How beautiful to pack nuts and dried fruits as a gift?

In order to make an interesting and useful gift even for an unfamiliar person, it is not necessary to spend a lot of money. An edible gift can be a great option for any occasion. So that it brings not only joy, but also benefit to the body, it is better to use dried fruits and nuts when creating it. Such a set in a beautiful package is suitable for congratulations of relatives and friends, as well as small children.

Fruit fruits are saturated with vitamins and fiber, which is so necessary for the growing body. Such a gift can be purchased at the store, but the most unusual and unique packaging options are created with your own hands.

The edible type of present is often used in congratulations, since tasty food always evokes positive emotions. A delicacy of dried fruit will not only help to satisfy hunger, but also keep the figure. Such food does not contain sugar and thus contributes to weight loss. Nuts and dried fruits can be presented both separately and in combination with various edible supplements. Namely:

• honey;
• berries;
• tea;
• coffee.

The main "highlight" of this gift is a beautiful design. All components can be neatly packaged not only in a beautiful gift bag, but also in a decorative basket. It is usually wrapped in transparent or multicolored cellophane and decorated with a bow or ribbon. But there are several other creative gift ideas with dried fruits and nuts. These include:

• gift wrapped kits;
• treat in a wooden box;
• bouquet;
• a gift with a certain theme.

Creating a gift box is easy. To do this, choose a cardboard box of a suitable size, paste it with multi-colored wrapping paper and place it inside the treats. In this case, dried fruits can be laid as individual portions by type, and beautiful patterns. A present in a wooden box is perfect for environmentalists and will look original.

Various natural materials such as cones, acorns and chestnuts are used for decoration. For example, it is possible to glue over part of the container with scales from the cones, laying them out with a beautiful pattern. To create a festive look, it is permissible to paint part of the box or decor with colored lacquer with glitter.

Bouquet - one of the most interesting options for such a gift. It can be collected from absolutely any dried fruit. In such a composition, both candied fruits and nuts will look equally good. This gift can emphasize both the individuality of the donor and the special preferences of the hero of the occasion.

Excellent options for a thematic gift can be sets for tea, coffee or mulled wine. The first two options are suitable nuts, honey, dried fruit and, of course, a beautiful package of good tea or coffee.

Sets for mulled wine include not only wine, but also a whole range of seasonings. Most often in the preparation of this drink is used:

• ginger;
• cardamom;
• black pepper;
• carnation;
• cinnamon;
• orange peel.

When making an edible gift nuts are often not only one of the components, but also an independent version of it. Such popularity can be explained both by their beneficial properties and by a large variety of species. The main types of nuts that are used to create an edible gift are:

• hazelnut;
• walnuts;
• peanut;
• pistachios;
• almond;
• cashew nuts;
• pine nuts.

All of them are great for alleviating hunger, and also help in improving immunity. In addition, nuts contain antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and various trace elements. This product can help recuperate at the end of the disease.

In the presence of certain diseases, specific types of nuts may also be contraindicated. For example, in cases of liver disease or diabetes, hazelnut is not recommended. Eating walnuts for eczema or psoriasis, there is a risk of exacerbation of the disease.

Pistachios are also unsafe, which can increase puffiness. Therefore, they are better not to eat hypertensive patients, mothers during lactation, as well as people with kidney disease.

However, for most people, nuts are a nutritious and tasty product. Therefore, their use in the creation of edible gifts is welcome. One of the best options for such a presentation is a bouquet in which you can embody the most unusual creative ideas.

In order to create a nut bouquet, you will need not only the fruits, but also additional materials. In work can be used:

• dry flowers;
• branches of bushes and trees;
• organic cotton;
• wooden skewers;
• colored wrapping paper or cellophane.

For the formation and bonding of the composition suitable glue for paper and scissors. A simple and beautiful bouquet can come from walnuts. Before you start, you need to prepare them, select the whole fruit without damage to the shell. First you need to fix each nut on a separate skewer, so that it looks like a flower on the stem. To do this, the tip of the scissors make a hole in the base of the nut and, slightly smearing it with glue, insert the skewer inside.

Next, these flowers are folded around a cotton boll. For reliable fixation, every 3 skewers must be wrapped with tape. After this work is completed, the basis of the bouquet can be considered complete.

Then comes the turn of dried flowers, which fill the gaps between the nuts. And at the end this product is wrapped with colored wrapping paper or cellophane decorative film. At the same time to the bouquet, you can add curls of multi-colored paper or fabric tapes. It is also worth noting that several types of nuts can be used for a gift.

There is another interesting version of the sweet gift, which suggests the presence of beautiful dishes. Currently, there are many unusual plates of unique shape that can be bought as a present. In order to interestingly present such a thing, it can be filled with exotic dried fruit. At the same time, sweets are laid out with beautiful patterns and compositions.

The simplest option is to lay out different types of treats by triangles converging in the middle of the dish. Separate different types of delicacies can be dried with apple slices or prunes more saturated in color.

Another option is a flower arrangement. For its formation from the edges of the dish in a circle stack different dried fruits, forming rings. As the diameter narrows towards the center, the lobules need to be placed slightly more on the edge to create a volumetric flower.In the very middle of such a pattern you can put a few bright details.

How to make a bouquet of dried fruit, you will learn from the video below.