Hi loves!
All the snow is gone and the rain has returned to Bergen.
But anyway, I have 8 new totally amazing gift wrapping ideas to share.
I stayed away from the Christmas theme, so these techniques are handy all year around.
But you can of course use them to wrap your Christmas presents.
Did you know that I have birthday on Christmas?
So double excitement is waiting for me and maybe I will see some of the following wrapping
styles under my Christmas tree.
To sweeten this plain brown package we'll use a map and some brown string.
In my previous DIY I showed you several ways on how to personalize a gift.
One of them was using a music sheet to wrap it.
This time Iet's customize a gift for someone who loves travelling.
Therefore, we'll wrap a present with a map instead of a wrapping paper!
If you have a friend that is crazy about some celebrity, like an actor or music band, try
wrapping the present in a poster that you usually get in the teen magazines.
Now that my present is wrapped, I am taking a string to make a cute bow on top.
But before, I'll show you how to make a gift card from red cardboard and brown paper.
Sketch a rectangle on the cardboard and on the brown paper, making sure the paper rectangle
is smaller than the cardboard one.
Cut both rectangles out and glue them together.
Make a hole in the corner of the gift card.
Now wrap the string around the package and before making a bow on top, thread the gift
card on.
Make a bow and cut away the excess string.
How unique and cute is this present!
Many friends of mine love traveling and exploring new places, so I will definitely use this
gift wrapping technique!
Next wrapping technique is perfect for wrapping a small present like a piece of jewelry or
a little chocolate.
You'll need a cardboard, ribbon, scissors, ruler and a pencil.
Sketch a square with on the cardboard.
This will be the bottom of our paper pyramid.
Then draw a triangle on each side of the square like this.
You need four of them.
Triangles need to be the same in size so that your pyramid will close perfectly.
Lastly draw these half oval shapes on the edges of each triangle.
These don't need to be perfect as they will be hidden inside the pyramid.
Now cut the shape out and you should end up with a four petal flower.
I like to go over the pencil lines with a pen and press firmly so that the cardboard
will fold perfectly along these lines after.
Let's fold these edges now - see how the cardboard folds exactly where we want it.
Punch the holes on top corners of all four triangles and thread the ribbon through them
like this.
Finally, pull the ribbon together and make a bow.
Look how lovely is this pyramid gift box.
You can also hang these on your Christmas tree or you can put little advent calendar
presents inside.
A super adorable way to decorate packages is by making snowflakes.
You'll need white paper, string, pencil and scissors.
Let's start with a snowflake.
You need to fold the paper a few times to get a triangle.
The more times you fold it the more interesting and full the design in the end, but also the
harder it is to cut the design out.
Next we need to sketch in a design.
Here's no right or wrong, just go ahead and have fun with it.
Mine looks like this.
It's time to cut all the little pieces out.
Now that I did some snowflakes again after so many years, I really want to make more
and stick them on my windows.
Oh and now comes the exciting part, we get to see how the snowflake looks like when we
unfold the paper!
Pretty lovely don't you think?
Here I made another one.
I draw the same design but I folded the triangle one more time.
Ok, now let's decorate our package.
Place the snowflake on top and then wrap the string or ribbon around the package as usual
to keep the snowflake in place.
How amazing does this present look!
I think it's perfect!
Next idea is inspired by the Japanese wrapping technique, called "tsutsumi".
Place the package in the middle of the fabric like this.
Cover the package with one corner of the fabric first.
And then with the other corner, which you need to fold in slightly like so.
Pull the remaining opposite corners together and tie them on top of the present.
This is the most basic style for which you only need a very light piece of fabric.
It's important how you tie this top knot.
First make a standard knot and then make sure the left corner goes to the left when tying
the second knot.
If you do it correctly you get this lovely bow.
This wrapping technique is really special.
It's always nice to learn something new from different cultures.
Here I'll show how to make a cute gift wrap using beads.
I found these at home and since I am not planning to make any jewelry pieces from them, I decided
to use them as present decor.
You also need a piece of string; I am using this knotting cord that I normally use for
my DIY bracelets.
Thread the beads on your string.
You can use beads in one or two colors, or you can use a lot of different colors like
me.
If you wrapped a present in a solid color paper, pick different colored beads.
But if the wrapping paper is colorful or has some sort of a pattern, it's better to stick
to just one bead color.
When my beaded string is long enough, I wrap it several times around the package and then
make a bow on top with the knotting cord.
This present turned out so cute and I love how I up-cycled my old beads.
This is what this crafty video is all about: Finding different things laying around your
house, and using them to create something unique.
Even if you're using a standard ribbon to decorate your plain packages, you can make
it look very unique.
First you need to measure the length of the ribbon to go around the package, add an extra
centimeter and cut it.
You need nine more pieces of ribbon in the same length.
I am using three different colors today and I am cutting two white, four red and four
blue ribbon pieces.
Now we need to place the ribbons on the package.
White on the middle, then two red ones and lastly two blue pieces of ribbon.
To secure them in place, I will temporarily stick a piece of tape on them.
Turn the package around and again secure the ribbon straps on one side with a tape and
cut the excess ribbon straps.
Secure the straps from the other side too and trim the excess.
Glue the ribbon pieces together like that and turn the package around again.
Now we're going to add another set of ribbon pieces.
Start with white.
Go over the blue, under the red, over the white and again under the red and over the
blue.
With the red ribbon go under the blue, over the red, under the white, over the red and
under the blue.
And lastly add the blue ribbon the same way as you added the white.
You end up with this lovely cross pattern.
You can leave some spaces between the ribbon straps, but I like to pull them together like
so.
Turn the present around and glue the ribbon straps together like we did before.
Remove the tape pieces and here is our finished present.
This one looks so elegant!
It takes a bit more time but the end result is so beautiful making it worth investing
a few more minutes.
To jazz up this light blue package we'll need colorful cardboard, thread, needle, scissors,
pencil and a coin or other small rounded object.
Use the coin to draw the circles on the cardboard.
Cut them out.
Thread the needle and sew through the little cardboard circles until you have them all
on the thread.
Remove the needle by cutting away the end of the thread.
Wrap the thread with the cardboard circles around the package like so and make a bow
or a knot on the bottom.
What do you think about this one?
I like it so much, all these bright colors make the present really shine and stand out!
The last simple wrapping idea incorporates a button and a string.
Start by cutting a needed length of string.
Then thread a button through two opposite holes and slide it on the middle of your string
length.
Now wrap the string around the present in a usual cross style.
Lead the ends of the string through the two remaining holes of the button.
Make a bow on top, trim away the excess string and you're done.
You can see that a little detail, like this button, can transform a usual present wrap
into something unique, interesting and fun.
Gift wrapping is in full swing at the moment, but these unique and unexpected ideas can
be used for birthday presents or other celebrations.
Check out my first gift wrapping tutorial for more ideas and if you use any of these
to wrap presents for your loved ones.
Don't forget to take a picture and share it with me on my social networks.
I hope you'll have great upcoming Christmas holidays with people close to your heart and
I'll see you again soon!