Most people love various surprises and presents. Currently, there are a huge number of ideas and options for which gift a person can make for a holiday. Today we’ll talk about what kind of surprise can be presented to a friend.
Creative ideas
Today you can pick up a whole bunch of creative surprises for a girlfriend for her birthday.
- Portrait. A great option would be a picture of a birthday girl on canvas, painted by a professional artist. You can draw a person in the image of your favorite character from a book, a movie. For such a surprise, you need to prepare a photo in good quality in advance. Moreover, you can choose both a full-length image, and just a portrait photo.
If the birthday girl loves creativity, then you can make a portrait in the style of her beloved artist. A similar gift can decorate the interior of her room.
- Special issue of the magazine. An interesting and unexpected option for the anniversary will be a magazine released specifically for the birthday girl. And you need to make it with her beautiful photos in good quality. You can order a similar product in a photo workshop. For the cover and spread of the magazine should choose the most vivid and beautiful photographs. Articles should also be fully devoted to the birthday girl, your memories together with her. This surprise can simply be stored on a shelf, or can be framed under glass.
- Box with presents. First you need to decorate a large box. This can be done with sparkles, rhinestones, corrugated multi-colored paper. Then you need to put there small opaque envelopes or small boxes.They should be written on them, when they should open the birthday, and for what reason. You can think of almost any of them. Inside the envelope or box should be written a little pleasant advice or just nice wishes. But the main thing is that such elements are small in size.
- Photo collage. Such a gift can be made even with your own hands. As a basis for this surprise, you can use thick paper, cardboard, plywood or plastic. First, a gift sketch is drawn on the selected material in order to decide in advance in what sequence the images of the person will go. Then you need to prepare the background. It can be decorated with acrylic paints. After that, on top of the color coating, you can write in different colors warm wishes for the birthday girl. After the background is completely dry, you can upload photos.
If necessary, they can be cut a little. When the overall composition is posted, the photo can be glued. At the end, the photo collage can be decorated with various decorative elements.
- Quest. In this case, you need to come up with a riddle. As it can be crosswords, sudoku and other puzzles. The task is transferred to paper. The birthday girl must guess the riddle given to her. Solving the puzzle should lead the girlfriend to the expected hidden gift that is in the room.
- Boxing with congratulations. This gift is best done with your own hands. It is created using the scrapbooking technique. First you need to glue the base of the cardboard box with glue. Then you should make the product. It is wrapped in multicolored decorated paper. You can use other elements to decorate the box. Inside the product you can put a small beautiful card. You can also stick on the inside of the photo of a girlfriend or just put small gifts in a box.
- Wall newspaper. This gift is a large postcard on which pleasant wishes are written and various sweet surprises are attached. At the same time, each sweets corresponds to its desire.
- Rotating photo frame. To fill in such an original product, bright joint photos with a girlfriend are perfect. Such a gift can be put on a shelf or on a table. He will be able to decorate any room interior.
- Stylish night light. An original and beautiful surprise will be a translucent nightlight. Often, such items are made out in the form of animals, flowers, phrases, hearts. Sometimes such lamps are decorated with various decorative images inside.
- Personalized pillow. They make such surprises in special workshops. There, the name of the birthday girl can be applied to the product. Also on the subject you can transfer the image of a friend. To make the gift more original, you can make her photo in an unusual way or in the style of her favorite character from a book or from a movie.
- Fortune cookies in a box. To make such a gift, you need to bake a simple cookie. As soon as the dessert is removed from the pan, in the middle of it you need to carefully put a small note with a prediction or with a pleasant wish for the birthday girl. Then the edges of the cookies are bent a little so that the paper is not visible. It can be put in a glass so that it can definitely acquire a beautiful shape.
- Nominal calendar. In the printing house you can order a calendar with images of a friend. At the same time, photos should be selected as successful and of high quality as possible. Also on each page should be printed small pleasant wishes.
