Christmas boxes do-it-yourself templates. New Year's box "Herringbone" with carved decor Packing boxes in the form of a Christmas tree scheme
On the eve new year holidays shop windows are full of gift boxes, decorative bags, wrapping paper for every taste. Smiling sellers helpfully offer packaging services New Year's gifts. And all this seems to be great, because you must admit, it is much more pleasant to receive a New Year's trifle in a beautiful package. But on the other hand, the whole meaning of the gift is lost, the very gift that should be intended specifically for you.
The recipient of the gift will be doubly pleased if, in addition to choosing a gift, you spend a little more time wrapping it. In this article, we will teach you how to make gift boxes from paper or cardboard with your own hands. It is not at all difficult to do this, because all the crafts presented with us are accompanied by ready-made schemes, templates and step-by-step master classes. You just have to choose the appropriate box option, print the diagram and glue the paper box according to the instructions. By the way, some of the boxes presented by us are made using the origami technique, which means that you don’t even need glue!
So, before we get started, let's check if everything is ready for you. To make a paper gift box with your own hands, you will need: beautiful wrapping paper (you can get by with plain white paper and then decorate it), scissors, a pencil, a ruler, glue or double-sided tape, a clerical knife. Everything is? Well then, let's get creative!
#1 Box "Herringbone"
A great way to pack a small trifle to friends or relatives is such a themed New Year's box. By the way, it's very easy to do. You will need green paper and punching tongs (although you can do without them). Well, any rhinestones, beads, sequins, in general, to your taste are suitable for decoration!
#2 Gift box "Mint Lollipop"
And here's another one original version a gift box that is very easy to make with your own hands, especially with our step-by-step master class. You will need red thick paper (for the box itself), as well as white paper for decoration. You can make the upper part of the box with an appliqué or just paint a white sheet with pencils or felt-tip pens. By the way, the top does not have to be a lollipop. You can fantasize about the New Year theme and decorate the box on top, for example, with a snowflake, christmas ball or red mean M&M's.
#3 Box with lid (diagram)
Well, if there is no time or desire to fiddle with the box for a long time, you can use a simple ready-made template. You need to download, print, cut and glue it. Voila, the box is ready! Please note that we have prepared 2 schemes for you: square (5x5 in size) and rectangular (7x6x4 in size).
#4 Cup with a gift
But the option of gift packaging for those who want to surprise with originality is a gift box-cup. It's pretty easy to do, but it looks amazing! To create you will need thick paper, scissors and glue. And of course our step-by-step instructions!
#5 Christmas box "Cake"
If new Year party planned in a large company, for example in a circle big family, it makes sense to pack gifts for everyone in one big composite box. The cake packaging box consists of 8-10 pieces, each of which is a separate paper gift box.
#6 Gift box with lid for muffins and other little things
Quite common on New Year's Eve. edible gifts: various sweets and pastries. An original gift will be a muffin made by hand in an author's gift box.
#7 Christmas box "Diamond"
You can pack a New Year's gift in a gift box in the shape of a diamond. With our scheme, it will not be difficult to make such an intricate package. It is enough to print the box template, cut and glue it according to the instructions. Everything is simple!
#8 New Year's package "Santa"
A very cute New Year's package will turn out from an ordinary paper bag, decorated with a paper Santa. Download Santa's diagram, cut it out and glue it on the bag. Do-it-yourself Christmas packaging is ready!
#9 Harry Potter boxes
Fans of stories about Harry Potter will come to indescribable delight, having received a piece of their favorite hero as a gift. By the way, such a box with magical sweet beans can be a great addition to a set of books about the adventures of a young wizard.
#10 Box "Gingerbread House"
The well-known symbol of the Christmas and New Year holidays from Hollywood films is the gingerbread man. You can make a box of paper in the form of a gingerbread man's house. By the way, putting the gingerbread men themselves in such a house will be very symbolic, but if you also make them with your own hands, there is no price for such a gift at all! Box " Gingerbread house"is done according to a special scheme, which you can download below. Also below is a master class on making a box with your own hands.
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#11 Box "Heart of four parts"
A cute package of four boxes can be made using our scheme. Giving your loved one not one, but four New Year's gifts at once is a real manifestation of love. You can download the scheme with four boxes and the basis for them below.
