How to pack a big gift?

A great gift is always positive emotions, but also a special problem with packaging. Often a large thing like a pillow doesn’t fit even into the most voluminous package, and the wrapping paper is too small to wrap the present in at least one layer. So, how do you need to pack large gifts to make it look aesthetic? Consider a few ideas on how to do it in an original and practical way.

The word “ordinary” in this article means a large, but not excessively, thing: kitchen appliances, a huge plush toy, a TV, a bedside table or a table on wheels, and other similar items. How to pack them correctly?

• The option that immediately comes to mind is a large box. It can be pasted over at your discretion - with identical sheets of gift paper or different ones, making a kind of patchwork pattern of them. In addition, the box can be painted with gold or silver paint from a can. The box can be decorated as you want - you can glue it in with a newspaper, magazine clippings;

The decor of the box is best done the way the person who is endowed likes. If he or she is a fan of comics, find a wrapping paper with a wonder woman or spiderman, and if a girl is crazy about the show about little ponies, please her with such a wrapper. Sea lovers will enjoy themed packaging with anchors and handwheels tied with coarse twine. As for intellectuals, find craft paper. A sophisticated, sophisticated lady will delight in tranquility or paper with a silk base.

• If the box is pure white, does not contain any inscriptions and stamps, you can leave it that way, wrapping it with a beautiful red or gold ribbon and pasting a huge bow on top. You can also attach a name tag or a postcard to it - ready-made or made by yourself. The bow can also be made with your own hands from a beautiful wide ribbon or fabric. Technology original tying double bows can be found on the Internet. You can also learn not only how to make bows, but also flowers from fabric, decorating a box with them. A huge fabric or paper flower is a great decoration for a present.

• If appropriate, you can fold the gift in a packing bag. For example, if the addressee is a child, and the holiday is the New Year. The bag will have to sew with your own hands or order it in the studio, but it's worth it. First, the packaging will be an additional gift, and secondly, this is a truly exclusive option. For those who are very lazy or who podzatyanul with the purchase of a gift and does not have time at all, you can offer such a way out - buy a piece of fabric that fits the size, put a present in its center, connect the ends at the top and tie a beautiful bow.

• You can arrange a gift and without the box, in one paper. To do this, take a few sheets of wrapping paper, connect them with tape on the inside. You can take sheets with the same or different print. After that, the gift should be carefully wrapped with the resulting sheet, fasten the joints and tie with a ribbon or bow.It is better to choose a rather wide and bright ribbon, because of the large size of the present, the excess decoration does not threaten it. Nevertheless, the abundance of prints should be avoided so that your gift does not turn into a motley huge cul.

There are also huge presents. They are not something to pack, they are often not picked up alone. This includes refrigerators, washing machines, safes for weapons, cars, after all. Variants of how beautifully present this kind of presents are as follows.

• A large piece of fabric. Given the huge size of the object, wrap it in the material will not work. He will have to throw a gift, and at the right moment to effectively pull off. It is better to rehearse, so that the gesture is easy and beautiful. If the gift has a huge size, you will need an assistant. Otherwise, the fabric will get tangled or catch on, a stunning impression will not come out.

• It is possible not to wrap a present at all, but to decorate its gigantic sizes with a bow. Of course, it should be bright - red, crimson, orange. Most often for this purpose do not use paper, and take specialized synthetic material or fabric. They are fastened by means of special fixings that do not leave marks on the surface. You can also optionally decorate the gift with balloons with the words corresponding to the occasion.

• If time and effort allow, you can make the packaging manually from gift paper. We need to take a large number of sheets, connect them on the inside. You should have a canvas that completely covers the gift. This idea is suitable for both high and long gifts. If the gift is high, then the sides of the canvas need to be connected with the help of scotch tape so as to make a cylinder. They put it on a gift or, for example, if it is a refrigerator, you can fasten the packaging directly on the item. You can create a drapery or give the package a fantasy shape, if the dimensions of the resulting sheet allow.

In the video below, see the master gift packaging workshop.