ideas:
- for grandfather - a scarf, belt or luxury tea.
- employee - a leather diary, a pen in a case, a business card holder.
- The driver will receive a gadget charger, driving glasses, and a steering wheel cover.
- for an athlete - a fitness bottle, an expander.
Universal gifts include coffee, chocolate, cookies, a mug, and maybe even a can of beer with nuts or chips. A practical man will be happy with a flashlight, a navigator, and if he is interested in fishing, then give him a folding knife, a flask, and an underwater camera. A man with a sense of humor will enjoy a weight covered with candy. Small realistic chocolates in the form of bolts or a set of tools look stylish.
For a girl
In honor of
March 8,
the box is suitable in a bright or delicate shade, round shape, cardboard or heart-shaped handbag. You can hide your favorite cosmetics, a set of oils, a brooch, a book, candles, or bath salts in sweets.
Relative
will enjoy a beautiful decorative piece made of porcelain. The main gift will be complemented by unusual chocolate, handmade sweets, marmalade, marshmallows, and macaroons.
For a colleague
feel free to make your own cupcakes, gingerbread cookies or chocolate covered prunes. The eternal classic is tea or coffee, which can be purchased by weight. The drink will be complemented with acacia honey, buckwheat, cream honey with berries or jam made from figs, pine cones, pear with lavender.
For a child
you need a bright chest or an unusual box in the shape of a house.
For a girl,
a box made of soft fabric and a button closure with hairpins, elastic bands, a doll and even a candy necklace (strung on a thread) is suitable.
The boy
will be happy with cars, a robot, and a small Lego set.
the teenager’s
box: headphones, a flash drive, a mouse, and hide it in candy.
For
a friend’s
birthday , you can prepare packaging based on your hobby, for example, cut out a camera from polystyrene foam and cover it with candies. Fill with chocolate bars, halva, nuts, and your own baked goods. The box will fit luxury cosmetics, smart watches, and a certificate.
Filling for New Year's
presentation: painted gingerbread cookies, Christmas cookies, chocolate figures, dried fruits, Ritter Sport mini chocolates, a bottle of cognac, a kit for making a gingerbread house.
What is an unusual box?
The craft studied in the article is made using the scrapbooking or scrapbooking technique, which literally translates as “scrapbook.” This type of decorative and applied art appeared relatively recently and consists of interesting design of photo albums. For example, family or personal. Although, if you wish, you can also make a greeting card decorated with stickers, clippings, congratulatory inscriptions and other decorative elements. Making a box with photographs with your own hands is very simple. You can even say that even a child can handle the job. But in any case, such a craft will be an excellent gift for family and friends. After all, it will bring a lot of delight and will certainly bring tears of happiness!
How to decorate a finished box
If you doubt your abilities, it is better to take a ready-made box for decoration. You can decorate it with ribbons, bows, lace. Glue beads, balls, berries onto hot glue and put sweets in it.
Baskets, glass containers (jars, bottles), plastic collapsible balls, and boxes with windows look original. Boxes for the New Year are decorated with pine cones, spruce branches, and paper snowflakes.
In stores there are boxes and wooden blanks that can then be used for storage.
Clamshell box
Another interesting master class will appeal to those who, for various reasons, want to spend less time on work. However, this will not make the product worse or more monotonous. And then the reader will be able to verify this. The technology for making such a box with photographs does not involve complex actions. After all, we only need to make one main box. We “cut out” it, based on the previous master class. We prepare the base and lid, don’t forget about the decor. Then we take photographs of the same size and fold them with a vertical strip, face down. Then we glue the joints with paper tape. Carefully trim the “tails” with scissors. As a result, we should get an accordion in which the first and last photographs are turned inward. If everything turned out correctly, we mask the “patches” with decorative paper. Next, glue the bottom photo to the bottom of the box, and the top photo to the inside of the lid. Close the craft and tie it with ribbon if desired.
How to make a box with your own hands
Step-by-step production of a box that folds out
An opening box of sweets will definitely surprise and lift the mood of the recipient!
Instructions on how to make it at home:
Take thick cardboard from an old box. Cut out squares of 12, 17, 22 cm (5 pieces each). Leave a distance of 5 cm between the parts according to the approximate size of the sweets.
We glue the squares with tape in the shape of a cross on both sides. We leave a gap between the walls and the bottom so that you can easily open the box and assemble it.
Using glue or double-sided tape, we cover the sides of our “crosses” with wrapping paper.
As a result, you will have 3 colored “crosses”, each slightly larger than the other. We also seal the inside with paper.
Let's start making the lids. Cut out 3 squares 1 cm larger than the bases (13, 18, 23 cm). For them we make small stripes 2-3 cm wide.
We glue them together in the same way as the big ones.
We collect the edges with glue.
Cover with wrapping paper.
Now assembly! Glue each box to the next, from smallest to largest. The final box should be perfectly level.
Now the most interesting thing is to tape flat sweets, 3-4 cm thick, to the walls with tape so that the packaging closes. Use small candies, small chocolates, packages of cookies.
You can put any sweets, tea, coffee and other gifts in the center. For a child, a toy or kinder. We have written all possible options in the paragraph above.
Close the box and decorate it with a bow or other decor.
We assemble a box of sweets themselves
Now let's look at step by step how to make a box of kinders. But you can take any other candies of a similar shape.
We cover the foam blank with paper and glue wide double-sided tape on top. If its width is not enough, add a thin one higher.
Decorate with kinder chocolates.
We attach all the other candies inside with tape too, so that nothing falls out.
All that remains is to tie a ribbon around our chocolate box. Ready!
Craft time
It is impossible to say definitively how long it will take to make a box of photographs with your own hands. Because everything depends on the design of the idea. Of course, if the reader does not decorate the craft too much, it will be possible to finish it in a few hours. But if you want to create a very beautiful, highly artistic and ideal gift in every way, you can spend a week or even a whole month. Especially a lot of time is spent on working out the details. Therefore, people who have already managed to make the item under study for their loved ones write in reviews that it is important to think about your box in advance. So that you don’t have to rush at the last moment, not knowing how to sculpt your planned masterpiece, figuratively speaking, in 60 seconds.
Tips and tricks
Experienced craftsmen have collected some tips for beginners that will help make the present more impressive:
- It is better not to put sweets scattered so that they do not get damaged. A good solution would be to use filler - it looks more attractive, aesthetically pleasing and solemn. Take your choice of artificial straw, grass, rose petals, natural tow, cut strips of colored paper, wallpaper or magazines. New Year's surprises can be filled with confetti, corrugated shavings, tinsel or "rain". It is more interesting for a child to look for a gift in small candies, nuts, chewing gum or dragees. As a gift for a man, wood shavings, straw or a special paper filler are suitable.
- As you already understood, you can also put a non-edible gift in the box, hiding it in the sweets.
- Make sure that it is convenient to remove the chocolates from the surprise without damaging the structure.
A box of goodies made with your own hands is always a timeless gift! Now you can buy almost any packaging in stores, but it’s so nice when a person took the time to invent and create everything on his own. Ideally, the recipient can keep the packaging and use it in the future, which means they can remember you and the past event. By the way, it will be very interesting for children to make such crafts as a gift to their parents or friends.
We wish you inspiration and creative ideas!
Personalized clock on the wall
A beautiful and unique watch with a man’s personal name will not leave him indifferent. He can hang them both at home and at work.
Or these watches with erotic overtones.
Surprise cards
Make birthday cards, on each of which write a wish, the fulfillment of which it guarantees.
- For example, you will cook your favorite dish for dinner, arrange a get-together with friends, and the like.
- Agree that you can get a card at any time he wants , and that each card is pulled out blindly, that is, he will not know in advance what exactly he will choose.
A fun way to spice up your life.
Date Ideas Kit
Write down date ideas on pieces of paper (the more the better, 100+), for example:
- "Order pizza at home"
- "Picnic in the Park"
- “Going to the cinema”, etc.
When you want to go on a date, just pull out the piece of paper and do what it says, make your time together unpredictable.
Homemade wallet
DIY a personalized wallet for your boyfriend or husband to show how much you care about him. It is not at all difficult to sew, and he will feel your care every time he takes it out.
Personal cup
Create a cup with the first letter of your loved one's name. To do this you will need:
- regular white cup
- and paints for ceramics.
If you are worried about your artistic abilities, you can use a stencil. A wonderful personalized gift for everyday use. Master class here
Charging station
How often do you and your boyfriend trip over the charging cords of your phones or tablets? How many times have you dropped your phone and picked it up hoping the screen didn't break? Solve this problem with a homemade charging station for your gadgets.
Magnetic bracelet
A magnetic bracelet is a great gift idea for a man who often deals with things like screws, nails or screws. An uncomplicated, very thoughtful and practical gift.
Leather notepad
Create a unique notebook with a leather cover for your loved one. A great gift idea for those who love to take notes.
Add his personal initials, emphasizing that you made the notebook for him yourself.
