To make the original gift wrapping, just make it yourself. A thing made with a soul always pleases. You can come up with something of your own, and if there are no ideas, then there is the opportunity to take the advice of knowledgeable people.
There are many ways to make Christmas bags, especially since it is not so difficult to surprise a child. It is important that the soul is invested in the craft. Some of the techniques will be covered in this article.
What is it for
The original packaging bag will perfectly decorate even the simplest gift. And if at the same time do it yourself, then such a step will undoubtedly be appreciated. Moreover, it is not always possible to find what you want or as it seems.
And the craft makes it possible to dream up with color, style, pattern and decoration. And most of all it will be pleasant to surprise the person to whom the gift is intended. After all, there is nothing more pleasant than seeing the eyes of a child glowing with happiness.
What are gift bags
It is traditionally believed that a New Year's gift should be wrapped, this adds mystery and intrigue. New Year's gift bags are also interesting because they are brought by the long-awaited Santa Claus! So no wonder they are considered a mandatory attribute of the New Year holiday.
Such packaging can be made in various ways: sew from various materials, knit or glue, form from a single piece of fabric. Then the bag can be decorated with braid or ribbon, decorative snowflakes, make an original tie.
It is quite simple if you want to make an amazing, not like other, exclusive thing.
For fancy packaging, the following ideas may come in handy:
- packaging can be made in the form of a ball, typewriter or rocket - depending on the hobbies of the child;
- as an original wrapper, a mitten, felt boots or a regular balloon is suitable;
- on a box with a gift you can install a homemade Christmas tree or a winter bouquet of fir branches, cones and New Year's toys;
- The bell will be an excellent decoration for the New Year's packaging .
Material for manufacturing
The best material for the manufacture of Christmas bags for children is high-quality cotton fabric. Patchwork fabric is perfect for this. It has many colors and design options, so that the packaging can be easily diversified for all family members. These can be variations of monophonic fabric in combination with patterned.
Also, to make the package more festive, you can take velvet, satin or organza. And to give the packaging a country style, an embroidery canvas or burlap is well suited.
As ties to New Year's bags, kapron, rep or satin ribbons (white, blue or both colors in combination), lace or fabric braid, twine or decorative laces can be used.
The technique of curly stamps
Using this technique allows you to make a very original decoration on gift bags. To perform such a finish, it is necessary to master the techniques of stamping or hot embossing and prepare glue and a special stamp for work.
The technique involves printing a picture with glue using a stamp, and then the resulting layout is sprinkled with special powder. After that, the obtained workpiece must be heated or treated with hot air with a hairdryer, while the powder layer will become convex.
By analogy with this technique, the work of decorating the packaging can be simplified: a cut out figure made of cardboard, greased with glue, will act as a stamp. Beads, beads are poured on this form, snowflakes and letters are attached.
Also, packaging from ordinary wrapping paper will look good, on which the stamping technique, the reverse end of the pencil, where the elastic is fixed, will be similar to the falling snow with white paint - balls of different sizes.
Decoration with stickers and buttons
For decorating New Year's gift bags, subject-matter thermal stickers are great. They can be bought at almost any supermarket or children's toy stores. Themes on the stickers are diverse: from New Year-themed cartoon characters to Christmas trees and snowflakes.
Thermal stickers are very easily transferred to a fabric base - by heating with a hot iron. They are attached quite firmly, you can not be afraid for them when washing.
Buttons are also another way of decorating. In each house, there will certainly be deposits of multi-colored buttons of various shapes. They can be one or two pieces and, most likely, they will no longer be useful. But for decorating a gift bag in the presence of imagination, they are well suited.
Idea: flat buttons are sewn so as to simulate a Christmas tree, and convex can serve as an analogue of Christmas tree decorations.
Embroidery decoration
Another way to make holiday packaging can be embroidery. It can be machine-made using various techniques or hand-flossed. A special decoration will be diamond embroidery, trim with shiny beads, sequins or sparkling beads. Christmas bags with embroidery can be made in three ways:
- embroider the necessary pattern on the cotton canvas with a hoop, and then sew the bag;
- ready embroidery is sewn onto the basis of dense fabric, and then a bag is sewn;
- connect the layers of fabric, non-woven fabric and water-soluble canvas, apply the pattern and embroider - when washing, the canvas dissolves and the pattern remains directly on the fabric.
The latest technique does not require any special skills other than the ability to embroider.
Gift Furoshiki
For those who do not want to use either thread or needles, the Japanese technique of "Furoshiki" or "Furoshiki" is perfect. To make Christmas bags in this way, you only need a piece of beautiful fabric and knowledge of several ways to fold it. This method partially uses origami techniques. The relative complexity of this approach to the formation of fabric packaging is explained by the special attitude of the Japanese to holidays and gifts - for them, celebration and preparation are a ritual.
Furoshiki is a special packaging technique for bathing kimonos that came from ancient times. With it, you can make bags for big New Year's gifts - the fabric is folded, tied, flipped, taking the desired shape.
The method allows you to make both a women’s handbag and a carry for vegetables. For easy work, well-fitting fabrics are used: cotton, silk, linen, wool and blended. In any case, for the manufacture of gift wrapping, a square flap of fabric with a side of forty centimeters in length is used.
Step-by-step manufacturing technology
In order to make a traditional Christmas bag, you will need:
- two types of fabric - base and finish;
- two bright large beads;
- decorative cord;
- needle, thread, pins, ruler and scissors;
- sewing machine.
A plain fabric (unbleached natural linen) will look best as the main fabric, and printed multi-colored will serve as decoration. Very original in this technique will look New Year's bag for sweets in the form of sweets.
Operating procedure:
- Cut two pieces of rectangular fabric.
- On the sewing machine, stitch three sides, leaving the short open, making allowances of about two centimeters.
- Neaten all edges with a special zigzag stitch.
- From above, bend the edge to a width of three centimeters, bend one centimeter inward and stitch it with the usual line, forming a place for the lace.
- Using a pin, we pass along the edge of the decorative cord or braid.
- If you plan to invest in a package a voluminous gift, then you need to sew the corners perpendicular to the side seams from the inside. This forms the bottom of the bag.
And at the end of work on the New Year's bag, it should be decorated on the outside in any convenient way.
So, without making huge efforts and not spending fabulous money, you can make your own beautiful and original gift wrap for the New Year holiday, which will surely delight and remain in the memory of children.