How to make DIY gift boxes

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

It is often said that beautiful packaging is already half the gift. And it really is. Modern materials, tools and work techniques allow you to create real masterpieces. Read how to make DIY gift boxes. This type of creativity can be not only useful for you, but also very interesting and exciting. See ideas, choose your favorite samples. Create your own exclusive.

Do-it-yourself gift box: ideas and options

There are two different ways to create beautiful packaging:

1. Decorate the finished cardboard base.
2. Make a product from scratch.

In the first case, you will need to find a blank of the right size and shape if you want to get something unusual. This method of working is quite simple as you don't have to think about how to create a solid, neat construction with right angles and a suitable lid. Here you immediately begin to engage in creativity - decorate the surface of the box. However, in this case you are limited to the formwhich you can find. Usually it is a cube or box.

The second way of working makes it possible to create absolutely any design: standard or unusual in the form of a pyramid, cone, heart, Christmas tree, etc.

However, here the work will be somewhat more difficult. Before you start decorating, you will have to glue the structure yourself. The template can be downloaded and printed to scale.

If you understand what you are doing and have at least minimal experience in drawing and design skills, it is easy to create a diagram yourself with a pencil and a ruler.

Materials and tools

How to make gift boxes - choose for yourself. In any of these methods, the set of accessories for work is approximately the same. So, you will need the following:

• cardboard, thick paper, or finished box;
• ruler;
• pencil;
• scissors or stationery knife;
• glue or heat gun;
• wrapping, decorative, design, corrugated paper for creating decor or pasting blanks;
• fabric;
• satin or paper ribbons;
• decorative tape;
• any decoration materials (shaped hole punches for making appliqué elements, such as hearts or snowflakes, beads, bows, stickers, etc.).

As you can see, nothing unusual andexpensive is not required. The main thing is to create or find a ready-made base, and you can decorate it in any way, focusing on the tools at hand or the theme of the gift (New Year's, anniversary).

How to make a DIY gift box from an existing blank

If you decide not to complicate your life and have prepared a cardboard blank of the desired shape and size, proceed immediately to the decorating process. Work as follows:

• Measure the box and draw on decorative paper or fabric a diagram of the part to be pasted over the base.
• Don't forget the gluing allowances. They are necessary so that at the joints, for example, on the ribs, as well as on the upper edges of the box, the base material is not visible.
• Cut out a blank of decorative paper and carefully glue the surface.
• Do the same with the lid, if available.
• Glue any suitable decor on top, such as paper flowers, lace, snowflakes, hearts.
• Make a fake tie with decorative tape.
• Decorate the package with a spectacular bow.

In a word, let your imagination run wild, but remember: everything is good in moderation. Do not turn the surface of the product into a colorful carpet. It should remain stylish and harmonious.

How to make packaging from scratch

So, you have learned how to make a gift box with your own hands from an existing blank. The second option is to make the product from a regular sheet of cardboard. Work as follows:

1. Find a template that fits the shape or just a box of any size.



2. Print the diagram to scale or glue the prepared box accordingly to use the scan as a reference.
3. Draw a pattern on a sheet of cardboard according to the template or translate the outlines of the printed image.
4. Cut out the resulting piece (or two if the box has a separate lid).
5. Draw a “groove” along the future fold lines with a non-writing ballpoint pen or knitting needle. This will later allow you to carefully bend thick cardboard without jamming and damage. It is better to draw lines on the wrong side.
6. Fold the box along the markings.
7. Glue on allowances.
8. Proceed to design.

Now you know how to make gift boxes from a plain sheet. In fact, you can work in different sequences: according to the plan described above, or decorate the product before gluing, while it is still laid out on a plane. Choose the method that is more convenient for you. Try both.

Fancy Decor Ideas

If you have already decided how to make a gift box, but have not chosen the decoration option, you can use another interesting technique - decoupage. It is also called napkin, as napkins with thematic images, such as New Year's orromantic. Everything is varnished on top. Although the instructions are presented in a very abbreviated form, the whole process is actually quite simple. And most importantly, in this way you can get gift boxes that themselves will resemble a souvenir - a box or an old chest.

So, you have learned how to make gift boxes with your own hands from existing packaging or completely from scratch. Choose your favorite ways to create designs and decorating ideas. Make original "clothes" for presents for any holiday.