It’s easier for a woman to wrap a gift; in any store you can buy decorative paper with various flowers, bears, beads, and hearts. A gift for a man requires special packaging, something more masculine. Therefore, on the eve of February 23, prazdnikblog.info offers you several master classes on gift wrapping for men.
Gift wrapping for a man
Packaging Basics
A gift is good, but a beautifully wrapped gift is even better, because there is mystery, intrigue, and a desire to find out what’s inside.
If a woman is delighted with a bow or just a pretty color of wrapping paper, then with men it’s a little more complicated. To beautifully pack a present for a representative of the stronger half of humanity, you need to follow simple rules.
- Color. Gray is boring. Women's colors are too glamorous for a real "man". Brown, blue, red, green are masculine colors. Two main colors and one accent color are suitable for a formal gift. The base can be cherry, mother-of-pearl, champagne, beige or terracotta. For the boss, choose green and blue. White and black shades are used only together. A friend or beloved husband will be pleased with the rich colors and interesting designs of the wrapping paper. Follow the rule: bright packaging - monochromatic decor, calm colors - bright decoration.
- The packaging of a men's gift should be neat and clear. Minimalism is what you need.
- Avoid a lot of ribbons and bows.
- Pay attention to the recipient's hobby, profession, age, and social status.
- Packaging material.
- Packaging or craft paper is a safe, budget-friendly, environmentally friendly material with which you can implement many ideas. Twine, satin ribbons, wood or metal figurines will serve as excellent decor. You can use newspaper supplemented with colored ribbon.
- Textile. Wrap the gift itself or the gift box in silk, brocade or satin - and the original packaging is ready.
- Crumpled paper. Thanks to the absence of unsightly folds, anything that is not rectangular will look great in this packaging.
- Gift form.
- a box is better than a package;
- a tall rather than flat box;
- delicious gifts are given in baskets;
- packaging volume.
- Appropriate decor.
- Flowers. You can use artificial, live or dry. Berries, pine cones and leaves are also suitable.
- Candies. It is better to use oval or round ones (easy to attach).
- Small figures. ?You can buy it in a store or make it yourself from polymer clay.
- Satin ribbons (narrow or medium width). You can also tie the gift with a tie, suspenders or bow tie.
- Bows. The main thing is not white, not very voluminous.
- Tags, buttons, coins, tags, pompoms, clothespins, stickers, tassels.
Kraft paper
An important criterion for kraft paper is environmental friendliness , and this wrapping material meets all the requirements to the maximum. In addition, this is a budget solution. This packaging option is ideal for eco-gifts: sets with mittens and honey, bouquets with men's goodies. All that remains is to choose the color and ribbon for dressing. The gift will look unusual if you additionally decorate it with fir branches with pine cones, a strip knitted by yourself, cookies or romantic figures.
Wooden packaging
If your gift is voluminous or consists of a whole set, then you can beautifully pack a gift for a man in a wooden box. also make it yourself by purchasing everything you need at a craft store. If you want to decorate it in an unusual way, we recommend using decoupage or any other technique for decorating wooden objects.
Book - box
If your chosen one is an intellectual, then he will probably like such a cool solution as a book-box made of wood or thick cardboard. It’s not difficult to wrap a gift for a guy with your own hands into a literary masterpiece. available video tutorials on the Internet on how to make such packaging.
Thick cardboard bag
In this case, the flight for your imagination can be limitless. It would seem like a standard gift wrap, but in reality it is an inexpensive, convenient option, suitable for many men's gifts: shirts, watches, gadgets, car accessories. You can buy thick cardboard and make an exclusive bag that perfectly matches its contents. For example, if you are giving him a stylish shirt, make a bag with a collar and tie appliqué
Other packaging options
On the Internet you can find any ideas for wrapping a men's gift. You can choose an interesting and original solution and bring it to life. Try to make the creative process enjoyable for you. If you like to knit, knit an unusual wrapper for a box; if you like to embroider, come up with an original design and do the embroidery , and then cover an ordinary box with fabric with embroidery. Even if you are not a needlewoman, you can quickly and easily make a cool holiday applique from scrap materials.
Other interesting solutions
So, we've sorted out the obvious options. Let's move on to particularly interesting and unconventional solutions.
It is difficult to find a girl who is absolutely indifferent to flowers. Why not hide the chain between the rose petals? You just need to act extremely carefully, using tweezers, and choose exclusively fresh flowers for such purposes.
An interesting and fashionable solution is to give a chain in an envelope. You can glue it yourself, or you can just buy it and decorate it beautifully. The main thing is that the letter looks like a real one, you can even stick stamps on it. Under no circumstances should a precious letter be sent by mail: it is better to “accidentally” find it at the door.
