A gift may be expensive and not evoke any emotions, or it may not cost a penny, but will bring incredible pleasure and become the first page of your family photo book. We offer to buy original gifts for men for every taste, and add your own creation to them - a photo collage that will reflect a love story page. To create a collage you need to have at least basic skills in working with Photoshop, a little patience and time. This is very exciting and the finished photo collage can be framed and placed on the table or hung on the wall in the living room.
There are several options for creating a photo collage and we will look at each of them in order.
DIY gift for a guy: collage “Relationship History”
Human memory cannot store all the details of past events. How to make a gift with your own hands so that pleasant memories warm the heart of your loved one and evoke positive emotions? We propose to create a collage “History of Relationships”.
For this:
- take large-sized Whatman paper, memorable photographs and markers of different colors;
- arrange the photos in temporary order;
- Label the photo with dates, add confessions, jokes and phrases drawn from memories, support them with drawings or memorable little things (for example, your first movie tickets);
- place the finished collage in a frame;
- decorate the present with a gift ribbon.
You can leave free space on whatman paper to later add to the collage and extend the “History of Relationships.”
Photo collage “History of Relationships”: YouTube/TvoryaKa Creative Workshop
DIY anniversary gift for boyfriend: “Box of Memories”
To make such a romantic gift you will need a jewelry box or a beautifully decorated cardboard box. To prepare a surprise for a guy with your own hands:
- open the lid and write “Remember?” in large letters on the back side;
- cut strips of multi-colored paper or take colored stickers and write dear shared memories on them;
- Fold the leaves into squares and place them in a box.
Instead of colored paper and stickers, you can use tea-aged paper or beautiful decorative sheets. To make the gift look solemn, wrap it in bright wrapping paper and tie a bow.
Gift “Box of Memories”: YouTube/kondrik
Simple crafts
Collage
A great DIY birthday gift for a guy would be a collage. A simple poster made on whatman paper with a photo of your loved one or general photographs will serve as a decoration in his room. It can be easily done in a simple graphic editor, or on your own by gluing the best photographs onto paper. The gift will look better if you write loving and warm words of wishes on whatman paper.
Small photo album
For this craft you will need a regular sketchbook. We cut it into two identical parts and take the one that has a spine. We glue our favorite photos of the guy onto each sheet. Under each photo, write beautiful inscriptions or interesting drawings. This style will give the photo album real personality.
So, a homemade gift for any holiday should be chosen based on the preferences and lifestyle of the beloved. The finished product should be packaged in gift wrapping and decorated with a beautiful ribbon and bow.
To make this day memorable for your chosen one, think about how to give him a prepared surprise. There are many ideas for this. An unusual approach is always perceived positively and remains in the memory for many years.
DIY gift: “Capital”
If your lover loves to travel, give him a “Capital” gift, with which you will raise funds for a joint vacation.
Here's how to make an extraordinary DIY gift for your boyfriend:
- take a sheet of cardboard, cut out letters from it for the inscription “On a trip”;
- Apply glue to the inner surface of the letters and sprinkle with gold glitter;
- cut out circles from cardboard and stick glitter on them;
- take a plastic bucket, paint it with yellow or gold paint;
- make a hole in the lid to drop coins in, close the bucket;
- glue the inscription on the side and decorate the lid with gold circles;
- edge the junction of the lid and the bucket with braid, and glue a bow.
Such a cute gift will not only evoke positive emotions, but will also become a very practical thing that is meaningful for the couple.
Gift “Capital”: YouTube/Ksyusha Gladysheva
Thematic photo collage for a gift for a man
We select photographs from one series that we want to place on our collage. You can take photos from the sea from one trip or from your different trips over the past three to five years. Photos can be in the same style or completely different - this is not so important. But if the collage is thematic, then something should unite them. Our gift shop for men offers, for example, photographs of your couple at an evening sunset. There can be 4, 6, 7 or 10 - depending on the size of your collage. For a small frame on the table, two or three will be enough, but for a poster or painting on the wall, take more pictures.
