How to make a gift for March 8 with your own hands?

Not everyone can afford to make an expensive present for mom, sister, wife, daughter, friend or colleague on March 8. Hand-crafted cute surprises let you express your love and cheer up both the recipient and the creator. A homemade gift will become an alternative, for example, to a shop miracle of technology or the clothing industry, or will complement the main part in a gift set.

Anyone who knows how to crochet is in an advantageous position, because without much stress can do it yourself a gift for March 8 to a close woman.

• Mom, grandmother, aunt will be pleased with a beautiful openwork scarf or stole. It can be knitted as a single fabric according to the pattern, or you can use a technique, for example, Irish lace, although this option is much more complicated, more expensive, and requires a lot of time compared to ordinary knitting.
• Creative knitted toys are suitable for a sister or girlfriend., for example, in the spirit of amigurumi. For work, you can take the threads that are at hand so as not to plunge yourself into big expenses.
• A common and useful gift for March 8 for many close women - socks, slippers, hats. Anyone who has been knitting for several days will knit a cozy, beautiful thing in the evening.
• There are many schemes on the Internet by which you can create a set of coasters for cups or a cover for a mug. Any woman will be delighted with such a stylish kitchen accessory.
• You can also crochet jewelrysuitable for a particular style of clothing.
• An interesting option is crochet swimsuit. It will be appreciated by a lover of travel to the sea.
• You can even make a case for a mobile phone or other gadget using a crochet and thread. It looks very unusual, and the work itself does not take much time and does not require significant material costs.

A person who knows how to handle a tree is able to create interesting things out of it. It can be a gift arrangement of flowers and a figure 8 cut out of plywood, or a carved box. For the most beloved woman, you can create a real handmade masterpiece, which will be the envy of all her friends and acquaintances.

But it is possible, using natural materials as a basis, to cut out of them an original composition, the idea of ​​which is laid in the very shape of a driftwood or stump.

A piece of plywood creates a wooden postcard that can be decorated with a burner.

Even a child, as part of a labor lesson, is able to create a cutting board or a wooden rolling pin for mom.

And if a gift made of wood is, in fact, very simple, you can add charm to it, for example, by painting it. Even wooden blanks that are sold in a creative store are suitable for such a refinement, which will allow you to create an original thing for someone who does not know how to handle such material.

If a woman does not have a fad about eating sweets, by March 8 she can also be given an edible gift, for example, bake a cupcake for her mother or girlfriend. Products for him need the most common:

• a couple of eggs;
• banana;
• margarine - 100 grams;
• flour (glass);
• baking powder;
• incomplete glass of sugar;
• coconut flakes.

The order of creating a dish looks like this:

• grind soft margarine with sugar;
• break the eggs into a bowl and stir them with a fork;
• add to margarine and sugar;
• beat everything together with a blender;
• chop the banana and add to the total mass;
• mix all the ingredients well;
• add flour, baking powder;
• make a thin dough;
• pour it into a mold previously oiled;
• the baking dish must be three-quarters full;
• bake at 130 degrees for half an hour without opening the oven until the end of the process.

It is advisable to give such a present on the occasion of the holiday in the morning, making tea or coffee, and also complementing the gift with a cool postcard or warm words addressed to a loved one.

Instead of a cupcake, you can also make candy. It will be a real exquisite sweet present that every lady will appreciate. To prepare truffles, you need to take the following products:

• chocolate (white) - 200 grams;
• grams of 70 butter from cow cream;
• cream - 3 tablespoons;
• a pinch of vanillin and salt;
• icing sugar - 60 grams.

Manufacturing looks like this:

• chop two-thirds of the available chocolate;
• add butter, vanillin, salt and cream;
• place in the microwave for 2 minutes, stirring the mixture every 30 seconds;
• after taking it out of the oven, stir it properly;
• if the result is not satisfactory, you can still heat it in the microwave;
• cover the bowl with the resulting mass with foil;
• put in the refrigerator for 2 hours to make the mixture harder;
• using a spoon (teaspoon) to form balls;
• put each in a bowl of powdered sugar so that the powder sticks on top;
• put the sweets on a dish covered with baking paper and refrigerate for another 2 hours;
• chop the rest of the chocolate and melt it in the microwave;
• achieve a homogeneous mass;
• stringing each candy on a skewer, dip it in chocolate;
• sprinkle with coconut or chopped nuts;
• hold truffles on parchment in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes.

