Easter Gifts

In the life of any person there are important dates on which it is customary to exchange gifts. Some holidays are traditional or religious in nature, for example, Easter. On this day, you should pay visits to friends and relatives, handing a variety of gifts related to the subject of the celebration.

Easter belongs to a number of major church holidays, so special gifts should be presented for a far from secular celebration. The main point to pay attention to is not the cost of the gift, so you should wait for another reason to choose expensive things. A gift for Easter should carry the appropriate message, reminiscent of the meaning of the celebration of this day for all Christian believers. That is why it is recommended to select ideas directly related to spiritual values.

On this day, it will be right to give icons, religious literature, as well as classic works in a good binding. Art objects will be an appropriate present. It is important that the thing be a reflection of good taste and respect.

The atmosphere of celebration can also be maintained by objects that carry a deep meaning in themselves regarding the meeting of spring, revival to a new life. Proceeding from this, objects and things acting as a present may not reflect religious subjects, but cause positive and bright emotions associated with the renewal of nature, family style, etc.

The traditional gift will be Easter cakes and painted eggs, which can be supplemented with a selected gift for loved ones.. However, there are several limitations regarding options for signs of attention. First of all, it concerns alcoholic beverages that are not accepted at Easter. You should also abandon the comic gifts that may be misinterpreted by the recipient of the gift. From the point of view of church foundations, one should not pick up gifts in the form of sharp and piercing objects.

Since Easter is the end of Lent, on this day it is allowed to lay tables with an abundance of food, including various delicacies. The actual idea of ​​a presentation in such a situation will be sweet tokens of attention, which may also reflect the spirit of celebration and have traditional symbolism. To diversify the menu, going on a visit, you can take with you a large rabbit, molded from chocolate. Such a gift can be easily found in pastry shops, ordered in advance from the pastry chef, made at home, using mold and melted chocolate.

You can also donate themed cookies made in the form of painted Easter eggs, chickens or birds. At the same time, a delicacy can be cottage cheese, sandy, oatmeal, etc.

If there is no desire or opportunity to prepare the sweet souvenir on their own, in many stores closer to the holiday special sets with sweets and sweets will be offered, which can be presented to your loved ones. Among the offered assortment there will definitely be sets of truffle candies in the shape of eggs.

For children to make a sweet souvenir with a surprise can be very simple.To do this, you need to buy a few chocolate eggs with a toy inside, a bar of white chocolate, confectionery powder. Egg should be dunked with one edge into the melted chocolate, from above having decorated with small dragees. The finished delicacy is guaranteed to please the kids, and will also be performed in the spirit of the holiday.

Thematic gift for Easter will be orange "carrots", which will symbolize the favorite food of the Easter Bunny. These sets are packaged in polyethylene lozenges or marmalade in an orange wrapper in the form of a root, with a green braid on one side.

A sweet gift may consist of sweets repeating the shape of an Easter cake. An Easter egg wrapped in festive paper can also be made from a variety of candies.

Of course, an Easter gift, made independently, is able to better convey the holiday atmosphere and mood. In this case, you also should not chase after pretentious or expensive things, the main thing is to make a gift with a soul, using your imagination.

Fairly simple, but at the same time a beautiful gift option will be openwork eggs made of yarn. To create such a souvenir there will be enough glue, threads and a balloon.

You can pass on the Easter mood and celebrate the arrival of spring by combining the two main attributes of these moments - eggs and flowers. From the shell, you can create original "pots" in which you can place fresh flowers or make bouquets of paper. In this case, the use of painted or white eggs is allowed, bringing them together in a small basket. As the middle of the flower buds can act round candy.

Such products are sure to be useful in everyday life, in addition, they will decorate the festive table and kitchen interior. As a rule, they are embroidered with a cross, the actual colors in this case will be red and white.

As a spiritual gift for Easter, you can make a homemade postcard. Such a gift will be valuable to the host in particular. Variants of its creation there is a huge amount, in addition, a card can be created together with children or other guests, having arranged a real master class.

Typically, postcards are made of paper, which serves as the basis, the rest of the materials for the work can be selected on the basis of individual preferences. For decoration in the Easter theme, you can cut Easter cakes and eggs out of colored paper, decorating them with colorful beads, stickers or living willow twigs. You can also resort to the technique of quilling.

Valuable and relevant to the holiday will be hand-sewn things. In this case, you can make an Easter bunny. To create it, you will need to use templates, and you can fill the animal with an ordinary padding polyester or thread. Rabbits can be made several to present to each family member.

In addition to sewing, beautiful Easter gifts can be knitted or crocheted. Even with minimal experience with yarn, you can make a knitted cake. To do this, you should tie a strip of yarn of the color you like, cover it with a cut from a plastic bottle or make a frame from cardboard. Glazed top can be made of white fabric, cutting out a wavy edge in it, as an ornament you should use multi-colored beads.

Independently, by Easter, it will turn out to make a festive tree, which, in addition to the symbol of the holiday, will act as a talisman for the family hearth. To create it, you need to make a bouquet of willow branches, decorating them additionally with ribbons, fresh flowers, angel figures, which can be cut out of paper and attached to a long stick.

Among the list of ideas for creating a gift with your own hands is worth noting the options for homemade egg coasters. Each one will be designed for one egg, there are a lot of design options - it can be a rabbit, the paws of which will hold the egg or just a multi-colored wrapper, which can be created together with the children. If you wish, you can make a whole egg box decorated in this way. Rabbit patterns can be printed or painted by yourself.

A matching Easter souvenir will be multi-colored key rings made of beads. Such a product can have a different shape, repeating the outlines of the main symbols of Easter. This gift can be used to decorate a bunch of keys in the future or hang a souvenir on a handbag. If you prepare a gift from beads in advance, then it will turn out to embroider a mini-icon or a picture with the symbols of celebration, angels, spring, etc.

Any gift, regardless of the theme of the holiday and its features, requires beautiful packaging. Sweet gifts that are sold in stores, as a rule, are already packed, but this is not always the case. Candies, themed cookies and other Easter delicacies can be arranged by yourself, placed on a beautiful plate, covered with a festive towel and additionally packed in cellophane. Also an actual packaging option can be an Easter basket with sweets, which can be made by yourself. You can weave a bright and festive basket from old magazines, cutting them into strips, which are then twisted into tubes and are connected to each other in the usual alternation of strips. In order to securely fix them, the basket can be wrapped around the edges with a twine, from the top attach the handle.

In addition to baskets and plates, you can make a gift if you place it in an Easter mug, which can be decorated with multi-colored images of chickens, rabbits and a willow, or with more serious drawings on the theme of the resurrection of Christ.

Design for a gift can be represented by a regular cardboard box, which can be decorated in the style of quilling, using ordinary colored paper. It also perfectly fit sweets, thematic figures. Beautiful packaging for an icon or a book will turn out to be made even from simple burlap. Such eco-packaging are very popular options for decorating various presents. To complement it with Easter symbols, you can embroider the letters “XB” on the material or attach a sprig of fluffy willow.

Easter bunnies, a postcard and other small gifts can be simply packed in paper boxes, but with a depiction of church subjects.

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