On the eve of any holiday, everyone runs around the shops looking for souvenirs for relatives, friends and acquaintances. As the proverb says, prepare a sleigh in summer, a cart in winter. It is better to collect everything in advance so that the days before the celebration do not turn into a fuss, but are a pleasant time for packing presents. Now you can buy a thing for every taste and budget. If you want to surprise, make a creative gift with your own hands. The article contains many ideas with a detailed description. Choose, use, enjoy.
Decoupage
This technique is one of the most fashionable now. It is quite simple and allows even a beginner to make a creative gift with their own hands, which will be no worse than a purchased one. The meaning of the work is that thematic images cut from napkins (special or ordinary canteens) are pasted onto the selected base. Further, the souvenir is finalized with the help of a brush, stencils or special decorative effects in the form of a three-dimensional outline (you can write words of congratulations to them); small cracks that create the effect of an antique surface; gloss of a high degree, when the product becomes like porcelain; snow, frost, etc.
Gift ideas made using this technique are very different:
- caskets and chests;
- vases and pots;
- bottles and glasses;
- furniture;
- clock;
- photo frames.
Painted furniture and other interior items
Make the best DIY gifts! Be unique! If you want to impress a friend with your originality, make a stool, chair or table made using the painting technique. Even an old thing will do as a base, as it will get a second life and look great. It is better if it is wooden, and not from substitutes.
You can paint not only furniture, but also other interior elements: dishes, bread boxes, containers for storing cereals. If you do not know how to hold a brush in your hands or consider yourself not experienced enough to take on a complex project, decoupage will always help you. It is a good alternative to hand painting.
Batik is an excellent technique for a souvenir
Fabric painting is an ancient art and craftsmanship. The best material is silk, but it is expensive, and as an alternative for the first experiment, it is better to use cotton fabric. Batik is a great option to make gifts with your own hands. The master class will help you with this.
There are different techniques for painting on fabric:
- cold;
- hot;
- nodular.
You can do the following things in these ways:
- scarf, scarf or tie;
- panel for interior;
- pillowcase;
- lampshade;
- decorative tablecloth or napkin.
Those items that do not require washing are easier to make, since in this case it will not be necessary to fix the paints. The technique of cold batik involves the use of special paints and a reserve composition, which outlines the contours so that the color does not spread beyond them. The stores sell special kits, where everything you need is included.
Reserve compositions are colored, with sparkles or mother-of-pearl tint. For their application, a special glass rod with a reservoir is used. To create a creative DIY gift using this technique, you need to follow these steps:
- Cut the fabric to the appropriate size and stretch it onto the stretcher. If you make a small image, it is enough to use an embroidery hoop.
- Apply the selected drawing with a pencil in thin lines.
- If you want the outlines to remain white, outline them with a reserve compound. In order for a light color to shine through it, you must first apply the appropriate shade to the entire surface of the fabric, except for white places, which should be left initially covered with a reserve.
- Perform the painting itself. You will need brushes (you can use squirrel ones), a palette for mixing colors and water for a less bright shade. Paints are a liquid solution of pigment, so they are easy to work with.
It is more difficult to work in hot technique. It uses wax as a reserve, which, after finishing work, is melted through the paper with an iron. Even a child will cope with the nodular option. Such a task can be given to children when they make crafts-gifts with their own hands in kindergarten or school. The meaning of the work is that a piece of fabric is tied, twisted, wound with threads using buttons, balls and other small items.
After such a preparatory procedure, it is lowered into hot water, in which any fabric dye is diluted. In the case of working with children, this stage, of course, is done by adults. Depending on the concentration of the pigment in the solution, it is necessary to keep the products in it from several minutes to half an hour. After the fabric bundles are taken out and they have cooled, the children untie all the knots. As a result, bizarre patterns are obtained. Where the patch has been tightly wound, the fabric does not stain and retains its original color in the form of light weaves of openwork structures. Master the technique! Come up with new gift ideas! Create beauty and style with your own hands.
Knitted souvenirs
Crochet or knitting is a traditional type of needlework that most women have tried. Even if you are new to this business, making some original and at the same time simple jewelry is not difficult. A creative DIY gift can be made like this:
- crochetedwatch;
- furniture covers;
- bag;
- decorative e-book case;
- shoe containers;
- originally tie a mug, teapot, wine glass or any other object;
- make a knitted panel;
- bouquet, basket, pot of flowers.
Gift ideas are so diverse that the list can be overwhelming.
There are all sorts of reasons for gifts. For example, for the birth of a child, it is good for a young mother to tie booties for a newborn.
Tube weaving
This technique will give you new gift ideas. With your own hands, you can make such souvenirs that are worthy of showing off in the showcases of showrooms. You may have seen similar objects in stores, but you definitely didn’t realize that you could easily make such a masterpiece yourself. In fact, this is a variant of standard weaving, only instead of willow, paper vine is used, made from old newspapers and unnecessary magazines. Looks cheap and stylish.
Topiary
Fashionable and stylish souvenirs, which are a small decorative tree in a pot, reminiscent of a thuja trimmed in the form of a ball. You can make it from any material: ribbons, coffee beans, beads, shells, balls.
Steps of work will always be similar. The only difference is in the elements glued to the surface of the spherical blank. There is always such a souvenira worthy place on the office desk or at home.
Gifts for February 23rd
Making a creative gift for a man with your own hands is the easiest solution. With this option, you will surprise anyone. Every girl can buy in a store, but not create it on her own. Be among the last. Be the only one. Make an exclusive item.
A man can be presented with a snood scarf, crocheted or knitted on his own. This thing will keep the warmth and care of your hands and warm in bad weather. He is especially good at hunting, fishing, riding a motorcycle.
You can surprise a man by making a pillow for the car or for the interior if he does not have a car. Stitched pillows of the original shape look beautiful in the form of a heart, a wheelbarrow, a barrel or any other object. The embroidery technique is traditional, but for a man you need to choose an appropriate plot with his name or, for example, a tank, an airplane, a beloved dog or car, etc.
Pillowcases look original, where the pattern is woven from cut pieces of thread woven into the canvas. To do this, it is best to order a ready-made kit with a specific pattern and the right amount of thread.
Magnets
If you need to make a gift to your parents with your own hands, use the following simple ideas. Kits for making magnets are now on sale. Mixed in water is poured into a special formdry plaster. After the suspension has hardened, the product is removed and painted. A magnet is glued to the back. The kits have everything you need to get the job done. Instructions are also included.
You can make any souvenir in the form of a magnet:
- a beautifully designed photo or even a frame;
- natural material craft with a small flat surface where you can stick a magnetic strip;
- stained-glass window or thermal mosaic, which will be discussed below.
Children's gifts made for parents in the form of magnets will always be in a prominent place and perfectly decorate your refrigerator.
Thermomosaic
Such a gift without much effort, but with great pleasure even a preschooler will make. He, of course, will need the help of an adult, but only to carry out the final stage of the technological process. Thermomosaic is a game for children in which the elements are small pieces of colored plastic tubes. They are put on special pins located at the base. When the drawing is ready, it is enough to draw an iron over its surface through the tracing paper, and the particles will stick together. The product is removed from the pins. You can attach a magnetic strip, a base, or tie a ribbon for hanging to it.
Stained Glass
Gifts made using glass painting technique look beautiful and original. For children, simple plastic samples with a ready-made composition are sold. The child only needs to fill in the particles with colorpattern.
For a more complex version of the souvenir, the manufacture of which is already suitable for adults, you will need not only paints, but also a special composition. They, as in batik, carry out dividing contours. It is a viscous substance, and the tube has a thin tip, so no special application device is required. If you adapt, you can easily get a smooth line by gradually squeezing the compound out of the metal tip.
Wine glasses, vases, photo frames and any other glass interior items are decorated in this way.
So, you have seen how varied and original you can make gifts with your own hands. A master class in the form of useful tips and practical advice is the best method of learning. Your task is to choose your favorite idea, prepare materials and start an exciting creative process.
