You can make a lot of things out of paper. Various beautiful and unique products that will delight you every day. Each of us has been in a situation where it was necessary to put small things, but there was nowhere. I had to look for various jars, boxes to pour them in there.

But you could do without all this and make a beautiful version of an envelope out of paper. He can serve different situations good service in life.

A paper envelope is always useful. You can put money, any small things in it. And of course, do not forget what they are directly intended for. In the original envelope, you can put a letter to a dear person, or put a valentine greeting.

Envelope for all occasions

Now on the Internet you can find many step-by-step schemes for folding envelopes with your own hands. Each of these envelopes is original and suitable for everything. Now we will try to make one of these envelopes, which is suitable for storing money.

For its manufacture, you can use paper of various colors and shades. So, let's proceed to the step-by-step assembly of our envelope.

The first step is to take a rectangular sheet of paper and fold it in half. Expand, and we have a clearly visible middle of the sheet. At the bottom we find the middle and mark it with a pencil. To measure it, it is better to use a ruler.

In the second step, fold the corners on top of the sheet to its middle. We tuck the side edges to the center, and tuck the remaining edge on top inside the envelope. We unfold it on the reverse side and bend the edges of the envelope. We unfold the envelope inward, bend all the remaining flaws. All your envelope is ready, you can put money in it and keep it.

As you can see, in this way you can make any envelope for any occasion, and for any life situation. For many, this scheme seemed very complicated, but in fact it is simple. The most important thing is patience and the ability to understand in detail all the nuances of origami.

Envelope schemes

At home, everyone can make any envelope that he wants. It can be an ordinary envelope of various shapes. For example, a rectangular, square or triangular envelope.

Of course, some people want to do something unique, not like all these ordinary things. Here, of course, various detailed instructions how to make an envelope with your own hands. Now there are a lot of them on the net and they are made in the most diverse form.

It will be possible to make an envelope that will be decorated with a heart. This envelope is perfect for Valentine's Day. It will be possible to put both a beautiful Valentine card and an original small gift in it. Undoubtedly, your significant other will love this kind of attention.

Envelope to help the gardener

A lot of people live in rural areas. Someone has houses there, dachas. Some live there all the time, while others come only for the summer. Of course, you all know that feeling when the season of planting and harvesting comes.

All seeds need to be stored somewhere all the time between seasons. There are many photographs of origami envelopes in which the seeds are stored.

It is clear that we will not be able to contain large seeds in them. However, they are perfect for storing flower seeds, various vegetables and berries.

In such an envelope you can put a sufficient amount of seeds that will be useful to you in the spring. The most important thing is that each envelope can be signed, and you do not have to figure out where, what you have hidden.

Each of us can make an envelope at home. How to make an envelope with your own hands? Many of us have asked this question, but it is not so difficult. What could be easier than this.

Take a sheet of paper and fold it in half. Then fold a little inward from one edge and glue it. Do the same for the long side. Here is an envelope ready for you, which is suitable for any occasion.

As you can see, there are many options for making origami envelopes. Here you can fantasize a lot and create various forms. You just need to think a little and bring your idea to life. Use all your patience and, undoubtedly, you will be able to create a masterpiece even from an envelope.

They can also help you various master classes for beginners on origami envelopes. From them you can take the idea for your creativity and make something of your own. For beginners, they can be good advisers in learning origami.

As a rule, in such master classes there are detailed video instructions for assembling envelopes. The most important thing is practice, you need to train more often and try something new. Each time you will get better and better.

Photo of origami envelopes

This MK is for those who appreciate originality even in small things. Now we will not buy envelopes for money either, but we will make them with our own hands - with soul!

Materials:

• sheet of office paper (I have thin glossy cardboard)

How to make an origami envelope:

Envelope origami with a leaf part 1

1. We place the sheet in front of us like an album, inside out.
2. We combine the right side with the top edge. Smooth out the fold.
3. We combine the right corner with the upper intersection point of the front and back sides of the paper. Smooth out the fold.
4. We unfold the sheet - we have folds. A square divided diagonally is clearly visible in the upper right corner. From it we will make a leaf.

   

   Envelope origami with a leaf part 2

5. At the square we outline the second diagonal.
6. We combine the upper right corner with the intersection point of the diagonals of the square and iron the fold - the lines turned out to be a strip and a triangle. We continue to divide them into strips of equal width.
7. This photo shows 4 stripes. Let's share further.
8. In total, 16 strips should turn out - then the leaf will be elegant. You can leave 8, but then the work will look too convex and rough.

