Presentation packaging for small items. Beautiful DIY packaging for any gifts
Making a small box with your own hands can be done quickly and without any problems. Of course, a variety of boxes can be purchased in the store, but it is much more pleasant to store items in a box made at home.
Beautiful boxes for small items
Everyone has a lot of boxes in their house. household appliances. And although their term has long expired, they stand on the balcony, filled with various unnecessary things. They make wonderful boxes for storing small toys or other small items. You can also involve children in the work, who will enjoy this creative process.
Everything you have at hand will be useful for the job. It could be:
- glue;
- scotch;
- threads;
- beads;
- felt or other dense fabric;
- scissors;
- ruler;
- beautiful thick paper;
- any other materials that may be needed in the work.
First, using scissors or a utility knife, you need to cut off all the excess, and often this is the lid. If there are tears or other flimsy places, they definitely need to be sealed with tape. Additionally, you can place a decorative element here: cut out a heart on the wall in the corner, using it for this purpose. Inside you need to paint everything white acrylic paint, and the outside walls and bottom should be covered with regular landscape paper.
Now you need to start designing the product. If you are interested in how to decorate a small box with your own hands, then follow the tips described below and everything will work out.
It can be covered with decorative paper; it will be more beautiful if you can wrap the entire box with one sheet. You need to leave indents of about 5 cm in height. Don’t forget about the heart - its location is marked with a pencil and cut out.
At the top, in the corners, where there is a supply of paper, you need to make cuts, bend them inward and seal them. A part is additionally cut out to fit the bottom and glued inside.
Now you will need all your imagination to decorate the box for small items in an original way. You can use patterned napkins to decorate the product using the decoupage technique. Instead, you can glue regular patterns on paper. You need to cut out a heart from felt, in the shape of the one on the box, decorate it with threads, beads and glue it on top.
If you want to make wooden boxes for small change with your own hands, then you can purchase a blank in the store and decorate it yourself using one of the methods described in this article.
What to make from shoe boxes
If you have collected a lot of shoe boxes, then you shouldn’t throw them away, because this is an excellent material for making various crafts. An extra box gives a huge scope for creativity and will allow you to turn unnecessary things into something new and original. You just need to arm yourself with scissors, glue, as well as various decorative elements in the form of fabric, beads, ribbons, etc.
If you love jewelry and jewelry, but you have nowhere to store them, then shoe box will be a great way out of this situation. It will differ not only in its interesting design, but also in its spaciousness. Stronger boxes are suitable for storing medicines and
Matchbox box
Making such a product is not at all difficult. If you are interested in the question of how to make a small box with your own hands, then prepare 24 matchboxes, the same number of beads, wire, needle, wire cutters, glue, scrapbooking paper and follow the instructions below.
The first step is to remove the internal sections from matchboxes. A bead-shaped handle should be attached to each of them. They are fixed with wire. On the inside, the attachment point, as well as the bottom, are sealed with bright paper or felt.
You need to cut out the bottom and lid of the box from cardboard. Next, the sections are inserted back into the boxes and glued together as illustrated in the picture. First of all, the first layer of boxes is glued to the bottom.
After this, you need to cut out the parts from scrapbooking paper. They are needed to decorate the box. The box remains to be pasted over and decorated with additional decorative elements. For convenience, you can number each section.
Box made from a tin can
There are always small items at home that need to be put somewhere. And beautiful boxes for storing small things with your own hands can be made from tin cans. Such a container will be quite spacious, and if you decorate it elegantly, it will be a wonderful present for a loved one.
The work does not require special materials or tools. You should prepare five tin cans, cardboard, scissors, glue, as well as decorative elements (beautiful fabric, lace and ribbon).
The first step is to decorate the jars. To do this, cut out a rectangle from the material and wrap it around the outside of the jar. You need to cut the bottom out of cardboard and paste it over beautiful paper or cloth. The jars are also used to decorate the inside.
Now, for the base, two circles with a diameter of about 20 cm are cut out of cardboard, but it all depends on the size of the jars used. You also need to cut out a rectangle from it, the height of which will be greater than that of the cans.
Original boxes (pyramid)
You can make this handmade box for small items for packing small gifts. It can be assembled quite quickly and does not require gluing.
The diagram of this box consists of a rectangle or square, from the sides of which four triangles extend. Each edge must be supplemented with an auxiliary rounded strip.
You need to make one hole at the top of each triangle. All parts are lifted, bent at the base, ribbons are threaded through the holes and the box is tied.
Decoration
A box for small items with your own hands can be made quickly, but it will take on a finished look when the master makes it individual, thanks to various elements decor. And it's not just paper or fabric.
An original box can be made using the most ordinary twine. Everything is very simple: you need to lubricate the places where the rope will be with glue and lay out the string in the chosen order (circles, curls, etc.). Empty areas can be sprinkled with glitter, having previously coated them with glue. Finally, the areas with sparkles are varnished.
Strengthening the walls
Creating boxes with your own hands from cardboard for small items is not so difficult. But in order for them to last as long as possible, it is advisable to strengthen their walls:
- The first step is to prepare thick cardboard. Designs should be cut out of it, equal in size to the walls of the box.
- To corrugated cardboard better bent, it is necessary to draw along the fold line with the blunt side of the scissors. You need to make sure that the cardboard fits tightly to the walls, and the excess should be cut off.
