How to Beautifully Wrap a Gift: 8 Simple Ways

Buying a gift is half the battle, but wrapping it beautifully is the real challenge. Before holidays, we share how to wrap presents for him or her in a beautiful and unique way using only scissors and household items. 

What you need:

• Quality scissors. Choose a model with long-lasting blades made of high-quality stainless steel. These will come in handy not only for implementing creative ideas but also for handling any household tasks. 
  
• Plenty of inspiration.

1. A Flight of Imagination

For a beautiful gift wrap, regular craft paper works perfectly. On a neutral background, appliqués decorated with beads or ribbons look great. By the way, it's easy to make appliqués by hand: just grab your scissors and cut them out of colored cardboard or foil.

2. An Original Approach

You can also wrap a present without traditional gift packaging. You can easily replace it with colored or corrugated paper, newspaper, or even an old geographical map. You'll need scissors, tape, and a bit of inspiration.

3. A Memory Photo

The best way to personalize a gift is to attach a beautiful photo to it. It could be a retro snapshot, a Polaroid frame from a memorable trip, or even a touching child photo – the key is that the motif should be meaningful to both of you. You can secure the photograph right under the gift ribbon. You can also decorate the gift with a personalized label.

4. A Sparkling Idea

Unleash your imagination and sprinkle the packaging with glitter or cover it with pom-poms. It's not hard to do: just brush the packaging with glue and sprinkle it with glitter bought at a hobby store.

5. A Thousand Little Things

Decorate the packaging with various small items – buttons, lace trim, stars and hearts cut out from paper with scissors. Carefully tie them to the packaging using ribbons, and your gift will become even more original.

6. Two in One

Decorative tape is another way to beautifully decorate gift packaging. To create a geometric pattern, use colored or metallic tape. You can also make an original trim from rope using the tape to tie several gifts at once.

7. A Gift with Character

Who said that packaging paper must always be colorful and bright? Wrap presents in black packaging and write wishes and draw designs with white or silver markers. By the way, instead of expensive gift wrapping ribbons you can use bright wool threads.

8. Soft Decoration

You can make a gift wrapper from anything – even an old scarf or sweater. Wrap the gift in wool fabric and tie it up with colorful ribbons. It will look stylish and, most importantly, unique. Such soft decoration is perfect for wrapping paintings, books, or bottles of alcohol.