   

   Envelope origami with a leaf part 3

9. On the lines obtained, we assemble the corner into an accordion so that the first fold is wrapped under the sheet.
10. Gently crush the accordion under the wrong side.
11. We lift the lower left corner up, folding the paper along the already existing fold line (outlined in step 2).
12. We bend the triangle on the right along a vertical line, straightening the resulting leaf. The hardest part of the job is done.

    

    Envelope origami with a leaf part 4

13. We bend the corners on the left to the line of the front side of the paper.
14. The bottom corner is aligned with the top left corner. We iron the fold.
15. We wind the left side of the figure under the bottom so that there is a tail for closing the envelope. We iron.
16. We bend the tail forward and put it in a triangular pocket.

This is what the finished origami envelope with a leaf looks like:

Origami envelope with a leaf

The envelope- this is just a shell or packaging for insertion various items or papers. Basically, we tend to think of an envelope as a "package" for letters or documents. But there are also envelopes made of dense fabrics or blankets for newborns.

Today we will learn how to envelopes for different needs and let's start with perhaps the most common envelope - a paper envelope.

How to make an envelope out of paper?

The simplest envelope can be made from a square sheet of paper, folding the corners to the center. To do this, you will need a square sheet of paper of the desired size, a ruler and a pencil.

1) Check the very center of the sheet point, measuring the distance to it with a ruler.

2) Fold the left and right sides inward so that the corners touch central point.

3) Then fold the bottom side up so that it covers the center and can be glued to two already bent corners.

4) Apply glue to the bottom sides of the envelope as shown in the photo. You can also use double sided tape.

5) Fold the top corner down. The envelope is ready! This envelope can be made in just a couple of minutes. It is based on the simple principle of adding angles. Here are a few more schemes for making envelopes from sheets different shapes:

Rhombus Envelope

Envelope "from the heart"

Envelope with a square

Beautiful handmade envelope

To make your envelope look beautiful and original, it can be made from several types of colored paper. by the most in a simple way Envelope decoration is the use of different types of paper for the outside and inside.

For work you will need:

- 2 sheets of colored paper

Old envelope as a template (optional)

Double sided tape or glue

Ruler and pencil

- Scissors

Let's get to work:

1) Cut out from a sheet of colored paper blank for the outer side of the envelope. To do this, you can use a ready-made template, or draw a template yourself with a ruler and pencil. Choose the size of the envelope at your discretion, depending on what you are going to put in it.

2) From another sheet of colored paper, cut blank for the inside of the envelope.

3) The inner part should correspond in size to the outer one, but should be slightly smaller so that it can be easy to stick inside.

4) Using adhesive tape or glue, paste internal detail.

5) Bend the edges of the envelope inward and seal them so that so that the glue does not get into the inside.

Envelope templates

With this template you can make envelopes from colored cardboard:

By adding a ribbon, you will get envelopes for different occasions: for greeting cards, money, invitations, etc.

Sample long envelope:

envelope template on sheet A4:

Can decorate envelopes colored lace or appliqués:

Can be used beads and threads to close the envelope:

Envelopes are sometimes decorated with various paper details performed in various techniques ah: origami, quilling, scrapbooking, etc.

More about quilling technique you can read .

More about paper flowers you can read .

DIY origami envelope (video):

Do-it-yourself envelopes for money

What could be more banal gift in the form of money but sometimes it's the only thing that comes to mind. To make your gift original, you can place it in handmade envelope. The envelope can be beautifully decorated and signed like a postcard.

Envelopes for money are usually made of cardboard and have an elongated shape so that the bill could fit in it completely. You can draw templates yourself or use ready-made templates:

Envelopes for money (templates):

Here are some helpful ideas on how to make and decorate money envelopes that will become great gifts along with their content.

Gift envelope for money

Are you going to a birthday, wedding, christening or other event? Then you need an envelope for money! This original handmade gift will surely please your loved ones.

Option 1:

This simple money bag can be made from colored paper in several colors and satin ribbons. It looks very festive, and its manufacture will not take you much time.

For work you will need:

- 2 sheets of colored paper (one with a pattern, the other plain)

Ruler and pencil

Satin ribbons in 2 colors 1 cm and 0.5 cm wide

Matches or lighter

- Scissors

Let's get to work:

1) Cook paper and tape so that they are combined with each other in color. The author of this master class used to make an envelope ordinary wallpaper, the trimmings of which remained after the repair.

