Original and creative gifts for March 8 to mothers, grandmothers, sisters, girlfriends, colleagues, ideas for hand-made presents, useful and practical crafts for everyday life, leisure and as decorative elements. Spring begins with a gentle and floral holiday - March 8th. On this day, it is customary to congratulate all the fair sex on International Women's Day and the arrival of spring. This means that a gift dedicated to this day should also contain a piece of warmth and charm. Ideal in this regard is a handmade gift. Both adult men and women and children can do festive hand-made. A gift for March 8 for mom, grandmother, sister can be made from a variety of materials.
DIY gift ideas for March 8
Making a gift for March 8 with your hands is by no means an activity for children. Hand-made masters can create real masterpieces with their own hands that will take a worthy place in the collection of souvenirs or useful things for the everyday life of any woman, be it a mother, friend, boss or class teacher.
Consider the most popular gift ideas that you can make at home:
- Photo gifts … This is one of the most “correct” hand-made ideas. The main thing in a handmade gift is its exclusivity. And it is unlikely that in any store it will be possible to find a thing with the image of a woman being gifted. Photo gifts can be made in a variety of techniques, and images are applied to different objects. Popular are original photo collages, photo stories, comics, wall newspapers. If you wish, you can even build a photo frame with your own hands. In addition, pictures can be applied to pillows, bags, book covers, cups, clothes, you can make large wall panels from photographs.
- Flowers for March 8 … Almost no holiday is complete without flowers, and even more so on March 8. The main thing is to find out what flowers the lady prefers. Of course, you can hardly grow roses on a meter leg at home. But you can easily arrange a beautiful bouquet with your own hands. Also recently, it has become very popular to give fresh flowers in pots. The pot can be decorated with acrylic paint, wrapped in gift paper or fabric, and attached a miniature greeting card. An even more original gift on this day can be a bouquet of sweets. A lady with a sweet tooth is guaranteed to be delighted.
- Textile gifts … Such gifts are usually made for household use. These can be potholders, towels, napkins, aprons, made and decorated with your own hands. It is customary to give hand-made textile household goods to close relatives of mature age - mothers, grandmothers, aunts.
- Postcards … Wishes on March 8 will become even warmer if you write them on a handmade card. There are many techniques for making postcards - paper, bulk, textile, using different materials.
- Stationery … Such gifts are usually suitable for congratulating female colleagues. They should be done the same for all employees. These can be homemade coasters, cups for pens, notebooks decorated with applications or photographs, personalized diaries, calendars with photos and other office attributes.
- Bijouterie … A huge selection of accessories and parts for making jewelry allows you to make your gift truly unique. Friends can be presented with bracelets, earrings. It can be products made of beads, stones, textiles, beads.
In addition, if you are good at sewing, you can make a lot of useful souvenirs: cases for phones, tablets, glasses, pencil cases, bags and other cute crafts.
An original do-it-yourself gift for mom on March 8
Loving mothers will be glad to any manifestation of creativity of their children, be it kids or adult independent people. You can make a beautiful gift for March 8 with your own hands from budget materials, spending a minimum of time. Toddlers may need the help of their elders - dad, brothers, sisters.
Craft "Flower" from cotton pads
Crafts from cotton pads are handicrafts that the smallest can do. Of course, a flower can please mom on a bright spring holiday. To create it, you will need cotton pads, PVA glue, gouache, starch, wire, tape tape.
We carry out work in the following sequence:
- We cook a paste from starch and water. You will need 1 tablespoon of starch and some water. Pour a small amount of liquid into the starch and stir. Next, pour a glass of boiling water into the solution, stirring constantly.
- Wet cotton pads in the resulting paste, pre-cooled.
- We dry the discs on a battery or in the open air.
- We paint them with gouache paint of the desired color. Usually it is red - this is how bright poppies are made.
- Cut out the shape of the flower petals from the discs. You will need 5 of these parts.
- We glue the "petals" together with PVA glue. We make the middle from a piece of disc or napkin. We paint over it with yellow or white paint.
- We wrap the wire with green tape. In the same way, we make a couple of wire leaves. We attach the resulting "stem" to the flower.
From such flowers, you can make a full-fledged artificial bouquet. Unlike the present, it will delight mom for more than one year.
