How to pack a mug

Among the most common gifts mug is one of the first places. This practical gift will not gather dust somewhere in the closet, and would be a useful thing in the kitchen. Try to come up with your own packaging for mugs, and your gift will be exclusive and original.

You will need

• - cardboard box;
• - wrapping paper or fabric;
• wide decorative ribbon;
• cyanoacrylate;
• - double-sided sticky tape or stapler;
• decorative beads, beads, butterflies, live or dried flowers;
• - acrylic paint for fabric;
• brush.

Instruction

1. Pick a cardboard box that will fit your mug. If such boxes are not at home, you can buy it in any gift shop or decor. The box can be any shape, but for mugs it is better to use rectangular or square box. Measure the dimensions of all sides of the box to calculate the amount of wrapping material.
2. Select wrapping paper or fabric to wrap the box. Wrapping paper can be purchased in the store. The color and texture of the paper choose to your taste and depending on who the present is intended. For official gifts is better to choose paper solid tint colours, for loved ones, choose bright, gentle, cheerful colors. Instead of paper to wrap a box of tissue. It is better to choose one. Will look good of coarse linen or burlap.
3. To wrap the box with fabric or paper, you need double-sided tape or stapler. Cut a piece of paper or fabric the size you want. Neatly wrap the box and secure the paper or fabric from any side of the box double-sided tape. Top and bottom box, tuck the wrapping material and secure it with duct tape so that it was not visible from the outside. You can gently clip the paper with a stapler. Paper or cloth should have a tight fitting box.
4. If you wrapped the box with paper, pick up some wide ribbon to match. Tie the box with ribbon and tie her small dainty bow. If you used a cloth, then take for jewelry beads or beads, flowers, hearts, decorative butterfly. Think of them a drawing or composition. Carefully glue the parts with superglue to the fabric. Can be used for decoration of live or dried flowers or spikelets. They can also be glued with superglue. On plain fabric will look gold or silver decorative stars, letters, hearts. Can decorate the fabric an inscription, made with acrylic paints for fabric. Such paints can be applied with a brush from the jar, they should not be diluted with water or solvents. Exercise your imagination, and your efforts will not remain without attention.