Why to Make a Gift for Boyfriend and 10 Handmade Gifts to Pamper Him With (2018)

Pop-up Photo Card

• Scrap book paper
• Glue
• Ribbon
• Wood box
• Stain
• Paint
• Stencil
• Protective finish coat

• Measure the size of your box and after that mark at every 2 inches on the paper using pencil and ruler
• Fold the paper at first mark and crease it precisely. Fold and crease the next mark in opposite direction from the first and do this with all other marks to get a according folds. After folding, erase all pencil marks
• Place the folded scrapbook paper on a flat surface with topmost fold facing you and cut any three images in 1.8 inches squares and then paste these images at the center of each scrapbook paper folds
• Paste the backside of the bottom square of scrapbook paper to the inside bottom of the box and adhere a ribbon to the top square on back to make it look even more beautiful. Let it dry and then present it to your boyfriend, and he will love it.

Handwritten Journal

• 7 Journal Sheets
• Crop-A-Dile punch tool
• String or twine
• Paper trimmer
• Embellishments, paper, leather, or any oilcloth for the cover

• You have 7 sheets in total. Trim all those 7 sheets in vertical half. Now you have 14 sheets, and after folding them you will have 28 pages in your diary. Measure the size of each page, then cut diary's cover page according to the size of pages with an extra inch so that pages fit correctly inside the cover
• With the help of Crop-A-Dile punch two holes through the pages and spine of the folded sheets and cover, then fix the folded sheets and cover with the help of twine. You must keep the knot inside the diary so that it looks much better
• Now you can decorate the sheets using glitters, sequins, watercolour, or photographs. Fill the pages with your personal messages, and give it to him.
• You can also add stamping, leather, or oilcloth on the cover to make it even more beautiful.

Open When Envelopes

• Colourful sheets and letter-sized papers
• Colourful Envelopes
• Glitters, Stickers, ink pens, or Sketch Pens

• Note down the situations we face in our everyday life like sadness, anger, happiness, missing someone etc. and prepare your messages accordingly. You must prepare 2-3 messages for one kind of situation.
• Mention the situations on Envelopes and write on it like open when you are sad, open when you are happy etc. and decorate it with glitters, stickers, and watercolours to make it look attractive.
• Write down your messages on letter-sized sheets and then place each message card in its specific envelope.
• Let these Envelopes inspire him in his bad times. These Envelopes will tell him that how much he means to you and he will definitely appreciate you for such an amazing gift.

Memory Box

• A thick hardcover book
• Scale
• Pencil
• Paper Cutter
• Glue
• Water

• Open the book and first page. On the second page, draw a rectangular shape leaving about half inches from every side of page.
• Cut this rectangular shape and try to cut as deeper as possible but you must not cut through the book. Try to cut pages as straight as possible.
• Mix the glue with water to make it runny enough so that you can spread it with a brush. Spread this glue on all sides leaving the cover page. You can also spread the glue in between pages so that they stick together properly.
• Leave it to dry, and in this time you can prepare a romantic letter for your boyfriend expressing your love and thanking him for being in your life.
• After drying out, paste this letter inside the cover page so that when he opens the book, he can see it on first sight. Use decorative material to decorate the box. You can also write your feelings on the first page that we left to make this box look even more beautiful and attractive.

Romantic Light Bulb

• You will need a regular size incandescent bulb, thin red gauge wire, pliers, screwdriver, safety goggles, wood cube, pins, wire cutters, paper pen, hammer and nails, and a hot glue gun.

• Wear your leather hand gloves and then hollow out the bulb carefully without breaking it. Collect all little chunks so that they don't hurt anyone and throw it in the dustbin.
• Cut 10 inches of wire and fold it in half to make a sharp crease. Grip both wire ends and loops them around the crease to create the half heart, then pull back the wire ends overlapping the center of the crease to complete the heart shape.
• Take this filament and insert it inside the hollow bulb. Adjust it correctly just like the position of the original filament and then cut out the extra wire if it is there.
• Use hammer and nails to create two holes in the wood cube so that you can fix those two wire ends there without any distortion. You can also use hot glue in order to stick the wires properly.
• Now fix the bulb over that wire filament and glue it to the base of the wood cube. You can also attach a small love note on the front of the cube using pins or hot glue.