Sewing a vintage bag
Handicraft accessories have always been highly prized. If your mom follows fashion, and you know how to sew a little, then try to prepare an original bag in vintage style for her as a gift. For work, we need a piece of fabric (chintz and tapestry), an unnecessary cotton belt, a zipper.
We carry out the work in the following order:
- We cut the details of the bag. If imagination allows, we make them "by eye" or look for a suitable model in a magazine with product templates. The best option that even a child can cut out is two squares or rectangles. One is made of chintz, the other is made of tapestry. You can additionally cut out pockets of any shape.
- Sew pockets and handles from the finished belt to the tapestry base.
- Fold the tapestry base in half and sew the seams on the sides. We turn it over to the front side.
- Sew a chintz lining. To do this, fold the backs of the lining and the base together. Sew the lining from above to the base.
- Sew in a zipper on top.
The color of the fabric can be chosen for every taste, the main thing is that the finished product matches the style that mom adheres to in clothes. In this case, the bag will be used with pleasure, and will not take up space in the closet.
Decorative bottle "Assorted colors"
In every house there are probably many items that have nowhere to adapt, and it is a pity to throw it away. You can often find beautiful empty bottles of expensive alcohol or other drinks at home. You can adapt such a glass container by making an interesting decorative element for the kitchen. And for work we only need a bottle and different types of cereals, grains, poppy seeds. Please note that it is recommended to select a transparent bottle.
We work in the following sequence:
- We remove all labels from the container. To do this, just wet the bottle under running warm water. If the paper comes off and the glue remains, use an iron dish brush.
- Pour cereals and grains into a dry bottle using a watering can. This should be done in an artistic random order. Cereals of contrasting colors look great. Hand-made masters suggest using combinations of poppy, semolina, oatmeal, millet, buckwheat, rice, corn.
- We add cereals to the top and close the bottle tightly with a lid. The latter can be tied with a dense knitting thread.
- If you have artistic skills, you can decorate the bottle with patterns using acrylic paint. Just do not overdo it, so as not to spoil the look of the beautifully poured cereals.
Such a bottle of cereals can take its rightful place in the kitchen decor.
DIY candy bouquet for beloved woman on March 8
Flowers and sweets have been considered a traditional gift for a beloved woman for a long time. Let's try to combine two presentations in one, creating original bouquets of sweets. They can be a stand-alone gift or go in addition to a beautiful box of chocolates. We will need in our work: chocolates like hazelnuts or almonds in chocolate, crepe paper for flowers in 3 shades (green, white, light green), green teip tape, wire, threads, scotch tape. We will make a spring flower - a snowdrop.
We work in this order:
- Cut the crepe paper strips. Based on 5 colors, we need 5 strips of white paper (2x50 cm), 5 rectangles of light green crepe paper (5x4 cm), 2 stripes of green crepe paper (2x50 cm).
- We glue the candies on the prepared wire using glue. Drop a drop of glue onto the end of the candy wrapper, dip the tip of the wire in glue and wrap the edge of the candy wrapper around the wire. You can use scotch tape. To do this, wrap the edge of the wrapper around the wire and fasten it with tape.
- We take a light green rectangle and make a wavy edge along the entire length with two fingers. We do the same with all the pieces of light green paper.
- Extend each rectangle from the center to the edge. This will create a hole for the candy.
- Divide the white strips of paper into 3 equal segments (2x16, 5 cm). These will be the future petals of the snowdrop.
- We bend each piece of white paper in half, at the place of the bend, wrap half of the strip along its own axis 360 degrees. We do this operation with each segment.
- Fold the twisted strip in half at the place of the twist. Bend the center of the petal from the center to the edges with your fingers. We give the "petal" a bulge.
- We wrap the light green middle around the candy and fix its end with tape or thread. We collect white petals around the light green middle. We do it with an overlap.
- We fix the petals with a thread around the flower.
- Cut the tips of the petals at an angle of about 45 degrees. So the transition from stem to flower will be smooth.
- We take pieces of green crepe paper and divide them into 4 parts. Cut out a piece of paper from each segment. We bend each one by sliding our finger along the back.
- We wrap the stem of the flower with tape. We make the first turn twice around the base of the flower. We overlap, insert a leaf a little below the base, first dripping a drop of glue on it.
- We collect ready-made snowdrops in a bouquet. If a box of chocolates is also supposed, then we lay them out beautifully and fix them on the box with scotch tape.
Other “flowers” - tulips, crocuses, roses - are made in a similar way.
