How to Make a Christmas Gift Box
What does the person like?, Buy materials., Go out and get the store bought gifts., Music for the Music Lover., The Christmas Card., Gather materials to make the box., Securing the box., Inserting the gift., Inserting the card., Seal the box with...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: What does the person like?
Does the person you are giving a gift like video games? Makeup? Shopping sprees? Crafts like sewing? This step is do determine the personality of your recipient.
This will make sure you are not in the dark when choosing the gifts and the decoration on the box. , When you thought through, go and buy the materials to make the box.
The items you need are listed here in this article, further down the page under "Things You'll Need". , Stores like Target, Walmart, PBteen, and others may have good teen décor, although PBteen is expensive.
GameStop is the ideal place is your recipient is an avid or novice gamer alike, and used games are ideal if you plan on a tighter budget.
There are many deals online.
Use Google Products or a similar sales search engine for online sales, once you have rough ideas of what to get. , If your recipient is an audiophile (an individual who listens to loads of music), get them an iTunes Gift Card (only applies to iTunes users) or a different gift card for their preferred music store.
A new iPod/Zune/other MP3/MP4 player upwards of 40-50GB would be good for moderate audiophiles, or up to an iPod classic 160GB for the serious audiophile who is on the go. , If you chose not to buy the store bought card of your choice, make your homemade card.
Insert a gift card (if you bought one) and/or some cash.
Do it well. , Gather the gifts, card, wrapping paper, box, scissors, tape, tissue paper, and anything else you want to use (Don't forget the Christmas To/From Label!) , The task is now present.
Take the box, and use shipping tape to close the bottom (this applies to shipping boxes or any box that is non-taped on the bottom). , Take your store bought gifts and wrap them in at least 3-8 sheets of tissue paper over each other.
Depending on the weight and physical size, you may need to adjust this amount.
The heavier the more paper, the less, the less paper, but don't reduce the paper below 2 sheets! This is for obvious reasons as the gift needs to be wrapped well to be cushioned.
Tissue paper is very thin. , For the cards, find a regular security mailing envelope (the kind with the special see-out no see-in pattern) and fold the card to fit in it.
Write the recipient's name on the front of the envelope exterior.
Stick the card in the box, but wrap that too, as if they try to shake the box, a heavy present could easily rip open the card and spoil the surprise. , Get your wrapping paper ready. , Find your favorite method, or use one you already know you like.
Use a Christmas Wrapping Paper! This is not a birthday, Easter, or Halloween.
If you don't have any, look in your favorite special occasion store, like Hallmark for an example.
Many awesome styles of Christmas wrapping paper are out there. , Find a nice, beautiful, bow with strong, sticky adhesive.
Take a strand of ribbon long enough to make it from the middle of the bottom, over the top, and back to the middle of the bottom where taping is needed.
Then repeat with the opposing direction (first up-down, then L to R).
Stick on the bow at the intersection.
If desired, take a strand of ribbon, run it across on scissor blade, and then, once curled, pop a gift tag (the kind you can put on string/ribbon) into the strand of ribbon, and tape using the same method above.
Only do it once, alongside the up-down strand. make the ribbon still have the curl effect, and do the taping at the bottom. , Read on if you have chosen the easy adhesive sticker tag (to/from).
Write the recipients name next to or under "To"
depending on the tag.
Next, write your name under "From" or to the right of it, depending on the tag again. -
Step 2: Buy materials.
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Step 3: Go out and get the store bought gifts.
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Step 4: Music for the Music Lover.
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Step 5: The Christmas Card.
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Step 6: Gather materials to make the box.
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Step 7: Securing the box.
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Step 8: Inserting the gift.
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Step 9: Inserting the card.
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Step 10: Seal the box with shipping tape.
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Step 11: There are many methods on How to Wrap Presents.
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Step 12: Find ribbon and a stick and a bow.
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Step 13: If you chose to do the ribbon attachment method
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Step 14: skip this step.
Detailed Guide
Does the person you are giving a gift like video games? Makeup? Shopping sprees? Crafts like sewing? This step is do determine the personality of your recipient.
This will make sure you are not in the dark when choosing the gifts and the decoration on the box. , When you thought through, go and buy the materials to make the box.
The items you need are listed here in this article, further down the page under "Things You'll Need". , Stores like Target, Walmart, PBteen, and others may have good teen décor, although PBteen is expensive.
GameStop is the ideal place is your recipient is an avid or novice gamer alike, and used games are ideal if you plan on a tighter budget.
There are many deals online.
Use Google Products or a similar sales search engine for online sales, once you have rough ideas of what to get. , If your recipient is an audiophile (an individual who listens to loads of music), get them an iTunes Gift Card (only applies to iTunes users) or a different gift card for their preferred music store.
A new iPod/Zune/other MP3/MP4 player upwards of 40-50GB would be good for moderate audiophiles, or up to an iPod classic 160GB for the serious audiophile who is on the go. , If you chose not to buy the store bought card of your choice, make your homemade card.
Insert a gift card (if you bought one) and/or some cash.
Do it well. , Gather the gifts, card, wrapping paper, box, scissors, tape, tissue paper, and anything else you want to use (Don't forget the Christmas To/From Label!) , The task is now present.
Take the box, and use shipping tape to close the bottom (this applies to shipping boxes or any box that is non-taped on the bottom). , Take your store bought gifts and wrap them in at least 3-8 sheets of tissue paper over each other.
Depending on the weight and physical size, you may need to adjust this amount.
The heavier the more paper, the less, the less paper, but don't reduce the paper below 2 sheets! This is for obvious reasons as the gift needs to be wrapped well to be cushioned.
Tissue paper is very thin. , For the cards, find a regular security mailing envelope (the kind with the special see-out no see-in pattern) and fold the card to fit in it.
Write the recipient's name on the front of the envelope exterior.
Stick the card in the box, but wrap that too, as if they try to shake the box, a heavy present could easily rip open the card and spoil the surprise. , Get your wrapping paper ready. , Find your favorite method, or use one you already know you like.
Use a Christmas Wrapping Paper! This is not a birthday, Easter, or Halloween.
If you don't have any, look in your favorite special occasion store, like Hallmark for an example.
Many awesome styles of Christmas wrapping paper are out there. , Find a nice, beautiful, bow with strong, sticky adhesive.
Take a strand of ribbon long enough to make it from the middle of the bottom, over the top, and back to the middle of the bottom where taping is needed.
Then repeat with the opposing direction (first up-down, then L to R).
Stick on the bow at the intersection.
If desired, take a strand of ribbon, run it across on scissor blade, and then, once curled, pop a gift tag (the kind you can put on string/ribbon) into the strand of ribbon, and tape using the same method above.
Only do it once, alongside the up-down strand. make the ribbon still have the curl effect, and do the taping at the bottom. , Read on if you have chosen the easy adhesive sticker tag (to/from).
Write the recipients name next to or under "To"
depending on the tag.
Next, write your name under "From" or to the right of it, depending on the tag again.
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