An alternative option is a postcard with a declaration of love or congratulations on the holiday. You can carefully punch holes in it (for example, with a hole punch) and pass the chain through them. Laziness? You can just cut the corners!
A cool solution is to use a balloon as packaging. It’s simple: we place the chain in a balloon through the air hole, inflate it, tie it, and present it. For such purposes, it is better to use transparent balls so that the contents are clearly visible from the outside.
How to make a cash gift?
Presenting in the form of banknotes requires a creative approach. How to give a cash gift to your beloved man, boss, dad or grandfather for an anniversary in order to evoke bright emotions and genuine joy in the birthday boy. It's worth paying attention to the list of ideas.
Treasures in the chest
Every man will love this design. In the purchased chest, in addition to money, you can put some jewelry, chocolate coins in gold wrappers - everything that will resemble a precious treasure.
Money bag
Another original way. You can buy a bag or sew it yourself, decorating it beautifully. To decorate the bag yourself, you will need to stock up on threads, scissors, candy, ribbon, and a fabric bag. In this case, the candies need to be folded down the bag, after which you should add banknotes and a postcard with a congratulatory inscription, for example, “for your beloved dad.”
Gift in the form of a matryoshka
You need to purchase boxes of different sizes, large and small. Then fold them one into the other in the shape of a nesting doll - from large to small. In this case, the bills do not have to be hidden in the last small box. For the effect of surprise, it is better to put a note there with some funny inscription, for example, “boxes are needed in the household.” And the bills themselves can be hidden at the bottom of the box on the other side. Let the birthday boy be confused, but then his surprise and delight will know no bounds.
At the same time, the search for a gift itself will become a fun adventure not only for the hero of the occasion, but also for every guest.
Bank account
This method involves a play on words. Instead of a bank as a financial institution, a real bank (of any size) will be used. You can fill it with both paper bills and small change. And it’s also not forbidden to add a couple of comic ones to the real money. You can decorate the jar with a fancy inscription, from “preparations for the winter” to “green cabbage”. A man of any age will definitely appreciate such an original approach.
Frame with money
You can purchase a ready-made frame in the store or make it yourself. To do this, you will need an A5 frame and one banknote (for example, 5 thousand). Before placing the bill under the glass, it is better to add a sheet of colored paper in a contrasting shade. Then it’s better to stick a funny congratulatory inscription there, put a banknote and cover the frame with glass.
tree made of money
Such a gift will look unusual and original. Such a tree can be easily purchased in a store, and banknotes can be attached to its branches. Or you can roll them into tubes and make a tree entirely out of money. But making such a gift yourself from scratch will require serious skills, so it will be easier to purchase a tree in a souvenir shop.
Socks with a surprise
A gift in the form of socks can seriously upset a man, but if you put an inscription on the package that the socks are magical, the gift will immediately sparkle with other colors. And while the hero of the occasion is thinking about what the magic is, you can tell him to put his hands inside his socks.
Magic umbrella
We can say that these are two gifts. The man is given not only a good umbrella, but also money, which is pre-attached on the inside using fishing line or multi-colored ribbons. Imagine the surprise of the birthday boy when he opens the umbrella.
Sculpture
If you show your imagination, you can make real sculptures from banknotes in the form of a house, ship or some other animal.
As for small origami from banknotes, you can make them yourself, but you should understand that not every man will like to receive crumpled money as a gift. For example, to make an origami “box” sculpture, you need to follow these steps:
- fold the banknote in half, then fold each part in half again, so you get 4 parts;
- then the banknote must be unfolded;
- the right and left pieces are then folded towards the crease in the center;
- after this, you need to fold each corner to get a triangle (equal to one quarter of the banknote);
- further, each inner edge is folded twice, on the first fold the edge should meet the edge of the triangle, and on the second, it should lie on the triangle;
- further, each fold must be lifted, while carefully holding them with your fingers;
- then the edges at the top and bottom rise;
- the corners at the tips are compressed to a square shape;
- the box is ready.
To make a cash gift sparkle with new and unusual colors, you just need to use a creative approach and decorate the gift in an original way. The birthday boy will definitely appreciate the efforts and will be satisfied.
Decoration of a box or package
The classics of the genre are all kinds of bows made from elegant ribbons. They can be elegantly simple:
Or quite complex:
But if you don’t have suitable ribbons on hand or you prefer non-standard solutions, you can decorate the box with anything, for example, threads:
Buttons:
Colored paper:
Dried flowers:
Feel free to use whatever you have on hand, including newspapers and napkins:
