Having the skills to carefully pack a shirt will always be useful both in everyday life and for decorating gifts for men. Creative packaging lifts a person’s festive mood and makes a good impression of the gift.
How to beautifully wrap a shirt as a gift
The method of design and appearance of the gift depends on the occasion (February 23, Birthday, New Year, Valentine's Day and other holidays), on who the recipient is (husband, son, boss, friend). You can pack it in paper (plain, wrapping, crinkled), fabric (satin, silk, chiffon, burlap, linen, cotton), the box, having previously been pasted over with paper or fabric.
It is important not to make a mistake when choosing the color of the packaging material. If the gift is intended for a loved one, you can give preference to his favorite flowers. When choosing packaging, it is advisable for the boss to adhere to a business style. The material should have restrained tones, using no more than two as primary colors (dark red, olive, black and white, pearlescent, beige).
The final touch to decorating a gift is decoration. For men, you can decorate the packaging with a bow, a color composition, some thematic figures, twine, or buttons.
The best ways to presentably wrap a gift in the form of a men's shirt
In the form of a men's shirt, you can make a bag, a box, or make gift wrapping to decorate a gift.
The package is executed in the following way:
- draw the diagram onto the material from which the package will consist or print it using a printer and transfer it using carbon paper to cardboard;
- make folds along the dotted lines;
- by folding the cardboard along the lines into one whole, you get a regular gift bag that can be bought in a store;
- glue the pattern, bend the collar;
- print or draw a bow tie, a tie at your discretion, cut it out and glue it on the side of the collar.
The result is an interesting gift bag in the form of a shirt.
Important! If difficulties arise when creating a package, you should buy a ready-made gift bag in the desired color. Using buttons, a bow tie or a tie, decorate the bag in the form of a shirt
To make a package in the shape of a shirt, you will need paper 2.5 times larger than the gift itself. Place it face down. Fold the side edges towards the center. Turn the workpiece back up, bend the top. Turn it over again away from you, bend the top corners, you get a collar. Fold the paper halfway up under the collar. At your discretion, details can be added in the form of a bow tie, a tie, buttons, or pockets.
Tips for neatly folding a long sleeve shirt for a gift
In order to fold your shirt neatly, you should follow some recommendations:
- if it has just been ironed, let it cool for half an hour, hanging it on a hanger;
- lay it out on a hard surface, fasten all the buttons;
- all lines of the product must be parallel;
- To make folding easier, you can put a piece of cardboard of the required size inside the product;
- For travel, a folded shirt should be additionally wrapped in fabric; this will retain its shape and help avoid accidental stains.
Reference! If you fold your shirt correctly, you will have much more space in your closet or travel bag.
Popular patterns for folding a shirt and placing it in a gift box
- Place the shirt with the back up, grab the center of the shoulder with one hand, and grab the lower part in a straight line with the other hand. Lay it on the back.
- We do not leave the sleeve diagonally, it should be positioned parallel to the side.
- Place the second sleeve in the same way as the first.
- We fold the bottom side, 7–8 cm wide, for the first time, and fold it up to the collar a second time.
Related tools and materials to facilitate the process of wrapping a gift with a shirt
To decorate a gift in the form of a shirt, you need the packaging material itself. This includes gift paper, burlap, ribbons, decorative mesh, felt, corrugated paper, transparent film, fabrics.
Scissors, glue, a ruler, and cardboard are used as tools to facilitate gift wrapping.
Original techniques for packing men's shirts as gifts
If you take a creative approach to designing a men's shirt as a gift and use your imagination, the result will be creative and original packaging.
You can make interesting packaging in the form of a handbag with your own hands using wrapping paper and satin ribbon.As a template for a future handbag, you need to take a box of the required size, wrap it in paper, secure all edges except one with tape, remove the box from the paper, and use a hole punch to make holes for the tape that will serve as handles on the unglued edges. Place the gift in the finished bag. The finished original product can be decorated at your discretion.
How to pack a gift in the form of a men's shirt with valuable additions (for example, money, sweets, alcohol)
A gift box in the shape of a shirt will look creative. It is suitable for any size and shape of present, which is very convenient. To decorate the box, you first need to put a gift in it, wrap it with wrapping paper so that the seam is in the center of the longest side. Cut a rectangle of paper as long as the packaging. Fold the edges inward. Glue in the center, covering the seam of the wrapping paper. It will have buttons.
For the collar, you will need a 5 cm wide strip cut from paper of a different color. The edges should be folded and folded in half along the long side. Bend the extreme parts of the rectangle at a slight downward angle. Inside, the top points should touch. Glue the finished collar at the top of the box above the button rectangle so that it protrudes 1 cm upward.
Under the collar, if desired, you can glue a tie, make a pocket, and attach buttons.
How not to wrap a shirt as a gift
When packing a gift for a man, the color of the wrapping paper plays an important role; you should not consider pink, bright, or variegated colors. Beads, frills, and flowers should be excluded as decoration.
Handmade and tasteful packaging will always look original and creative.
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