- The workpiece is fixed on the walls. Glue is applied to the entire surface of the cardboard and pressed against the wall for 35-50 seconds.
And finally, some useful tips:
- If you have a piece of beautiful expensive paper or fabric, but it’s a shame to ruin it, you can first make a test version from plain paper.
- Don't limit yourself to decor. You can decorate the product with paper flowers, lace, all kinds of sparkles, etc., the main thing is not to overdo it.
As you can see, creating a box for small items with your own hands is not so difficult, the main thing is to show all your imagination and skills.
These simple tips and gift wrapping tricks will help create the illusion that you are a craftsman.
New Year is just around the corner, and you still haven't packed a mountain of gifts for friends and family. Let us help you do this quickly and painlessly.
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1. In order to pack gifts efficiently, you need to do it on a hard surface.
Of course, it’s easier to wrap gifts on the floor next to the TV, but you’ll spend twice as much time and won’t be able to wrap them beautifully.
2. Double tape will speed up the process. 
3. No tape? Then watch this video and you will be able to wrap any gift without adhesive tape.
4. Or use cloth for wrapping
Take a look at these instructions:
1. Place the square of fabric face down and place the gift in the center.
2. Tie two opposite corners of the fabric with a knot.
3. Tie two more opposite corners.
4. One more knot.
5. And one more, final one. Now you can add decorations - you're done.
5. Or a scarf
A new scarf as packaging will be another gift 
6. An old itchy sweater is also good for packing. 
7. Hide small gift in a ball of thread
Add a little game 
8. If the gift has an unusual shape, then take a paper bag and decorate it 
9. Newspaper is also suitable as wrapping paper
If you have newspapers at home, then this idea is especially good: you won’t spend extra money, and the packaging itself will look original 
10. Use paper bags from grocery stores
Closer to the holidays, many stores pack groceries in paper bags with New Year's designs; just give these bags a second life - pack gifts in them. 
11. Or just wrap the gift using regular craft paper
There is also something charming about this packaging, you can paint it or decorate it with postage stamps 
12. Homemade stamps for creating patterns
This idea is definitely not for the lazy, but if you do make such a stamp, you will need it again and again! 
13. Print out words, letters, or puzzles on paper and wrap the gift. Then underline or circle the words you need. 
14. Turn plain and boring paper into adorable animals 
15. Or take two contrasting papers, wrap a gift in them, and these cuts will become a decoration
Simple but attractive 
16. You can simply draw ribbons and a bow on the box. 
17. You can also make the box yourself 
18. If there is no name tag, then put a playing card 
19. Or a photo from Instagram
And the A Beautiful Mess app will add “To” and “From” to the desired photo. Or just print out your favorite photo and write the recipient with a marker. 
20. You can print tags on a printer 
21. Or pack gifts in different paper, then you won’t have to sign them. 
22. The box does not have to be packed in gift paper, just tie a ribbon bow. 
Fokina Lidia Petrovna
primary school teacher
MCOU "Secondary school st. Evsino"
Isktimsky district
Novosibirsk region
(excerpts from lessons)
Technology 4th grade, educational complex "School of Russia"
Object of labor: ribbed packaging "Secret"
Working hours: 2 lessons
1 lesson
1.Introductory part
Getting ready to work.
Checking the workplace.
Safety rules when working with sharp objects.
Introductory talk
Teacher:
Guys, look at this ball, it is unusual, with a secret (I open it, and there is candy). See, it turns out that this is a box for a New Year's gift.
SLIDE 2
What do we need for work?
Students:
Colored cardboard or old postcards, a simple pencil, a ruler, a compass, glue.
SLIDE 3
Teacher:
Count how many parts are there at the top?
Students:
5 laps
Teacher:
How much is at the bottom?
Students:
The same amount.
Teacher:
What else did you notice?
Students:
They're all the same.
Teacher:
That's right, so you need to make all the circles the same size.
Practical part
SLIDE 4
Teacher:
How many parts will there be in total?
Students:
10 pieces.
Teacher:
So, on each postcard we mark two circles, for example, with a radius of 4 cm (or on colored cardboard) and cut out all the details.
Now we need to fit a triangle into the circle.
SLIDES 5 - 9
(Show how to practically mark a circle)
What should you do now?
Students:
Bend.
SLIDE 10
Teacher:
Since our material is dense, before bending it, you need to crease it on the front side with the sharp end of a compass or scissors.
(Students do the work, the teacher helps)
3.Reflection
Lesson 2
1. Set up to work
Introductory talk
Teacher:
Guys! Let's remember how to correctly divide a circle into 3 parts and how to fit a triangle into it.
Students:
(One student draws and explains how to write on the board)
Teacher:
So, now the most important thing is to collect all the details.
How many parts does the package consist of?
Students:
Of two parts, five parts each.
Practical part
SLIDE 11
Teacher:
Place five pieces on the desk in a circle with the tops facing inward.
SLIDE 12
Glue adjacent circles using the flaps on the side. Put on paper clips. You will get two halves of the box.
Glue the resulting halves together using one flap.
SLIDE 13
(SLIDE 14 just a tip)
3. Reflection.
4. Exhibition of works
Sources used:
Lebedeva E. G. Labor training. 4th grade: lesson plans based on the textbook " Little master» T. M. Geronimus. Volgograd: Teacher, 2009, 73 p.
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