If you have already decided on the choice of a gift, it remains the case for small - to pack your gift nicely and effectively. What if the gift is a book? What will be the packaging - it's up to you. Perhaps it will be completely transparent or matte, covering the name of the book, making it a surprise, or, conversely, emphasizing the content. There are a huge number of options for the original packaging of the book with gift paper.
Necessary materials
For beautiful packaging you will need paper, double-sided tape, all kinds of ribbons and accessories, scissors. To fix the package, you can use adhesive tape, glue, and a stapler. But still the most convenient will be double-sided tape, which is not only practical, but leaves no trace, which when creating packaging for a printed publication is a great advantage. In addition, when working with it, you will not need scissors, since it is easily torn by hands, which allows you to use it without any extra effort.
Probably the most difficult thing is to choose a combination of ribbons and paper. If the experience in gift wrapping is small, you can peek at the combination of color and texture in the design of wallpaper, clothing, and various accessories. Paper, like tapes, can be different in texture and color.
Fashionable trend in designer packaging is the use of kraft paper or newspaper imitation.
How to pack?
A good idea for packing a book is its subject matter. For example, your friend dreams of traveling. A good gift to him will be an atlas or a guide to one of the countries. For packaging presentation use geographical map. Gently wrap the book, tie it with a bright ribbon. As an optional accessory, you can stick a pocket compass.
An exciting detective can be presented in a tuxedo-like package. Black and white is a classic color combination. In this case, wrap the book with white silk paper - it will be a shirt. With heavier velvet-like paper, create something like a jacket or tailcoat. Two triangular parts can simulate the sides of a jacket. From the bright red ribbon folded in several layers, you will get an elegant bow. The book, packed in a “suit 007”, will look gorgeous.
Tete, mom, grandmother cookbook as a gift can be wrapped in the form of a nested doll. To do this, use 2 types of bright paper. A sister of a poem can be drawn up in a craft with the written lines of great poets. Having decorated the book with a beautiful ribbon, we will complete the design.
Have you prepared as a gift a few volumes of the classics of world literature? It will take several types of paper by the number of books in the gift. Use the design trick: it is better to use paper of the same color, but different colors and textures.
This combination will be perfectly combined in the package. For a common binder, you will need packing tapes. A large assortment of ribbons is on sale: thin, wide, simple and complex, bright and neutral, of different colors and shades. So, the choice is made, and you can proceed directly to the creative process.
Step-by-step instruction
Cut a rectangle out of paper to fit the size of the book so that our gift is completely covered with paper, and a small part of it remains, about 1 centimeter. It is more convenient to make it with the help of the gift copy itself, so you don’t even need a ruler. We put the book on the whole sheet, combine the edges and make a notch.The paper measured by the width of the book is cut to its full length, necessary for wrapping from all sides.
Free centimeter edge will overlap secured with double-sided tape. To do this, on one side of our blank we glue a piece of adhesive tape at the very edge of the paper. The adhesive tape from the second side does not need to be peeled off immediately along the entire length, but only to release a small area from the protective film. After the details of the paper are connected, pull the strip protecting the second adhesive side of the tape.
Before the final gluing it is necessary to carefully tighten the 2 sides of the paper so that the paper tightly “embraces” the book, and there are no unnecessary folds. We fix the result.
Now, when the books are wrapped in paper, it is the turn of tapes that will unite all the books into one. The combination of ribbons of various thickness, color, texture will look original. You can make them interlacing, it all depends on your desire and imagination. For weaving it is enough to arrange several ribbons in the vertical and horizontal direction, stacking them under each other. We connect tapes with the help of scotch tape, which will allow to avoid the most difficult stage.
Creating a bow or knot usually causes everyone difficulties and rarely succeeds. Such a connection makes it easy, fast and, most importantly, very beautiful without tails to connect these tapes.
It remains to find a suitable beautiful accessory and decorate our gift. For example, it can be an elegant bunch of flowers or a chic satin bow. You can use any small parts of the workpiece. It can be beads or buttons of various sizes, ribbons and threads, knitted or paper details. Using a collage from personal photos or notes with congratulations and wishes will give the gift an incredible effect.
How to pack a book as a gift, see the following video.