We are looking on the Internet for a suitable background of the same theme. It can be close in color, but should not blend in with the pictures. Or you can take a contrasting one - it all depends on your desire. We chose a neutral background with dolphins. You can take a picture from your desktop wallpaper - they are usually with higher resolution.
Now we take our first photo and crop it so that it fits into our background. You can select and experiment: if it’s big, you need to cut more. We drag it with the mouse onto our background in the corner or in the middle.
Now press the key combination CTRL + T - this is a free transformation of our top layer. Now we simply rotate this fragment with the mouse the way we like. Move your mouse to the corner and twist. Is everything normal and ok? Click on the check mark on the top panel in the right corner (the “Perform transformation” function). The selection was removed and the fragment was fixed.
We continue to do the same with the second picture.
And we place all the pictures on the background. If you don’t like something or don’t fit, go to the desired layer and edit it: rotate it, make it smaller, delete it altogether.
We got this collage for a gift for a man, which you can save and print out. We will remind you how to save at the end.
DIY gifts: “Notebook of wishes”
What can a guy do with his own hands to show how precious and necessary he is? Create a “Notebook of my loved one’s wishes”, enter into it tasks that you are ready to perform for your loved one:
- take a ready-made notebook in a hard cover without signatures with tear-off sheets;
- write “Notebook of Wishes” on colored cardboard;
- Write tasks on tear-off sheets, for example: go to the movies, cook dessert, get a massage;
- Wrap the notepad in wrapping paper and decorate the gift with ribbon and a bow.
With such a gift, the beloved will be able to choose what he wants to do on a given day. You don’t have to buy a notepad, but make it yourself. Then the gift will be even more attractive and valuable.
Notebook of wishes: YouTube/IN THE PALM diy
Cute DIY gifts for a guy: “Special words”
Such a gift will help tell your other half about the feelings that live in your heart. For this:
- take A-4 sheets in your hand so that it is clearly visible, and take several selfies in which you demonstrate different emotions;
- place the images in Photoshop and make captions that match the facial expression: “It’s interesting and fun to be with you,” “You are inventive and smart,” etc.;
- print the photo with text on a printer;
- cut them out of paper so that a white stripe of 0.5 cm remains on the left side;
- Punch two holes with a hole punch and fasten the sheets with tape;
- decorate the gift beautifully.
In this way, you can confess your love, talk about a person’s merits, and even propose marriage.
Gift “Special words”: YouTube/IN THE PALM diy
Why is photo collage becoming popular?
- If previously such images were made only by professionals, today on the Internet you will find a lot of ideas, programs and tips that will help you quickly and easily make it yourself.
- A photo collage looks bright and modern - it is much more interesting to display photos in this form than in boring, dusty albums.
- A photo collage can easily become the basis for holiday decor.
- A beautifully designed and printed photo collage is a great gift idea.
- A selection of photos can be easily decorated as desired or according to the style of the holiday.
- You can create a photo report after the holiday in the form of a collage of photos
Used for holidays
Most often, the photo collage is used to decorate holidays, invitations for holidays, for advertising campaigns and for the increasingly popular wish boards .
Touching gifts: T-shirt in a good mood
To ensure your lover is in a great mood every morning, give him a T-shirt with encouraging embroidery at the collar.
To give this gift:
- take the T-shirt;
- write an encouraging inscription with a simple pencil (in a mirror image), for example, “You are changing the world for the better”;
- Embroider the letters along the outline in a color he likes.
Every morning, when he puts on this T-shirt and goes to the mirror, he will be able to read an encouraging message.
T-shirt in a good mood: YouTube/IN THE PALM diy
Edible gifts
As you know, the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Therefore, if you don’t know what to give your boyfriend, delicious food will come in handy.