Creativity as a gift
If your friend is fond of creativity, then you can give her birthday items, suitable for her hobby. A great option would be a set of professional paints, brushes and canvas. A easel would be a good idea.
Creative beads are often given beadwork kits. They will help to create beautiful jewelry on their own. If the birthday girl loves to sew, then she can be presented professional sewing machine.
As a creative gift, you can give a birthday girl her portrait painted independently on canvas. You can make an image not only with paints. Often for such purposes use shiny beads, plasticine, thread, iridescent rhinestones or diamond embroidery.
Can also do portrait of a birthday girl in the shape of a puzzle. To do this, first choose a suitable photo of a girlfriend. Then in special workshops print the image in the form of small pieces of the puzzle.
Also an interesting surprise will be DIY box made and decorated. You can decorate such a product with the help of colored twine, rhinestone, decorative sparkling stones.
What else can you cook with your own hands?
If you want to make a friend a gift with your own hands, then a surprise with sweets and gift cards will be a great option. To make it, you need to pick up thin skewers and a small container, decorated with decorative elements.
Sweets and cards are carefully planted on sharp skewers. At the same time, a synthetic winterizer or polystyrene should be placed in the container. From above, all this is covered with artificial decorative grass or moss. Sweet surprises are then tightly fixed in the product.
A self-made scarf will turn out to be a pleasant and memorable present. Its front side must be made of pieces on which there are drawings. The other side can be made of plain fabric without pictures.
On the fabric, you need to apply a cut out stencil and carefully cut the future scarf from different t-shirts. After you have cut out all the necessary sections of fabric, they need to be sewn together.
After that, it is worth starting the design of the back of the scarf. Using a stencil, several sections of fabric are also cut out, but from monophonic t-shirts. In this case, the parts can be made a little longer. At the end, the front and back sides of the product are sewn together. If necessary, the fabric is trimmed.
The scarf needs to be ironed. Make it better through cheesecloth.
An unusual surprise, created independently, will be decorative heart decorated with coffee beans. To create such a gift, you should first take a blank sheet of paper and fold it in half. On one side they draw a half heart. Then the pattern is cut out. A heart of paper is placed on a piece of cardboard and circled. Then it is carefully cut out. You need to make two cardboard blanks.
At the same time, two wires must be prepared and wrapped with paper. They are glued to the heart.
Then take cotton pads and glue them between two cardboard blanks. Do this in order to give the product volume. After that, the whole heart is glued with cotton and wrapped with a thin thread.
The blank is completely covered with brown paint. Then everything is pasted over with large coffee beans.
You need to prepare a small container in advance. It is glued with wooden sticks from ice cream. The wires that are attached to the coffee heart are wrapped with jute thread. Spread foam or a sponge in the container and insert the finished product there.
If desired, you can additionally decorate it with artificial small flowers or a bow.
For a friend, you can make a beautiful decorative soap with your own hands. From the base, compositions in the form of flowers or fruits can be cut. A good surprise will be a tea basket. Especially such a present will delight fans of tea parties.
In this case, it is better to purchase as many different varieties of this drink as possible in the store, which are first laid out in small decorated boxes, and then all this is sent to a decorative basket.
In addition to such gifts, you can arrange a birthday as a surprise themed party. Often arrange holidays in pajama or nautical style. For such parties, you can rent costumes.
It is also necessary to decorate the room in an appropriate theme.
Unusual and beautiful will be floral party. If the holiday will take place in the cold season, then instead of fresh flowers, you can make decorative from various materials. The resulting floral arrangements decorate the room in which the celebration will take place.
You can also present a birthday certificate for a studio professional photo shoot. Such a surprise can appeal to almost any girl. For a creative person, a subscription to a master class in vocal or dance would be a good idea.
For courageous girls, an interesting surprise can be horse riding in nature with friends. Also for such a birthday girl as a gift is suitable subscription to visit the water park.
All original and interesting ideas cannot be fit into one article. You can find out about other options for unusual gifts by watching the following video.