How to beautifully fold a T-shirt as a gift?
A gift dedicated to a certain event is the embodiment of not only attention and devotion, but also accuracy, completeness, symbolism, something kind and light. And any present should remain that way. T-shirts presented as a surprise are no exception. The size of the T-shirt does not quite fit the typical size and shape of small packages. Even when folded correctly, a T-shirt or shirt will not fit, for example, in a smartphone packaging, from which the inserts were removed and which was pasted over with the same Kraft paper.
What is suitable for packaging?
A special paper or film that folds in several layers and vaguely resembles a silky fabric will help here. It is available as a matte or glossy material, suitable for wrapping simple and small surprises. Alternatively, a tube is also suitable - it is used not only for carrying drawings on a Whatman paper, but also for transporting clothes.
The tuba will protect the ironed clothes from repeated creasing - items of clothing, like any product of the textile industry, wrinkle, and it should be presented as an elite and new thing, and not as a rag. For a tube, the T-shirt is folded with a roller.
In case of complete reluctance to spend personal time on the selection and design of packaging, a decorative paper bag will do - these are replicated in packs of any color and design.
The drawing, inscriptions and images are selected strictly thematically - in accordance with the event to which this surprise is timed. Business people prefer a strict style, because they are constantly in a hurry somewhere, they have no time for flowers that are suitable only for family or people in love.
Universal round packaging for light items
Round packaging is suitable for a T-shirt, shirt, sweater, scarf, mittens or mittens. In addition to the presented product, you will need decorative paper, a ribbon (plait, twine, thick threads), a piece of rope, a brooch, and from tools - scissors. To beautifully fold a T-shirt into a gift using a round wrap, do the following.
- Measure and cut the desired strip of paper.
- Divide it into several strips - it is better when there are more of them than planned. At the same time, something is formed from the additional strips that helps to fix the packaged product.
- Observe the drawing of the paper cuts - it should be the same after the gift wrapping, as it was originally intended.
- Fasten all the connected strips with a brooch, pre-piercing holes in them (in all strips at once in one step, folding them), if you are using a thread. Decorative tape can be used.
- Tie the product with a thread and place it in the center - where all the strips are fastened.
- Bring together the free ends of the strips - it is advisable to connect them in batches of 5-6, the ends to each other.
- Repeat the same movement for the rest of the bands.
- After assembling the ball from the strips, tighten the base of the structure with twine.
- Decorate the structure with a decorative ribbon bow.
- Attach the rest of the decoration to the package.
Do not use the same string for the bow that holds the strips of brown paper together.
Folded shirt
Shirts, T-shirts, overalls and sweatshirts with a collar, foldable as a present, speak for themselves. We do the following.
- A T-shirt or a similar item of clothing bought from a hanger in the same Austin or Sportmaster is folded in the same way as a shirt originally sealed in polyethylene - with a collar outward and on top.
- The folded "shirt" T-shirt is wrapped in thick cardboard to shape the gift.
- The design is selected. Either according to the previous instructions, with stripes, or it is cut to shape and glued on cardboard from all sides.
The resulting gift wrapping is decorated with a ribbon tied in a bow.
Non-standard ways
Alternative solutions may be as follows.
- For compaction, you can use a book or painting that is part of the surprise. An original paper or plastic bag is used as a wrapper.
- The T-shirt is tightly fixed in the given shape with a cord or a gift ribbon. Put it on a piece of decorated wrapping paper, fold the ends and fix it with double-sided tape. The resulting package does not lose its shape.
- A circle is cut out in a piece of corrugated paper, then the T-shirt is folded and placed in the center of the circle, placing a solid plane of a suitable size under it. The corrugated paper wrapper along the edges is fixed with tape or special decorated tape.
- A package made of colored cardboard assumes a preliminary printout on the same cardboard of the scheme, according to which the details of this package are cut and glued. The holes for the lace are stitched with a hole punch.
Special options
It is permissible to pack a women's T-shirt as follows.
- Place the folded T-shirt in an envelope in the center of the sheet.
- Fold the edges of the envelope inward and secure with tape.
- Wrap the resulting bag crosswise using a decorative rope.
- Place the button on the roll. Pass the ends of the string through its holes and tie a bow.
Lace, flowers, beads, etc. are used for special decoration.
So, for a girl, the T-shirt itself should not just be in romantic and bright colors, but it is advisable to use the same design for the packaging itself, no matter what it is made of.
Men's T-shirt requires a minimum of jewelry - basically, the gift is made out in a clear and austere style, using a coarse texture, and the wrapping paper is stylized as a geographic map, newspaper clippings or office printing.
A T-shirt given to a man is made into a square or rectangular present; a gift for a purely business man necessarily requires gift wrapping. An example is the placement of a T-shirt in a tuba and candy-style decorations. A decorative bag is also suitable here.
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