Romantic beer labels

• You will need 6 bottles of his favourite beer, card stocks, stickers, spray paint, funny beer slogans, and glitter pens to make this amazing gift for him.

• First, you will need to remove the original labels from the beer bottles. Measure the length of original labels and cut your card stocks to the exact measurement so that they fit properly on bottles.
• You can paste clever slogans on the card stocks, or you can write on your own. Decorate the labels with glitters, watercolour, and spray paint. You can take the slogans ideas from makethebestofeverything.com. Paste the DIY labels back on the beer bottles and gift it to your boyfriend. He will definitely appreciate and enjoy your gift.

Romantic Candy Card

• For this, you will need some candies which will replace some words and complete it with their brand name.

• Think of any romantic message where you could replace some words with these candies names.
• You can take ideas from this message- “Our life is a Symphony” (using chocolate Symphony bar) “There are many Riesens why I love you” (using Riesen candies) “I love you Now and Later” (using Now and Laters) “There is no one on Earth, Mars or in the Milky Way that is better than you!” (using Mars and Milky Way bars) “You are a Life Saver” (using Life Saver candies).
• You can visit repeatcrafterme.com to know some ideas on how to write a perfectly funny and romantic love note using these candies and chocolates.

Intax Camera Card

• You will need some glossy white printing papers, scissors, coloured paper sheets, a ruler, glue, pencil, photographs, and a glitter tape roll.
• This DIY will take about 2-3 hours to complete, so you have to follow this tutorial carefully in order to create a thoughtful gift for your boyfriend.

• Print your favourite photographs on a glossy paper and cut them in a perfect size.
• Take 6-8 square sized paper and fold each of them in such a way that it opens when you rotate it. Paste all of them together to form a big cuboid. You will get to know how to do it in the tutorial.
• Follow each step carefully. Now make a box using thick paper, and decorate it in the shape of camera.
• Fix that cuboid to this box and close the box. Magic happens when he will open it.
• You can also include your photographs in making this gift for him. When he will open it, he will be so happy to have you in his life. View this tutorial video in order to understand it clearly so that you can create it perfectly without any mistakes.

Beautiful Watch Weaving

• To accomplish this goal, you will need a black thread, scissors, measurement tape, two coupling clips, and your 16 minutes.

• Take out the wristband from the watch and start weaving the thread just like shown in the video tutorial. Follow each step properly so that you come up with a perfect band. You can visit fabdiy.com to know exactly how to do it.
• Take 3-4 threads and pass them through the clip of the watch to each side.
• Now you have a threaded band of the watch. Roll each thread over one another in a specified way to weave it.
• After weaving from one side do the same procedure on another side. Remember to keep the length of thread on both the side.
• On completing the weaving, cut out the extra part if it is present there.
• You can choose the colour of thread according to his choice. Handover to him his watch with an amazing look. He will definitely appreciate your creation.

Laptop sleeve

• 4 sheets of felt leather which is 8 inches wide and 10 inches long
• half yard faux leather
• buttons
3 or 4 embroidery floss and embroidery needle
• strong spray adhesive

• cut the leather piece to the size of the laptop with an extra inch to all the sides. Cut the piece in such a way so that it accommodates the laptop properly.
• stitch 4 pieces of felt leather together so that it forms like a rectangle
• stitch the felt leather and faux leather together from one side to form a partial sleeve. Insert the laptop to see where your next stitches would be.
• Mark the points with a marker and stitch it with an embroidery needle. Cut off the extra part if it is there.
• Cut out a triangle from the extra leather you removed in the previous step. Mount the button on top of the sleeve.
• Stitch the triangle part along with a leather strap at the bottom part of the sleeve. Make sure that strap fits around the button with the laptop inside the sleeve.
• Present this special gift to him on any occasion you want, and he will definitely appreciate your embroidery skills.