Appetizing strawberry hearts
At all times, strawberries have been considered a symbol of desire and passionate love. By making a beautiful heart shape from berry slices, you will tell the guy about the desire to be alone with him in a spicy atmosphere.
Chocolate egg
Despite their age, many young people remain the same mischievous children at heart. Therefore, if you want to please your beloved, try giving him a kinder surprise. Of course, a toy made by yourself will be a pleasant surprise.
Carefully unpack the foil, separate the two chocolate parts and place the prepared surprise inside.
Laptop made from candy
If your loved one has a sweet tooth, give him a box of his favorite chocolates. To add some zest, take care of decorating the box in the shape of a gadget. To do this, fix the lid perpendicularly to the cardboard. Next, we paste it with sweets over the entire area so that the screen comes out. You can place the candies tightly together inside the container. To make the box resemble the appearance of a gadget, you should cover the edge of the screen with an image downloaded from your computer desktop.
A funny gift for a guy: notes in balloons
To make this gift you only need colored stickers, balloons, bright ribbons and a marker.
To make a gift:
- Write cute notes or wishes on stickers;
- roll them into a thin tube and place them in balls;
- inflate the balloons and tie with bright ribbons.
This gift is romantic and fun, it will bring pleasure to both. The balloons will burst, and wishes or notes will remain with your lover and will be a wonderful reminder of your feelings.
Notes in balloons: YouTube/Natalya Naumova
DIY gift: pineapple made from champagne and sweets
This gift will not only be original, but also very tasty. To make it, purchase a bottle of champagne and truffle candies that your boyfriend loves. You will also need colored corrugated paper, bright tape and a glue gun.
To give a gift:
- take a bottle of champagne and wrap it with a sheet of yellow corrugated paper so that the edges, when folded, cover the bottom of the bottle, and at the top reach the neck, glue the joints;
- wrap the neck with a green sheet, glue the paper along the seam, fold it over the top and glue the edges to make a cover;
- on candies, slightly unfold the “tails” of the wrappers, fold them down and glue them together;
- glue the candies to the cover on the bottle in a checkerboard pattern until the beginning of the green cover (start gluing from the bottom of the bottle);
- cut out leaves from green corrugated paper and stick them on the neck of the bottle, forming the “tail” of a pineapple;
- tie the neck where the leaves join with a bright ribbon.
To prevent the candies from melting when gluing, heat the glue gun to minimum temperatures.
Pineapple made from champagne and sweets: YouTube/Alinochka_sul
Cake with photo
A few years ago this seemed unrealistic. Edible picture - how is it even? Nowadays such cakes are very popular. Therefore, this is an original way to congratulate the birthday person.
The image is printed on rice (wafer) paper and laid out as the top layer of a biscuit dessert. For such purposes, a special printer with harmless dyes is used. It is quite expensive to purchase such a device, but it is not necessary to resort to such a purchase. In the pastry shops they will do everything for you, just bring a photo.
The photo is selected at the discretion of the donor. This could be a portrait, a family photo, a cool moment with the hero of the day, etc.
Cute gifts for boyfriend: funny toy
To remember the important date, sew a funny, cute soft toy for your boyfriend. For this:
- download the pattern of your favorite toy from the Internet;
- make patterns of fabric blanks;
- sew the seams and fill the toy with scraps of fabric, cotton wool or padding polyester.
Choose a toy based on the tastes and preferences of your loved one.
Soft toy: Yulia Zhdanova
DIY gifts: painted mug
Make a mug for your loved one with funny inscriptions or funny pictures. For this:
- take a white mug;
- Using ceramic markers or acrylic paints, apply inscriptions and drawings to its surface;
- Coat the top of the mug with non-toxic varnish.
If you do not have the talent of a painter, then use patterns or samples from the Internet.
Painted mug: YouTube/MAZAVER ART - Alexandra K.
A homemade gift does not cost a lot of money, but it will be very valuable for your loved one. He will tell you how much you love and appreciate your loved one.
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