#12 Origami box
To make such a gift box, you will not need a diagram or a template. To make a paper box with a lid, you only need a piece of paper. The main condition is that the sheet must be square. Clearly follow the instructions of the master class and in 10 minutes you will have the cutest handmade origami gift box ready.
#13 And another version of the origami box
Such a box looks very similar to the previous one, but the manufacturing method is slightly different. In the manufacture of this box, you will need scissors, but the scheme is not needed: only a square sheet of paper. Follow the instructions of the master class and you will succeed!
#14 Origami box “Volumetric triangle”
If you want to get confused and ready-made templates are not for you, then be sure to pay attention to this difficult and very effective gift box. You will need paper and patience. Well, then follow the instructions and everything will work out!
If you like to make gift boxes without templates, glue and scissors, but only with the help of the correct paper folds, then you will appreciate this box as well.
#16 Origami resealable box
Well, another version of the origami box. It is quite easy to do, especially if you follow the instructions. By the way, the steps for making the box are described below in the photo instructions.
#17 Box "Cupcake"
Original gift box for gift New Year will become a box in the form of a cupcake. It looks very impressive, but the creation will have to work a little. In general, there is nothing complicated in creating this box, all you need is patience and imagination! A step by step wizard see class below.
#18 And another cupcake
And here is another variation on the theme of a gift box in the form of a cupcake. The manufacturing scheme is very similar to the previous one, but you might like it!
#19 Gift box for cookies
A ready-made scheme for making a cardboard box with your own hands. All you need is to use our ready-made scheme, which you need to print, cut out of cardboard, and then glue in accordance with the master class.
#20 Chinese style gift box
In such a box, made with your own hands, you can put anything you want. And most importantly, it is done quickly and easily. You can download the box diagram from the link below.
Download scheme
#21 Gift box in the form of a cup
Really original wrapped gifts are valued much more than gifts in a regular gift bag. Pay special attention to this charming paper box, which you can make yourself using our scheme.
How to make a cup
How to make a lid
#22 Box "New Year sweater"
Here is such a beautiful gift box can be made by hand. To do this, you will need a diagram, which you can download on our website, scissors, glue and a little patience.
#23 Box with bow closure
Pretty simple to make, but very original gift box. You will need a square sheet wrapping paper, glue and master class instructions. 15 minutes - and your gift box is ready!
It is very easy to make a cardboard box for a New Year's gift, but for this you will need not only cardboard, but also scissors (clerical knife) and glue or double-sided tape (for secure fixation). Below is a step-by-step manufacturing master class, following which you can quickly and easily make a cardboard box with your own hands.
If you want to give a delicious gift in the form of cupcakes or muffins, then the ideal packaging for such a gift would be a paper egg tray. Cut out the desired number of compartments, decorate the top of the box with decorative elements, tie with a ribbon and Voila! The gift is ready!
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#26 Original box "Package of milk"
Another incredibly cool Christmas box that will amaze anyone. You can pack a simple trifle in such an unusual box. It is quite simple to make it if you use the ready-made scheme, which you can download on our website.
#27 Box with lid
Using our simple scheme, you can easily make a gift box with a paper lid with your own hands in just a few minutes. You can put anything in such a box as a gift: from a cute trinket to sweets. self made. You can download the box diagram below.
#28 Packing box with flower clasp
A simple diagram of a cute packaging box with a flower clasp. Fast, beautiful, original. Surprise your loved ones with a handmade gift. You can download the finished scheme from the link below.
#29 Gift box "Petals"
You can make a wonderful box for a New Year's gift with a lid in the shape of petals with your own hands. In fact, the manufacture of such charms will not only take a lot of time, but will also delight you with its sweetest
#30 Gift box for New Year's cupcake
You can make a very cute cardboard box with your own hands. It will turn out no worse than the store. In the box, you can make a special bottom for the cake. Putting your little delicious gift in a special stand, you don't have to worry that all the cream will remain on the box. To make such a cardboard box with your own hands, you need to print out the template and follow the instructions of the master class.
#31 Gift box for children "Ice cream"
A New Year's gift should be packed not just well, but tastefully. In the gift box "Ice cream" your gift will be appreciated! With our scheme, making a delicious box will only be a pleasure!
#32 Packing box "Candy"
Another option for "tasty" packaging will be a box in the form of a candy. To create a New Year's atmosphere, the packaging can be slightly enlivened by adding eyes and a mouth to it. Download the diagram, print it out and glue the box in the right places.
#33 Gift box "Cheerful bunny"
Dear and close people always want to give a special gift. And best of all, when this gift is not only special, but also in a special package that emphasizes the importance of a particular person. It will not be difficult to make such a paper box with your own hands if you download the diagram from the link below.
Download scheme
#35 Box "Cheerful frog"
Another very cheerful and positive box for New Year's gifts is the "Cheerful Frog". Done quickly, gives a lot of emotions! Download the scheme and please your loved ones with a cheerful New Year's box.
#36 Box with a face
You can also pack a gift in an original way in a box of plain white paper, drawing on it some details in the form of an eye and a mouth, thus, as it were, reviving the gift. With our ready-made scheme, making such a box is not at all difficult. Just download the diagram, print and glue.
#37 Gift box "Birdhouse"
Let's start with perhaps the most unusual paper gift box. Making such a birdhouse is quite simple when there is finished circuit. The scheme must be printed, transferred to suitable paper, cut and glued in certain places. Complex and intricate at first glance do-it-yourself boxes will be ready in 10-15 minutes. 
#38 Box "Apple"
The original will be a gift in a paper box in the form of an apple. With such a box, picking up a gift is quite simple - gelatin worms will come in handy. Making such a box with your own hands with the corresponding scheme is very simple, the manufacturing process will take no more than 10 minutes!
#39 Box "Christmas wreath"
There is no limit to your originality, we only give you direction, and then you create yourself. On the New Year theme, you can come up with a lot of boxes, for example, in the form of a Christmas wreath. Very symbolic!
Well, what is a real New Year without the Nutcracker and music from the famous ballet P.I. Tchaikovsky? Great gift becomes a bag of nuts with a nutcracker tag attached. You can draw the most fabulous hero yourself, but if you have no inclinations for drawing, you can find the image of the Nutcracker on the Internet and print it out, then cut it out and attach it to the package.
Beautiful decoration of a New Year's gift is no less important than the gift itself. In stores, there is now no shortage of gift packages for the New Year. But we advise you to take the time to make your own New Year's packaging. Original, exclusive packing will make your gift special and unique. The person to whom you present your present will be doubly pleased, because by devoting time to preparing a gift for him, you thereby show a special attitude towards him.
In this article, we will tell you how to make original New Year's packaging for small gifts and sweets, how to make a New Year's cardboard box yourself. You will also learn how to pack larger gifts, learn how to make New Year's wrapping paper yourself.
Packaging for small gifts and sweets
1. DIY Christmas packaging (option 1)
Templates for miniature Christmas boxes for gifts can be downloaded from these links:
Print them out on thick paper and cut them out. Make additional cuts along the dotted lines. Bend and fold the boxes. You don't need to glue them.
Another original solution for small gifts - do-it-yourself New Year's packaging from a matchbox. Paste Matchbox colored paper or scrapbooking paper, make a New Year's applique on it.
2. New Year's gift wrapping (option 2)
Kids will love the idea of making Christmas wrapping for small gifts in the shape of a candy.
A beautiful congratulatory inscription can be made on New Year's packaging, if you cut out each letter from some old magazine or handout. The letters must be different sizes, colors, style.
Templates for New Year's packaging in the form of sweets with name plates can be downloaded on this site.
If you are going to give someone a chocolate bar for the New Year, then do not be lazy to spend 15-20 minutes turning it into a perky snowman. To do this, you just need to wrap a chocolate bar in a white sheet of paper and draw a snowman's face or make an application from colored paper. A hat can be made from felt or an unnecessary glove.
You can download a ready-made snowman wrapper template for chocolates at the link:
For a video instruction on how to make a Santa Claus wrap, see. Note: at the beginning of the video you will have to wait a bit: advertising.