To give such a wonderful gift, you need a beautiful box.

It would seem that a newspaper or magazine you read is rubbish, however, there are many enthusiastic people who make very practical things or beautiful souvenirs out of it. It can be an original vase, a bottle holder, a panel, a candy bowl, a basket and so on.

To make them, the newspaper is cut into strips and then rolled up. To do this, you can use a knitting needle or a rod, which is placed obliquely on a newspaper strip on a flat surface. It remains to wrap the tip, and, pressing the knitting needle to the table, make a tube. Fix the tip with paper glue.

For a person who has no experience in weaving from such blanks, you can create a simple vase, taking as a basis a tube from a towel. It must be pasted over with sticks in a circle, setting them vertically so that they are tightly pressed against each other.

PVA glue is used to hold the components together. When it is dry, the top of the "palisade" of glued tubes can be cut off. The cut can be flat, wavy or with a protrusion on one side - a matter of taste and imagination.

It remains to paint a completely dried vase with gouache and create a decor using the technique that is most preferable and familiar to the needlewoman. The last stage of work is processing with colorless varnish. You can apply several layers of this composition, waiting for the previous layer to dry.

Beads give a lot of room for creativity. A master of his craft will create from such material:

• beautiful jewelry;
• figurines of animals;
• original flower arrangements.

Even those who are just mastering the art of working with beads, for example, a child, will create a simple composition with an eight and primitive mimosa leaves and flowers.

There are many books with bead weaving patterns.... You can find this information on the Internet. From all the variety of options, beginners should choose the simplest ones to make a beautiful, sincere gift in the form of a brooch or a bunch of fancy flowers.

Donors who know how to handle fabric and similar materials are in an advantageous position. Although simple textile gifts can be sewn even by a schoolchild. Gifts may include:

• pillows;
• potholders;
• needle beds;
• toys;
• clothes;
• covers;
• elegant bags for storing bulk products;
• bags.

Cushions are never a trivial gift. Each such thing, made by hand, is unique. If you wish, you can create a whole set of such functional accessories, harmoniously combining them with furniture. Covers for them can be embroidered or decorated with appliqué, created using the patchwork technique.

Many women will be delighted to have a kitchen set that includes hot gloves, an apron, a towel, and napkins. You don't have to devote time to fine-tuning the kit. It's easier to choose fabric with a fun print and carefully sew each item in the headset.

For gifts, among other things, you can use ribbons, which allow you to make bright decorations using the kanzashi technique, as well as decorate the box in an unusual way and create an original composition. A wonderful souvenir can be made from foamiran, which opens up the possibility of creating voluminous figures and colors that are indistinguishable from real ones in appearance.

It is interesting to decorate with roses from this material, for example, a box with sweets. In the future, the recipient of such a presentation will be able to use it as a box. To create such beauty, you need to have:

• foamiran;
• pastel;
• foam blank;
• cardboard;
• scissors;
• skewer;
• ruler.

The sequence for making a gift looks like this:

• using a ruler and a skewer, squeeze out on the foamiran the outlines of squares for future rose petals 2.5X2.5 centimeters in size;
• cut;
• paint over half of each square with pastels to give a shade;
• smoothly cut off 2 corners of the squares, setting the shape of the petals;
• walk along the edge of the petal with a curling iron to warm up the material;
• twist and glue;
• make a bud from two petals;
• form a rose by gluing the petals in a circle;
• make a box and a lid for it from cardboard;
• paste over with green cardboard for decoration;
• glue the foam hemisphere on the lid;
• paint over with color to match the box;
• gently glue the roses.

Cozy homemade flowers are made from felt. A master class for making such an unfading bouquet involves the use of materials:

• felt - green and pink;
• beautiful basket (round);
• a template for flowers;
• floristic wire;
• glue;
• twine;
• moss;
• plastic rug;
• kraft paper.

