Small box
Difficulty - Medium
Materials
- Cream, frosted wrapping paper
- Pale green floral scrapbooking or craft paper
- 2 ½ inch wide, 2 toned green wired satin ribbon with gold trim
- 2 small bunches of small green flowers with gold glitter accents
(Holiday Flowers)
- 2 stems of red glitter berries cut from a larger stem
Instructions
- Wrap a box in cream paper
- Cut a piece of the floral scrapbook paper about 1 inch smaller than the width of the box and the length to wrap around the entire box plus 1 inch.
- If the craft paper is not long enough to wrap around the entire box, tape two pieces together on the wrong side of the paper, matching the pattern, to achieve the desired length.
- Using double-sided tape, apply tape the inside of the craft paper in even intervals at the edges and apply to the box, making sure to center the paper evenly.
- Cut a length of ribbon that will wrap around the box twice plus 5 inches.
- Centering the ribbon on the bottom of the box, bring the both sides of the ribbon to the center top of the box and tie in a knot.
- Tie the ends again into a loose knot and bring the ribbon down on opposite sides of the box.
- Overlap the ends and glue on the bottom.
- Apply glue to the bottom of a small bunch of flowers and attach to the box near the knot, between the two strips of the ribbon. Repeat on the alternate side.
- Apply glue to the end of a stem of red berries and slide under the knot adjacent to the flowers. Repeat with the other stem of red berries on all other sides of the gift.
Medium Box
Difficulty - Medium
Materials
- Cream, frosted wrapping paper
- Pale green floral scrapbooking or craft paper
- 2 ½ inch wide, 2 toned green wired satin ribbon with gold trim
- 1 bunch of small green flowers with gold glitter accents (holiday flowers)
- 4 stems of red glitter berries cut from a larger stem
Instructions
- Wrap a box in cream wrapping paper.
- Cut a piece of the floral scrapbook paper about 1/2 inch smaller than the width of the box and the length to wrap around the entire box plus 1 inch.
- If the craft paper is not long enough to wrap around the entire box, tape two pieces together on the wrong side of the paper, matching the pattern, to achieve the desired length.
- Using double-sided tape, tape the inside of the craft paper in even intervals at the edges. Apply to the box, centering the paper evenly on the top of the box and overlapping the ends on the bottom of the box.
- Cut a length of green ribbon long enough to wrap around the box 4 times.
- Centering the ribbon on the bottom of the box, bring the both sides of the ribbon to the center top of the box and tie in a knot.
- Using the ends, tie a bow on one side of the box the same way shoelaces are tied. Adjust the loops so they are even with each other.
- With the remaining length of the ends, tie another bow on the opposite side of the box to create a 4 loop bow, adjusting all loops so they are even with each other and have a open form.
- Trim the ends to matching lengths, cutting them into a V and bending them to form a nice shape. Keep the tails long so they will flow over the side of the box.
- Glue the bunch of small green flowers onto the center of the bow.
- Apply glue to the end of a stem of red berries and slide under the large flower on top of one of the ribbon loops. Repeat with the other stems of red berries on all other sides of the gift.
Large Box
Difficulty - Medium
Materials
- Cream, frosted wrapping paper
- Pale green floral scrapbooking or craft paper
- 2 ½ inch wide, 2 toned green wired satin ribbon with gold trim
- 2 small bunches of small green flowers with gold glitter accents
(Holiday Flowers)
- 2 stems of red glitter berries cut from a larger stem
Instructions
- Wrap a box in cream paper.
- Cut a piece of the floral scrapbook paper about 1 inch smaller than the width of the box and the length to wrap around the entire box plus 1 inch.
- If the craft paper is not long enough to wrap around the entire box, tape two pieces together on the wrong side of the paper, matching the pattern, to achieve the desired length.
- Using double-sided tape, tape the inside of the craft paper in even intervals at the edges. Apply to the box, centering the paper evenly on the top of the box and overlapping the ends on the bottom of the box.
- Cut a length of green ribbon long enough to wrap around the box 1-1/2 times.
- Centering the ribbon on the bottom of the box, bring the both sides of the ribbon to the center top of the box and tie in a knot.
- Trim the ends to matching lengths, cutting them into a V and bending them to form a nice shape.
- Apply glue to the bottom of a bunch of flowers and attach to the ribbon near the knot, on the side without the tails. Repeat on the other side of the box.
- Apply glue to the end of a stem of berries and slide under a bunch of flowers. Repeat with the stem of berries on the opposite side of the gift.
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