Christmas Gift Wrapping: Original Ideas

New Year is a magical holiday in which people not only wait for miracles, but also exchange gifts with dear and close people. And, of course, one of the main attributes of gifts is bright and original packaging.

Any person will be pleased to receive a present that is beautifully packaged, and not hastily wrapped in a plastic bag. This suggests that the donor took the time to make the gift look interesting and beautiful, and not just ran into the nearest store an hour before the meeting. Wrapping paper can help out in a situation where the gift hidden in it is not very expensive or in itself does not look festive. Thanks to the packaging, the impression of the presentation will be much more vivid, and the souvenir itself immediately will look more presentable.

Wrapping for Christmas gifts immediately creates a sense of celebration. It will be more pleasant and interesting for any person to untie a bow on a box or open a bag in order to finally see your present than to get it right in your hands. Thus, a surprise effect and joyful anticipation are created.

We ourselves like to open gifts not only for children, but also for adults. Using the Christmas wrapper, you can select your own gift from many others, make it more original and demonstrate a personal attitude to the person to whom the gift is intended.

Depending on whether the gift is big or small, it’s for children or adults, There are several packaging options.

• Tin. Such material will be appropriate for storing sweets and other edible presentations, including even homemade cakes. In addition, you can put tea, coffee and spices in a tin New Year's box, without fear that the material will miss the smell or get wet. Shops offer tin packaging in the form of chests, boxes, suitcases, balls, Christmas figures. This gift decoration looks expensive and effective.

• Textile. Fabric packaging looks at least original and interesting. In addition, it is safe, so you can put gifts for small children in it. In the stores there are the following types of textile packaging: backpacks, bags, Christmas socks, bags. A toy packaging is the best suited for children's gifts. The fabric version of the design is universal and is suitable for both small and large presentations.

• Cardboard. A fairly common packaging option due to the low price. This includes various gift bags, boxes, figurines in the form of Christmas trees or snowmen, chests. In a gift cardboard bag, you can put almost any gift, except for especially heavy or fragile items.

Shops on New Year's Day are full of various gift wrappers. In order not to get confused in this brilliant variety, it is worth highlighting several styles of gift paper.

• Classical. This option is universal, even home. This design style assumes the presence of red and green colors, symbolic for this holiday. A silk bow with bells or even toys is used as jewelry. At the same time, the paper itself should be plain, striped or checkered.

• Luxurious. This style just allows for shiny packaging, felt paper with satin ribbons or beads. It is better to use a gold or silver shade of paper. As for the ribbons, you can safely combine them and combine several colors in one gift. The main thing is not to overdo it.

• Glamorous. This design will appeal more to the female gender. Packaging involves pastel colors, foil, beads and even a variety of shiny figures. This style looks unusual and somewhat playful.

• Natural. Gifts are packed in plain, non-glossy paper, instead of a bow, the packaging is tied with a special decorative rope, and it is decorated with natural elements - for example, cones or berry branches.

• Winter. The wrapper must be in white and blue, and it is decorated with snowflakes, snowmen, Christmas trees - all that is associated with winter and New Year. You can cut deer figures from paper or make snowflakes from beads. It all depends on imagination and creativity.

• Vintage This style is very personal, so it is appropriate for gifts for family members or close friends. Newspapers, old wallpapers, lace, fabrics will do for packaging. The ability to sew, knit, draw is useful here - in other words, the packaging should be truly handmade, reminiscent of a retro style and get original.

• Tissue. Who said that holiday packaging should be made of paper? You can approach the presentation design from a different perspective and use textile products. For example, wrap a gift in a silk or flannel fabric, while the ribbons and bows should also be made of fabric.

If shopping bags and boxes do not inspire, then you can do scrapbooking and craft a gift bag. In this way, on New Year's Eve you will be able to present a present like a real Santa Claus. This bag is perfect for sweet gifts. For manufacturing, you need a sewing machine, jute thread, ruler, thread, pins, chalk, scissors, cotton fabric, needles and calico.

A step-by-step instruction for making a textile bag looks like this.

• First you need to determine the size. For example, to make a bag 24 x 23 centimeters, it is necessary that the cut out fabric had the following parameters: width - 26 centimeters, height - 57 centimeters.
• The fabric must be folded in half, while the front should be inside. From the sides you need to pin on a pin.
• Then, with the help of a sewing machine, a wide overlock stitch is made, and the seam is ironed.
• The thread in the final should be fixed in the form of a knot.
• After that, you need to bend a piece of fabric inside out, iron it well, this is done to process the upper cut.
• Then the fabric needs to be bent about 4.5 centimeters and use the iron again.
• The edges must be fixed with pins and stitched using a sewing machine.
• One more parallel initial line is needed. The distance between them can be any.
• Then the bag turns out, the corners are aligned.
• A jute thread is threaded with a needle, and a bow is tied at the end.

So that the packaging does not look boring, you can add decor elements here, for example, decorate the bag with beads, rhinestones, appliques with snowmen, deers or snowflakes. It remains only to put a gift there!

Next, see a few more ideas for wrapping gifts in their original packaging.