3. How to make gift wrapping with your own hands (option 3)
A surprise balloon is a very original and inexpensive way to make a gift for a child for the holiday. Such balls can be presented to all children who came to your child for a birthday or for some other reason. It is even better not to give, but to hide them in the apartment, and whoever finds which ball will receive it. It is not difficult to make a ball with a surprise, it is more difficult to choose a useful "stuffing" for it. "Stuffing" can be any small interesting gizmos, toys, high-quality sweets, for example: children's jewelry, wrist watch, hairpins, small cars or dolls, stickers, shells, beautiful stones, balloons, a mirror, a notebook, magnets, animal figurines, cookies, sweets and much, much more. To make one ball, it will be enough to prepare 3-4 gizmos.
Surprises prepared in advance will need to be wrapped with ribbons of corrugated paper, so that in the end you get a cocoon in the shape of a ball with hidden gifts inside. It is better to put the most valuable thing in the center of the ball. The process of making a ball with a surprise resembles an episode from the movie "Brilliant Hand", in which smugglers hid jewelry in plaster.
The finished ball can be decorated if desired.
4. How to make New Year's packaging (option 4)
New Year's packaging for sweets and other nice little things can be made from kraft paper. Like this:
If there is no kraft paper, you can try to flash on sewing machine any other thick enough paper. Or fasten the package with a stapler. Just be sure to leave room for tearing the package.
New Year's packaging for gifts of medium and big size
1. Original gift packaging. How to make a gift box with your own hands (option 1)
Ready-made templates for New Year's gift wrapping are also offered by the site Krokotak.com.
And another cute Christmas box with a snowflake. Assembly instructions at the link >>>> The template can be downloaded
2. How to pack a New Year's gift (option 2)
Another option to pack a gift for the New Year is to wrap it in craft wrapping paper, and then decorate it in an original way. For instructions on how to wrap a gift in paper, see.
How to decorate a New Year's gift, see below.
Using a hole punch, make confetti from colored paper, and then glue it over a New Year's gift wrapped in paper.
Cut from colored corrugated paper thin ribbons to make decorations for packaging.
You can decorate a New Year's gift with homemade or purchased pompoms.
paper flags
paper snowflakes(Note: how to cut beautiful snowflakes from paper, see the link >>>>)
lace
cones, spruce branches
small Christmas decorations
garland of buttons
You can wrap a New Year's gift in a regular newspaper or a spread of a magazine, and then decorate it like this original weaving from strips of colored paper.
Or make such a bow from strips of paper. Making such a decoration for New Year's packaging is very simple. See instructions or .
An interesting solution is to wrap a New Year's gift first in wrapping paper of one color, then another. After that, draw one half of some New Year's picture on the top layer. Cut along the contour and fold. Simple and tasteful!
3. How to pack a gift for the New Year. How to pack a gift in paper (option 3)
You can also make wrapping paper out of any paper using purchased or home-made stamps.
original ideas production of children's stamps can be found at the links:
link - 1 (plasticine stamps) >>>>
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link - 4 (stamps made of foam plastic patches) >>>>
link- 5 (raw potato stamps) >>>>
link-6 (self-made roller stamp) >>>>
4. New Year's packing. New Year's gifts (option 4)
You can wrap a New Year's gift not only in wrapping paper, but also, for example, in beautiful fabric
or a sleeve from an old, unnecessary sweater. Get a warm, sincere gift.
5. Do-it-yourself Christmas packaging. Boxes with embroidery (option 5)
Everyone knows that mistletoe is a plant with soul and magic! Once a year, on Christmas Eve, a kiss under a bunch of pearly mistletoe berries can replace a declaration of love and a marriage proposal! So, if you are also going to propose to your girlfriend (exactly in new year's eve!) wrap the cherished ring in such a package, decorated with a bunch of paper-pearl mistletoe. Your chosen one, for sure, will understand everything without further ado, having found such a gift under her Christmas tree! Material for mistletoe leaves: green felt. Material for berries: mother-of-pearl beads.