You will also need:

• glue;
• scissors;
• pencils;
• pliers.

The procedure is as follows:

• cut out templates for sepals and voluminous roses from paper - the easiest way is to draw it yourself;
• circle the template for a rose on pink felt;
• cut;
• for the middle of the flower from felt of a lighter shade, cut a strip about 1x5 cm in size;
• make cuts on it every 3 mm;
• roll the blank into a voluminous rose with a lighter bud in the center;
• fix with glue;
• cut the sepal along the contours outlined on the felt;
• cut a piece of wire to the desired length;
• put a sepal on it and glue it;
• attach a rose on top;
• in this way make the intended number of colors;
• from a plastic mat (you can see it with thick cardboard) cut a circle to the size of the bottom of the basket;
• put moss in a container;
• insert roses into it, shortening the stems to a suitable size;
• wrap the gift with paper and tie a bow made of twine.

A beautiful idea is to present original candles as a gift. Even if a person is not able to create masterpieces from paraffin, stearin or wax (although there are people who succeed), you can make a nice gift using elegant mugs. It is enough to melt an ordinary candle, pour it into the chosen container and insert the wick.

Homemade candles can also be decorated - cast them in the form of a cube and glue them over with dried fruits, lemon slices, for example.

Everyone can cope with the creation of such a decor. It is enough to show diligence and do everything neatly.

If there is a desire to show a sign of attention to a colleague or classmate, a decorated pencil glass will be a good present. You will need a little coarse fabric, ribbons and ready-made roses from a handicraft store. And then a little concentration, accuracy - and the gift is ready.

A comb will help to emphasize the beauty of the hair of the owner of luxurious head of hair. You can make such a gift with your own hands. All you need to do is take a simple comb and gold-leafed ribbon from the fabric store.

Cut two pieces of tape along the length of the comb. Using a fishing line threaded through the needle, sew the ribbon to the comb through the teeth. Attach the second on top in the same way so that the leaves are directed in the opposite direction to the first side.

It is easy to make an earring hanger from ordinary ice cream sticks - a simple and elegant gift. Paint the sticks in different colors, glue them together, and you're done. Such an original little thing worthy will take a place on the dressing table.

You can present your grandmother or mother with a notebook, which will serve for recording new recipes. It is enough to cover the cover with fabric and decorate with the appropriate inscription.

A set of wooden clothespins from the store can easily turn into an original hot stand. The gift will be appreciated by any woman who spends a lot of time in the kitchen and pays great attention to its interior. She will be glad if the most visited room in the house is enriched with such an unusual thing.

Those who are engaged in soap making have no problems with gifts for dear and beloved women. It will be possible to give a fragrant bar of soap any shape, as well as adjust its composition depending on the needs of the skin of a particular recipient of the presentation.

A bouquet of beautiful flowers made of corrugated paper with sweets will also be an effective gift.

Many petals of the same size need to be cut out of paper. Wrap sweets with them, forming graceful buds, attach them to sticks that act as stems. Glue green paper leaves to the flowers. Make a beautiful bouquet. It can be packaged like a flower shop and donated.

A mother, sister or other close woman will never recognize in a beautiful box, decorated with this technique, a box of things bought in a store. But the memory of the past March 8 will remain for years.

Tea bags can turn into a far from trivial holiday present if supplemented with photographs.

You need to take coffee filters and cut out a couple of identical rectangles. Make a bag out of them using a sewing machine. Pour tea into a bag, bend the top edge of the bag and sew it on a typewriter. In this way, make the required number of sachets.

Now you need to pick up a few photos that are relevant to the holiday. This can be, for example, images of relatives and friends of a woman to whom it is planned to present such a tea set.

Then attach them to the bags with a thread, for example, using a stapler, and put the set in a beautiful gift box.

There are a lot of interesting, memorable gifts for a wonderful spring holiday. Sometimes it is enough to look around, to take a closer look at the little things that are idle in the house, so that they lead to a suitable idea... The rest is a matter of technique and skill.

For information on how to make a postcard for the holiday of March 8, see the video below.