Photo frame for female colleagues
An exclusive handmade gift is always more pleasant than a purchased, faceless souvenir. Delight the women around you with hand-made on the day of March 8. Remember that if you want to congratulate a team of women, then it is optimal to prepare several identical presentations.
An excellent gift for female colleagues will be homemade photo frames, in which everyone can put their favorite photo on their desktop. We make a frame from thick cardboard. We need such materials: corrugated cardboard, paper for decorations, decorative elements (buttons, rhinestones, beads, shells, etc.), glue.
We work in this order:
- Cut out two parts of the frame from corrugated cardboard - the back (solid) and the front with a hole that fits the photo. As a rule, the standard size is 10x15 cm.
- We measure out about 3-4 cm, which will be needed to decorate the frame, and add them to the height and width of the future frame on both parts.
- Cut strips out of paper to decorate the front of the frame. We glue them with PVA glue to the cardboard.
- Glue the back to the front of the frame. We do this on three sides, do not glue on top. This will insert the photo into the frame.
- We make a piece of cardboard for the stand. We attach it to the back of the frame with a thin strip of paper and glue.
- Decorate the finished frame with beads, shells, beads, buttons in any order. We glue them on a paper base on PVA.
- Before handing them over to women, you can insert photographs into photo frames - some funny incidents or a collective photo.
Memorable gift to grandmother with her own hands on March 8
Souvenirs, handicrafts and gifts for March 8 are what many grandmothers expect from their grandchildren on a spring holiday. Treat them with a memorable souvenir that will not only decorate their home, but also become a useful accessory.
CD cup holder
Grandmothers love to pamper children and grandchildren with tea, sweets and goodies. Therefore, practical and beautiful coasters for cups will certainly come in handy in their cozy kitchen. You can make them yourself from unnecessary CDs. In our work we need discs, corrugated cardboard, glue, putty, bright paper napkins, varnish, acrylic paint.
We carry out the supports in the following sequence:
- On a piece of cardboard, we circle the disk with a pencil and cut out the roundness with a knife.
- We degrease the surfaces of two discs with alcohol and apply to both glue (such as "Titan" or "Moment"). We glue the discs with a piece of cardboard in the manner of a sandwich: disc, cardboard, disc. We put the future support under the press for a couple of hours.
- Cover the hole in the center of the discs with putty. We do the same with the ends. We leave them until the putty is completely dry.
- We sand the discs with sandpaper and cover with acrylic primer. Leave to dry.
- We glue paper napkins on the workpiece on both sides with PVA glue.
- When the napkin is dry, we run along the end with fine sandpaper. This will cut off the excess parts of the napkin.
- We cover the ends of the stand with acrylic paint, the surfaces on both sides - with acrylic varnish.
Using this technology, you can make a whole set of stands - using one pattern or different ones.
Knitting a cup cover
On chilly evenings, your grandmother can comfortably warm up over a cup of tea if you knit a cup cover with your own hands. Such a knitted product will bring a touch of cordiality to the tea drinking process and will remind you of your beloved grandchildren. If you have knitting skills, stock up on the following materials: knitting needles # 3 (3 pieces), yarn (half-wool) of two colors, hook # 3, needle, button, rhinestones.
We work according to the following scheme:
- We knit air loops. Their number depends on the diameter of the circle. Therefore, it is recommended to constantly have a cup on hand, on which the "fur coat" is knitted. We try on periodically knitting to a mug from handle to handle.
- We knit the second row without a crochet in a column.
- We knit the third row with one crochet with a column.
- We knit the fourth row with two crochets with a column.
- We knit the fifth row without a crochet in a column and then repeat over the entire height of the cup.
- We measure the height of the cover to the height of the cup. After the "fur coat" is ready, cut the threads and hide it.
- Preparing a buttonhole. To do this, we knit 15 air loops. And we knit one more row without a crochet with a column.
- Sew the finished loop to one end of the cover. On the second - a button.
- We decorate the cover with a pattern of rhinestones. We glue them on the Moment glue.
The finished cover can be donated along with the cup. So you definitely can't go wrong with the size. How to make a gift for March 8 - watch the video:
Hand-made crafts for beloved women can become the most memorable gift for March 8th. Our step-by-step instructions explain the basic diagram. In the process of work, you can bring in your creative ideas, taking into account the tastes of your mothers, grandmothers, sisters, girlfriends, colleagues.
