He is courageous and strong, handsome and smart,and, most importantly, he has everything, so you and your friends have been racking your brains for the second week now over what to give him on February 23? On this day, you shouldn’t arrange romantic get-togethers by candlelight and give cute souvenirs, as this can make the guy laugh and even offend him. It’s best to show a little imagination and make a truly “masculine” present with your own hands.
In a dark, dark forest ...
Take your boyfriend on a trip tonature, with a guitar, shashlik and porridge by the fire. Unfortunately, even forecasters cannot predict the weather in our country, so your loved one will hardly be able to have a good walk with his friends in February. But it is quite easy to find a way out of this situation, if only there is a desire. So, borrow a standard canvas tent from your friends and pitch it right in the middle of the room. In the children's world, buy small glowing stars made of special paper and paste them over the ceiling. In the garden, pick a few spruce or pine branches, attach them to the chairs so that a pleasant spruce smell spreads throughout the room. It will be nice if you buy an air freshener with an unobtrusive aroma. Near the tent, lay pillows and blankets in a semicircle so that your guests can comfortably sit on the floor. In the middle, put a box, and inside place a fire made with your own hands from papier-mâché. Before your loved one arrives, turn on a CD with sounds of nature, which you can record yourself in the garden or download from the Internet. And ask one of your mutual friends to grab a guitar so you can sing cheerful and camp songs around an improvised campfire. Don't forget to take care of tasty provisions: these can be homemade chips, croutons, navy-style macaroni, kebabs baked in the oven, jacket potatoes. There is a little secret to making food taste like it just came from the fire. When cooking, use a smoker, which can be purchased at any large retail establishment.
Calendar with his manly photo
Does your boyfriend or husband have his own desk?where he reads, plays on the computer, writes letters or composes love poems for you? Make him a handmade gift that he will appreciate - a large wall calendar made of paper. Take childhood photos of your boyfriend and stick them on the top of the Whatman paper, make a small collage. Divide the bottom into four columns (winter, spring, summer and autumn), each of which should have three squares. Then sign each separate month and put the dates, as is done in a regular hanging calendar. The gaps can be filled with small joint photos or clippings from magazines, newspapers, drawings from postcards. You can prepare such crafts for February 23 with your child, since dad will be doubly pleased to receive a handmade gift from the closest and most beloved people.
Carpet in the car
If you have a lot of different things at homewoolen threads, you can easily knit a foot mat with your own hands. Take a thick fabric, preferably a dark color, and cut out a small square or oval from it so that the product can fit below near the seat. Cut about six dozen threads of the same size (about ten centimeters each), and stitch the fabric in the middle with large stitches parallel to each other. Lift the ends of each piece up so that they stick out a little. Now, perpendicular to the existing lines, make a second row from yarn of a different color. When all the fabric is sewn, comb the mat with a comb or a brush with iron teeth.
Stand for pens
Some pretty interesting crafts for 23February kids make in kindergarten, so you can borrow similar ideas and modernize them a little. For example, create a stand for stationery with your own hands using paper, glue, an ordinary bottle and paints. So, find a half-liter mayonnaise jar, thoroughly coat its outer surface with Vaseline to make it easier to remove the blank from it. Take several old newspapers and cut them into small uniform pieces, which you will need to glue to the vessel in several layers. Leave the resulting product for several days in a dry, cool place so that it dries well. After two or three days, cut the blank in half to take the jar out of it. Then connect the two parts and glue them with the remaining newspaper. Now you have two options: either cover the stand with colorless varnish, or paint it with paints and glue figures from colored paper on top.
Fantasy and originality: where does the genie hide?
DIY Wine Bottle - Oneone of the best gifts for any man. You don’t have to be an artist or a jack of all trades to make a beautiful drawing on glass, you can resort to trickery and cut out figures from paper – silhouettes of birds, animals, fairy-tale characters. So, to begin with, you will need paints: yellow, red, blue, orange and purple. The remaining colors and shades can be obtained by mixing the available ones. You can choose both the usual ones that are sold in the children’s world, and more durable ones – aniline ones. The latter can be found in almost all hardware stores. If you want the drawings to be brighter and more saturated, add gelatin before painting. Please note that paints prepared in this way become more viscous and stop spreading. But you should not cool them to room temperature, since in this case they will look like jelly. Those who decide to paint a bottle with their own hands should remember the most important rule – the glass should be in a horizontal position during work. Therefore, prepare, for example, two thick books or a towel to clamp the container. So, first you need to wipe the glass with alcohol, a strong soda solution or tooth powder. Completely paint the bottle in one color, preferably light, and leave it for about forty minutes to dry. On a small sheet of paper, draw a sketch with your own hands so as not to improvise during painting, but to act according to a strictly outlined plan. For example, you can make flower petals, beautiful inscriptions, etc. Attach the figures to the bottle and carefully outline them along the contour with a thin black line. Be careful that your clothes or palms do not touch the surface, otherwise streaks or oily stains may appear. As soon as the paint dries a little, you can start painting the glass: wet the brush well and fill the space with droplets, not strokes. If you do everything correctly, there will be no traces of lint on the glass. In place of the label, you can place your loved one's childhood photos printed on a printer. After you glue them, apply a clear varnish on top to fix the result. Such a bottle can only be stored in a dry place, as excess moisture will spoil the drawing.
The director himself or film a film
Write a short scenario on a piece of paper,which you will follow during the filming and editing process. For example, at first you can ask his mother to tell you about your loved one's childhood, then film him doing housework, playing on the computer, etc. There must be a plot, a short story, and a funny ending. Check the capabilities of your equipment, since you are unlikely to be able to record a quality film on a regular mobile phone. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the program that cuts the video into pieces or assembles individual parts into a single clip. If you only know how to turn the computer on and off, it is better to abandon this idea. As a last resort, ask your friends to work as editors, cameramen, directors.
Kite
Men are the same as children, only now they givepreference for more expensive toys that not everyone can afford. Make his childhood dreams come true and try making a kite out of cardboard or a piece of plywood with your own hands. And on the big day, launch the monster into the sky together in an open space. When preparing crafts for February 23, do not forget about more substantial gifts. Of course, you should not give expensive presents, be it a watch or a cigarette case, but you will hardly be able to get by with one postcard, a handmade paper souvenir, and shaving foam. Try to find a happy medium between what you want and what you can give without hurting your wallet. We recommend reading:
