Heart gift box
What do you need
- Sample;
- White paper;
- scissors;
- pencil;
- thick paper;
- glue gun.
How to do
Print the template on plain white paper. Cut and fold along the lines. On a narrow part you need to make a horizontal cut along the line indicated by the arrow.
Frame: Sarah Johnson – Pugdemonium / YouTube
Trace the templates onto construction paper and cut out. You will need two hearts and two stripes of each type. Follow the fold lines with scissors, without cutting through the paper, and fold it.
Frame: Sarah Johnson – Pugdemonium / YouTube
On all four long pieces, make many vertical cuts before the fold. Glue the wider pieces to the smaller heart so that the cuts are on the back side. Details are shown in the video.
Frame: Sarah Johnson – Pugdemonium / YouTube
To get the box lid, make the same vertical cuts on the narrow parts. Glue these parts to another heart so that the cuts are on the inside. Close the box with the resulting lid.
Frame: Sarah Johnson – Pugdemonium / YouTube
The best manufacturers
By purchasing products from trusted manufacturers, you can rest assured of the quality of the products. We recommend taking a closer look at the kits from the following manufacturers:
- Eclat. Eclat glasses are made of durable transparent glass; they combine practicality and stylish design. There are sets with glasses ranging from 2 to 6 pieces. The products are securely packaged to prevent damage during transportation. Most products are made from durable crystal glass, which combines the beauty and clarity of crystal with the safety and durability of glass. In this brand you can also find sets of cut glasses of various heights, sets of cocktail glasses;
Eclat glasses are made of durable transparent glass; they combine practicality and stylish design.
Diamond. This company produces sets of Diamond glasses, sets of several glasses or wine glasses. There are also original options, for example, a set of two stemless wine glasses. Products with several sides can be placed at different angles, which allows you to enjoy the aroma and taste of the drink. These glasses are best suited for spirits such as whiskey or brandy, but can also be used for soft drinks. The cut glasses are packaged in stylish black packaging, so you don’t have to buy and decorate a gift box separately.
Products with several sides can be placed at different angles, which allows you to enjoy the aroma and taste of the drink.
A set of glasses or glasses will be a good gift option for almost anyone. If you decide to make such a gift, then it is important to choose products made from high-quality materials and suitable for a specific type of drink. It is also important to purchase or make packaging for wine glasses yourself, so as not to break or scratch the products.
Polygonal gift box
What do you need
- Thick paper;
- compass;
- ruler;
- pencil;
- scissors;
- glue;
- bow.
How to do
Draw two circles with a diameter of 5 cm on paper. Without changing the pitch of the compass, make six marks on the circles at an equal distance from each other. Connect these marks with straight lines inside each circle.
Draw lines on the outside of each corner as shown in the video. For one figure they should be 4 cm long, and for the other - 2 cm. Connect these lines so that you get six rectangles. To the right of each of them, draw a small detail with a beveled top.
Cut out the shapes along the lines. Using scissors, draw along the sides of the polygon inside the circle and along the line of the piece with the beveled top. Bend the shapes along the marked lines and glue each of them. Place a lid on the box and decorate it with a bow.
For such a craft, you can make a voluminous lid. It looks very original. By the way, the box itself in this video is made using a different, more intricate technique:
How to make your own box
There are several options for making such structures; the choice often depends on the availability of tools in the house and skills in working with wood. We will talk about how to make the simplest wooden box with your own hands.
A few words about the material
First of all, we need to decide what type of wood we will use to make our work of art. Beginning craftsmen, in the first couple of years, should abandon high-strength, expensive varieties such as oak or beech.
Here it is better to take soft wood. The most affordable option in all respects is coniferous species, as well as alder or linden.
When choosing a material, you should consider what items or products the product is intended for storing. The fact is that decorative containers for tea or other bulk food products are usually made from hardwood.
Important: pine boards have a specific odor that is easily absorbed. For example, if you put green tea with jasmine in a pine box, then after a week your drink will smell like pine, not jasmine.
For those who are going to treat their box with a specialized stain, imitating expensive types of wood, it is better to give preference to linden. This breed has a light natural color and is well decorated.
Wine packaging.
Manufacturing highlights
- Wooden gift boxes are often small in size, so we will make just such designs. The instructions here are not complicated. Initially, we will need 4 planks to arrange the walls. Naturally, the thicker the board, the easier it is to work with. But small drawers with thick sides do not always look good; a thickness of 10 mm is considered the best option.
- The material for the bottom and lid is selected depending on the size of the structure. So, under a small box for wine or for a watch, it is easy to choose a monolithic natural board with a thickness of 10 - 15 mm. For covers on larger structures, as a rule, wooden plywood with a thickness of 8 mm or more is used.
- Any product begins with a sketch; the more carefully you draw it up, the easier it will be for you to work. According to the dimensions specified in the sketch, 4 planks for the walls are cut out. There are 3 ways to connect the sides; which one to choose depends on your professional skills in working with carpentry tools and the availability of this very tool.
- Planks with a thickness of 10 mm or more can be joined end-to-end by inserting 2 side panels between the front and back panels. In this case, the sides are glued together and additionally secured with thin nails or self-tapping screws. The method is quite simple, but it is customary to use it only if the product will be decorated with a continuous, non-transparent layer, for example, decoupage.
- The sides of small gift or jewelry boxes can be glued together by cutting the edges at a 45º angle. Ideally, a miter saw is used for this, but in the absence of one, you can carefully trim with a sharp knife, and then finish it with emery or a file.
Square gift box
What do you need
- Scissors;
- thick paper;
- ruler;
- pencil;
- glue;
- bow.
How to do
Cut out a square measuring 20 × 20 cm from paper. Draw two vertical and two horizontal lines on it, stepping back 5 cm from each edge. In the middle you will get another square.
Use scissors to follow the marked lines and make grooves without cutting through the paper. Bend it along these indentations. Cut along short lines, bend the resulting parts and glue them together as shown in the video.
Cut out a square measuring 16 × 16 cm from paper. Draw two horizontal and vertical lines on it, 3 cm away from the edges. Then cut, bend and glue in exactly the same way as the previous piece. Place the lid on the box and glue a bow on top.
Instead of a regular lid, you can make two triangles that fit completely onto the box:
Pyramid gift box
What do you need
- Scissors;
- thick paper;
- ruler;
- pencil;
- plate or disk;
- hole puncher;
- yarn or ribbon.
How to do
Cut out a square from paper. Using four lines, divide it into nine parts. Make a mark in the center of each side of the large square. Inside the squares adjacent to the marks, draw triangles as shown in the video.
Place a plate or disk on the sides of the triangle and trace. Cut out the shape along the marked lines. You should end up with something like a flower.
Bend the figure along all straight lines and connect the pyramid. Make holes in the tops of the triangles, thread yarn or ribbon through and tie.
Such a pyramid can also be made using the origami technique:
Decoupage. Marine style wine box. Master class with step-by-step photos
Probably, the question of choosing a gift will always be relevant. It is especially acute when you need to give a present to a person who “has everything.” Let's consider a wine box as an exclusive gift. It plays the protective role of a mini-cellar, protects the drink from sunlight and has an aesthetic role.
We will decorate the box using direct decoupage technique in a marine style with artificial aging and drawing the background with a palette knife. Even if you don’t have an art education and are far from painting, it doesn’t matter. We will not use brushes.
To decorate and decoupage the box we will need:
acrylic paints and varnish;
Master class on decoupage of a wine box.
We will be working with MDF blank, so there is no need to sand it first - the surface is already flat and smooth. To prevent the MDF from delaminating, you must first cover the entire surface to be decorated with acrylic varnish in 2-3 layers and remove the rope.
We cover the surface with white paint in a thick layer (you can make several layers), paint it with acrylic varnish and remove any unevenness with sandpaper. We first try on the motifs of the cards and napkins for decoupage to the box, tear them out and glue them with acrylic varnish. Carefully remove excess varnish and air bubbles.
Cover with acrylic varnish in several layers. Using stamping we even out the general background. Mix white, ocher, yellow medium. Coat it again with acrylic varnish and remove any unevenness with sandpaper.
Mix the paints with a palette knife and apply with light movements. We try to ensure that the selected shades do not contrast too much with the shades in the drawings.
After drying, coat it again with acrylic varnish and remove any unevenness with sandpaper. It is possible that the process of applying the background and drying will take you considerable time. We selectively apply the craquelure composition to the box, lid and bottom, according to the manufacturer's recommendations. We rub it with bitumen.
We decorate the inside with several layers of stain. We decorate the ribs with artistic bitumen. We carefully tint the ribs with antique gold.
Finish with alkyd-based spray varnish. We fix the rope in its original place.
And in the end we get a box for wine using the decoupage technique .
Gift box clamshell
What do you need
- Pencil;
- disk;
- thick paper;
- ruler;
- scissors;
- ribbon.
How to do
Trace the disc on paper. Draw two perpendicular lines through the center of the resulting circle. Place the disk so that its edges touch the beginning of the lines at the top right and trace. Divide the new circle in the same way as the first.
In each part, trace the disc as shown in the video. Then deepen the lines.
Cut out the piece along the outer contours and bend along the deepened lines. Place the gift inside, fold the box and tie it with a ribbon.
Wine box: decoupage
If you want to give your friend a bottle of good wine for the New Year, a tastefully decorated box using decoupage technique will help complement the gift. You can take a ready-made wooden slatted blank or use a regular box of butt boots to make it.
Decorating wine boxes using decoupage technique step by step:
- We process the box with sandpaper;
- We remove dust from the workpiece and degrease it using a cotton pad soaked in alcohol;
- We cover the outer part of the box with several layers of primer, paying special attention to the lids;
- We treat the inner part with stain;
- Paint the outside of the wine box with a mixture of blue, pink and green paint;
- We separate the top layer of the napkin or decoupage card and tear out the motif we need;
- Soak it on the file in a small amount of liquid and transfer it to the surface of the base;
- Lubricate the picture with glue, straightening it along the box with a hard brush.
- We complete the missing elements;
- We decorate the box with gold leaf;
- We cover the product with several layers of varnish.
All that remains is to put a bottle of wine in the box and the gift in the original style is ready. There is no shame in exhibiting such a product at the crafts fair in Ukraine.
Gift box with flip lid
What do you need
- Ruler;
- pencil;
- thick paper;
- scissors;
- glue.
How to do
Draw two lines on the two narrow sides of the sheet at a distance of 1.5–2 cm from the edge and fold the paper along these lines. Bend and straighten the sheet as shown in the video. You will get two folds in the middle.
Draw lines on the long sides of the sheet at the same distance. For clarity, draw the bends made in the middle. Make cuts down to long horizontal lines. Glue the paper together as shown in the video.
The hinged lid can be made from a separate sheet:
DIY gift wrapping of custom shapes
To wrap gifts of non-standard shape, you need to get a little creative.
An original idea for small gifts is to wrap it in a gift shirt or T-shirt:
- We put the gift on the T-shirt, in its central part.
- Alternately bend the upper part first, then the lower one towards the center.
- We also fold the sides of the T-shirt. This packaging will look unusual.
- To secure such packaging, use decorative or satin ribbon, bias tape, twine or twine. Carefully tie a bow and you're done.
If you choose a long-sleeved T-shirt (such as a sweatshirt or turtleneck), you can make a knot from the sleeves to secure it. A great option if you want to give your friend some sweets and an original T-shirt.
Gift box-chest
What do you need
- Sample;
- thick paper;
- scissors;
- stationery knife;
- glue.
How to do
Print the template, cut along the solid lines and cut along the bottom dotted lines. Fold the shape along the remaining dotted lines. Glue it together as shown in the video. Connect the top pieces and thread them through the holes to close the chest.
You can leave the box as is or cover it in the middle with paper of a different color and decorate it with a bow.
Decoupage spice box using printout method
For this method, it is better to use plywood blanks, since during the implantation process the cardboard base may delaminate. However, if you work very carefully, you can also decorate a shoe box with decoupage and implantation of a printout.
In addition to the technique given here for implanting a printout “with its face into the varnish,” there is another method: transferring the design to the product using a hot iron.
This technique may seem too complicated for beginner decoupage artists, but if you follow all the steps carefully, you will be pleased with the result.
Master class for beginners on decorating a box using the technique of implanting printouts:
- Sand the box with sandpaper.
- Apply a thin layer of primer, white acrylic paint or stain to its surface and let it dry.
- On top of the primer we apply several layers of acrylic paint of the main color. Let the boxes dry thoroughly. This step does not need to be completed if you used stain to decorate the box.
- We apply several layers of acrylic varnish or special adhesive varnish to the printed motif. We cover the places where the design will be implanted with a thin layer of the same composition and until it dries, we lower the varnished image with its face into the varnish. Leave this structure in this position until completely dry.
- The next day, generously moisten the printout with water and begin to roll all the paper off the product. When you think there is no more paper on the image, dry it with a hairdryer and you will see a white coating, you need to get rid of that too.
- When only a bright image remains on the product, fill in the missing details with acrylic paint.
- Open the box with several layers of varnish and leave it until completely dry.
Despite the apparent complexity of this technique, even a beginner can handle it, the main thing is to follow the described sequence of actions exactly.
Gift box-bag
What do you need
- Thick paper;
- ruler;
- pencil;
- scissors;
- disk;
- glue;
- yarn or ribbon.
How to do
Fold the wide side of the sheet, moving 5 cm from the edge. Fold the resulting strip and cut off the remaining paper along the edge. Bend it back once.
Make one mark at the top and bottom, stepping back 5 cm from the narrow edge. Fold the edge along these marks, then fold the entire piece like an accordion.
Unfold the paper completely and make cuts along one wide edge of the sheet to a horizontal line. Cut off the narrow part, folded into an accordion, at the top and bottom. It should remain in the middle.
On the other wide side, mark the middle of the resulting squares with a pencil. Take a disk or some other round object and connect the center marked points of the squares with the corners opposite.
Fold the paper along semicircular lines. Glue the box together as shown in the video. Punch holes at the top, thread yarn or ribbon through them and tighten the bag.
How to pack a bottle into a man's shirt sleeve
In the same way, you can use not only knitted sweater sleeves, but also men's shirts with cuffs! In combination with a tie or bow tie, such an extravagant packaging of the bottle will definitely remain in the memory for a long time. An ideal solution for a gift to your beloved man or colleagues, and a bow tie or tie can also be an additional (or main) gift.
And it’s even easier to make such packaging than from a sweater, since in this case you don’t need to worry about the knitting not unraveling. The process is exactly the same. Find an unwanted shirt that is clean and has sleeves intact. Place the bottle in the sleeve, preferably so that the cuff completely covers the neck of the bottle. Cut the sleeve just below the bottom line, sew a fabric bottom or simply sew the edges. You can simply cut the cuff with a button and fasten it around the bottle.
Gift bag with bow
What do you need
- Paper;
- glue;
- ribbon.
How to do
Fold the piece of paper in half crosswise so that a mark appears in the top center for clarity. Fold both sides of the sheet to this mark, slightly overlapping one another, and glue them together.
Fold and glue the bottom of the bag as shown in the video. Fold the long sides over so that the bottom touches the seam at the bottom of the bag. Open the bag and fold it again along the side lines so that it is straighter and more beautiful.
Place the gift inside and fold the top of the package into an accordion shape. Press it in the middle and straighten the edges of the resulting bow. Tie the bag with a ribbon.
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Pipes
The idea may seem strange, but a wine bottle perfectly follows its cylindrical shape. So why clutter the space with a million shelves and racks when wine can be stored in space-saving tubes of the right size? For example, equip the cellar with a wall made of cylindrical building blocks. Now they can be purchased at any hardware store. A terracotta clay tube creates an ideal microclimate for storing a delicate and capricious drink.
Turn your wine rack into a real work of art! A budget alternative to brick blocks will be durable PVC pipes. Create an amazing composition from elements of different diameters, just like the Adventures in Creating designers did.
Drainage pipes are also great for storing your favorite wines. The main thing is to firmly fasten them together, then your drinks will be completely safe. Adventures of an Almost 40 Year Old Intern also suggests equipping a kind of coffee table at the top of the structure. This will create an additional surface for placing things or accessories.
If you are looking for the simplest and most economical option, then you won’t find anything better than a shelf made from cardboard mailing tubes. Agree, this project from Bob Vila looks very original and worthy of attention!
