Handmade gifts - top 5 interesting workshops on creating original gifts

Wallpaper from thread

Self-made with thread painting, suitable for any person. Such a gift can please a colleague, friend or relative. This is always relevant, and most importantly, the gift will remind the giver and warm the heart of the person to whom it was presented.

Materials needed:

• A piece of plywood of a suitable shape;
• a template of paper;
• yarn;
• small nails;
• duct tape and a hammer.

Work process:

We take plywood and give it the necessary shape. We sand its surface and cover it with varnish or paint. Draw a pattern on paper and fix it on plywood using masking tape. Follow the outline of the picture with nails and make sure they are at the same level on all sides.

Remove the paper template and proceed to create a base of thread. Tie the end of the thread to the nail and fix it. Start pulling the thread from one nail to another and try not to miss them. When the image acquires the necessary background, make a knot near one nail and cut the thread.

Delicious bouquets

Nowadays, it is very fashionable to receive a gift of a bouquet, which mono eat. Such gifts are becoming popular, among different generations and like both the recipient and the giver.

Fruit bouquet

To create it you need corrugated paper, colored ribbons, foil, lettuce and fruit. Next, using toothpicks, you need to thread the elements of the bouquet and assemble a beautiful composition of them. The size and range of the bouquet, depends solely on your imagination and wishes.

Tangerine tree

This tree is perfect for New Year's Eve and creates a wonderful aroma of tangerines in the room, reminiscent of winter, the Christmas tree and Santa Claus.

How to make a flower

1. Take a flower pot and fill it with foam rubber to be able to install a stick in it, which will become the trunk of the tree.
2. On the stick you should fix the base of the crown, which can be foam rubber or something else that suits your opinion.
3. Using toothpicks, fix mandarins, lemons and lettuce leaves to the crown.
4. After that, you can decorate the tree with Styrofoam, making it look like snow.

Bouquet for men

For the beer lover, you can present a beautiful bouquet of peanuts, ramen and beer.

Manufacturing process

1. From Styrofoam, create the base of the bouquet and glue on one side of the wadding.
2. We make a base of corrugated cardboard and fix it with skewers.
3. Glue the blanks with each other.
4. On the workpiece, fix the greens prepared in advance and fasten with beer cans and fish with ribbon. You can use an awl to make holes in the base and tie everything you need to make it securely fastened.
5. From pistachios we create sunflowers and fix them in a bouquet, using skewers.
6. When finished, you should wrap the bouquet with floral ribbon and the gift is ready.

Chocolate bouquet

Creation of a thin bouquet made of candy. Such a gift is suitable for any man or woman. The main thing that the person likes sweets. So, find out what kind of candy a person likes, turn on your imagination and go ahead to create a sweet gift.

Original candlesticks

Necessary materials:

• glass jar;
• black paint;
• duct tape;
• pencil;
• knife;
• ribbon for decoration.

Work process

1. We take a jar and glue a scotch tape in the center of it.
2. Draw a heart on it and cut it out using a stationery knife.
3. We remove the tape and leave only the heart.
4. Using paint, give the can the desired color (in our case, it is black).
5. Wait until the paint dries and decorate the jar with a ribbon.
6. Remove the heart from the tape and it's done.

To use the souvenir as a candle holder, put a candle in it and enjoy the beauty created with your own hands.

Money as a gift

If you do not know what to give as a gift give money, but do it in an original way.

Some money gift ideas

1. Place money in a balloon and inflate it. You can put confetti inside or make the balloon airy.
2. Make a money tree with banknotes instead of leaves.
3. With skewers and paper clips, you can make a house or even a castle out of the bills.
4. Place them in a jar and tie it with a ribbon. For more originality, put a funny inscription on it.
5. Create an expensive bouquet of money where they will replace flowers.
6. Original for the celebration, look gift, in the form of a cake of bills.
7. You can take a pizza box and inside, make it out of money.

Soft toy with their own hands

Necessary materials:

• paper;
• fabric;
• buttons;
• scissors;
• thread;
• glue gun.

Process of creation

1. Cut out a paper blank animal (in our case, it's a teddy bear).
2. Using a template, cut two identical shapes from fabric and sew them together, leaving a small hole.
3. Fill the body of the animal with absorbent cotton.
4. Glue the buttons in place of the eyes, nose and mouth.
5. If desired, you can use ribbons as decoration. You can use embroidery instead of buttons, and many other things suitable to your discretion.

According to the same type, you can create any soft toy, bunny, cat, doll, etc.

As you can see, there are plenty of ideas for handmade gifts. And that is not all you can do. The main thing is to create them using imagination and putting your own warmth, and then these gifts will not leave anyone indifferent.

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