5 gifts for March 8, which you can do with your own hands

March 8 is a holiday celebrated in many countries. On this day, women accept congratulations and receive presents. A handmade gift is an exclusive and memorable thing. In addition to materials, respect and love for the one to whom it is intended are invested in it. Look at joy-pup gift options that you can make yourself.

Topiary

Making a topiary with your own hands is an interesting and creative activity that allows you to make a unique gift for a woman on March 8th. This tree symbolizes happiness and prosperity in the house and will become a beautiful interior decoration.

Step-by-step instructions for creating a topiary:

Step 1. To create a topiary, you will need: a foam ball, a pot, decorative elements – flowers from foamiran, artificial moss and greenery, a stick for the trunk, a glue gun, gypsum. You can also use ribbons, lace, beads, or other decorations.

Step 2. Take the trunk of the future tree, apply hot glue to one of the ends and insert it into the foam ball.

Step 3. Pour gypsum or alabaster into the pot, pour a little water, stir until the consistency of thick sour cream. Insert the tree trunk into the center of the pot, wait until the plaster is completely hardened

Step 4. Begins to decorate the tree. Using hot glue, glue the artificial flowers to the foam ball. Start at the bottom and work your way up until the entire balloon is covered in flowers. Then you can add other decorative elements if you want.

Step 5. If you have chosen a pot that is pretty in itself for the topiary, then your product is already ready for delivery. Otherwise, drape the outer walls of the pot with a beautiful fabric or wrap with tow and a strip of lace. Decorate as your imagination tells you.

Bouquet of sweets

And sweets, and flowers – in one bouquet! This is a worthy alternative to fresh flowers that will appeal to ladies of any age.

Step-by-step instructions for creating a bouquet of sweets

Step 1. To create a bouquet, you will need: Ferrero Rocher sweets or others, but rounded, pink corrugated paper, ribbon, bamboo sticks, hot glue, scissors, teip tape.

Step 2. Take the candy and fix it on the bamboo stick with hot glue. Then cut out rectangles of corrugated paper, measuring approximately 18 cm by 3 cm. Twist the rectangle in the middle twice and fold in half. Make the middle convex.

Step 3 Attach 3 petals to the candy bud, overlapping each other. Wrap the base and stem (bamboo stick) with tape.

Step 4. Assemble the bouquet by securing all candy sticks with tape. You can insert green leaves between the flowers to add more color and texture.

Step 5. Add the final touches – wrap the bouquet with corrugated paper and tie with a ribbon.

Textile tulips

Tulips are a symbol of spring and charm. But the beauty of fresh flowers is fleeting, and textile tulips made using the Tilda technique will please you for a long time.

Step-by-step instructions on how to make soft fabric tulips with your own hands:

Step 1. To create soft tulips, you will need: fabric (choose any color), green fabric for the stem, scissors, needle, thread, padding polyester, green paper, green tape and glue.

Step 2. Draw the details of the tulip pattern on paper. Cut out and transfer them to the fabric. Cut out the stem and leaf along the shared thread, and the bud – along the oblique.

Step 3. Fold the details of the leaf right side inward, sew the sides by hand or on a typewriter, leaving the bottom open. Turn the leaf through the hole in the bottom. Sew the stem and bud in the same way and turn them inside out.

Step 4 Stuff the stalk and bud with synthetic winterizer.

Step 5. Sew the bud to the stem with a blind seam.

Step 6. Sew the leaf to the stem approximately in the middle. Your tulip is ready.

Body Scrub

Women love to receive cosmetics as a gift. A handmade body scrub without the addition of harmful ingredients will be a great gift for mom or girlfriend. A homemade body scrub can be made with simple and affordable ingredients. Pack the product in a beautiful jar and present it on March 8th. Here are some recipes.

Coffee scrub

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup ground coffee
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup olive oil

Oatmeal and honey scrub

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup fine oatmeal
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup olive oil

Salt scrub

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup sea salt
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 10 drops essential oil (such as lavender or mint)

Gift basket

Gift baskets are a great way to give a combination of items, small or large, cheap or expensive, as long as they work together to create a beautiful arrangement. Based on the taste of the woman to whom the basket is intended, you can decorate it with sweets, salty foods, fruits, drinks, cosmetics.