Idea number 8. Mittens
Another festive, truly joyful option for New Year's gift wrapping is a label in the shape of cute Santa Claus mittens. You can make them by cutting out red thin polypropylene, or from simple colored cardboard. As a decor for such mittens, you can use a machine-made zigzag stitch, vinyl stickers, or simply snowflake drawings, made arbitrarily with a corrector pencil. Another special moment: for the wrapping paper of this version of gift wrapping, a kind of “handmade” was also used: it is absolutely white, but decorated with prints of children's hands, dipped in red paint.
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When we give gifts, we share, first of all, positive bright emotions and good mood. A beautifully packaged gift is perceived better by our aesthetic senses, automatically increasing the value of the gift. In order for the present to receive its holiday packaging, the editors of the site will tell you how to make original boxes with your own hands for the New Year.
And beautiful, and neat, and effective
Why have various kinds of gift boxes become so popular? If you approach the presentation of gifts from the position “it’s good even without packaging”, then it’s enough to imagine a picture of how all the gifts lie under the Christmas tree in a big pile. And without a proper approach, it will be a real bunch, besides, it’s just not clear where whose gift is. In order to give a special joy to a loved one, you need to competently approach the issue of presenting a present: we are not lazy and prepare gift boxes for the New Year with our own hands.
What you need to make DIY Christmas boxes
Depending on the expected result, a suitable material for packaging products is selected. Cardboard is best suited for this purpose: you can take white if decor is meant, colored, printed, or use thick paper for scrapbooking.
House-shaped packaging
An interesting solution that can also be used as Christmas tree decoration. If you make a lot of such small houses at once and hang them on the branches of a Christmas tree, then even taking out the contents of the box, a beautiful pendant will remain.
Gift in a cardboard box
A variant of a "female" present, which can be properly decorated with a suitable decor. The template is not complicated, so you can modify it somewhat by increasing it in size if the content is planned to be moderately weighty.
The printout is transferred to cardboard, the future handbag is decorated, and then the assembly is carried out.
Bonbonniere box
Bonbonniere is a small beautiful box in which small sweets are offered. Why not beat sweet gift with such grace?
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DIY New Year's cards: scrapbooking, quilling, origami, fingerprints; postcards for the New Year from improvised materials: buttons, threads, felt, corrugated paper, colored tape, sequins - in our publication.
Pyramid packaging
The box is notable for the fact that it is easy to assemble and does not require a drop of glue. It is better to take thick paper for scrapbooking, which in itself looks fabulously beautiful.
Recommendations for making a box with a hexagon lid
Lovers of clear and neat lines are advised to give something packed in a geometric shape. Such packaging is most often used after a holiday in everyday life because of its convenience and spaciousness.
A square box for all occasions: a simple New Year's box-cube
The most verified geometric shape is also a good packaging container, so let's make a convenient square box.
Cardboard box can be with separate lid and bottom:
Round carton packaging
The round shape attracts many people, so do not ignore the geometry of smooth lines. It will be easy to build such a box. It is better to take thick cardboard, which can then be decorated in a New Year's way.
To build a round product with a lid, they are guided by the fact that the diameter of the lid should slightly exceed the diameter of the base. The height of the model can be any, but to get the perfect container for gifts, we measure the length of the base of the bottom circle. This wide strip should have a series of "teeth" that will serve to glue the bottom and walls. The lid is made according to a similar principle; to measure its lateral edge, measure the length of the base of the cover.
Candy shaped box for candies and other gifts
To make an original do-it-yourself gift box in the form of a candy, there is a ready-made template. Since the assembly is made easier than the lung, you can make as many such products as you like.
How to beautifully pack a box in fabric or paper
If there is no time to build a beautiful box, this does not mean that you are deprived of the opportunity to aesthetically pack a gift.
We decorate the box with our own hands
Simplicity and conciseness are good, but, nevertheless, without intricate decor, the products do not look as impressive as we would like. Decorate the boxes with all sorts of materials: ribbons, lace, semi-beads, buttons, painting acrylic paints, embossing, stamps, ready-made bows and wooden carved miniatures.
You can always bandage the box beautiful ribbon or twine, glue a small bell to it or put a congratulatory New Year's stamp. Approach the creation process thoughtfully and with inspiration, this will help you make a masterpiece with your own hands, even from simple template boxes.