Before starting work, measure the desired size of the envelope, its width and length. In this case, a rectangle of plain paper was used. measuring 20 by 40 centimeters. Fold a sheet of paper with the edges inward in the center, as shown in the photo:

2) Fold sides inward towards the center.

3) Unfold the sides and fold the corners in the form of a triangle.

4) Unfold the envelope and stick a rectangle of colored paper measuring 20 by 23 centimeters in the center of a sheet of plain paper.

5) Bend superfluous inside the envelope.

6) Side corners in the form of triangles stick with glue to the bottom of the envelope.

7) Satin ribbon 1 centimeter wide glue in the center on the back and front of the envelope, leaving the ends to make bow.

8) Stick a narrow tape over the wide one 0.5 cm wide, also leaving the ends for the bow.

9) Finish the ends of the tape fire so that it doesn't fall apart.

10) Tie ribbons bow. Your original money envelope is ready.

Option 2:

Envelopes for money or for other surprises can be made not only from paper, but also from fabric. We invite you to learn how to make an original gift felt envelope, in which you can put money, or a gift discount card.

For work you will need:

- Several small sheets colored felt

Thick wool knitting thread

Buttons

Ruler and pencil

pins

- Scissors

Let's get to work:

1) Using a pencil and a ruler, measure the width of the future envelope depending on what you put in it. If it will be a discount card, attach it to the felt and measure from both sides. 1 cm for the seam.

2) Cut off rectangular piece of felt, then bend the lower part of it and pin it with pins. Insert a card inside to find the size of the lid.

3) Cut off everything from the top superfluous.

4) Finish the edges with threads, making U-stitches. Threads are best used in a contrasting color.

5) Cut out green felt three small trees or any other details.

6) Stick Christmas trees with the back of the outer side of the envelope. Sew small buttons on the tops of the trees.

7) From the outside of the front of the envelope at the bottom sew on a button, and attach to the edge of the lid threads so that the envelope can be closed and tied with a bow.

envelope for money scrapbooking

This scrapbooking envelope is easy to make at home using paper-cut parts. scrapbooking- a technique for decorating albums for photographs, as well as various other products using paper applications, beads, etc.

For work you will need:

- White cardboard (23 by 23 centimeters)

Colored paper (23 by 20 centimeters)

Colored paper of a different shade or pattern (8 by 14 centimeters)

Plain thin white paper or thin lace

Satin ribbon 35 centimeters long

Details for jewelry (butterflies, rhinestones, beads, etc.)

Ruler and pencil

Matches or lighter

Sewing machine and thread

- Scissors

Let's get to work:

1) Using the prepared template, cut out from white cardboard blank for the future envelope.

2) Cut out from colored paper two rectangular blanks, which will match the tops of the envelope. The preparations must be a few millimeters smaller base so that they can be easily glued and that they do not go beyond the edges.

3) Cut out paper of a different color two more blanks of the same width, but shorter - this will be the middle of your envelope.

4) On the sides of these parts, glue lace frill. You can use paper lace or very thin lace ribbons.

5) Glue the details with lace to larger color parts.

6) Glue all the details to outside of the envelope on the outer main cover and on the inner cover. Then go over the edge on the sewing machine zigzag stitch. You can also stick a colored part on the back of the envelope, and then process it on a sewing machine.

7) Before gluing the colored part to the reverse side, insert between the part and the base satin ribbon.

8) Tie the front of the ribbon with a bow and glue on the outside over the ribbon white paper rectangle with an inscription.

9) Finishing touch: decoration additional details.

DIY wedding envelope

The best gift for a wedding is money that can be placed in beautiful handmade envelope.

For work you will need:

- A sheet of white thick paper A4

Light colored paper

Decorative cord

lace ribbon

A piece of thin translucent fabric

Details for jewelry (flowers made of fabric or paper, a pendant in the form of a key, beads, etc.)

Double sided tape

Ruler and pencil

Sewing machine and thread

- Scissors (regular and curly)

Let's get to work:

1) If your colored paper is not very thick, stick it on a sheet of white paper A4 size and let dry well.

2) Using the suggested template or any other template, draw with reverse side sheet contours of the future envelope and make a cut. The folds are indicated by the blue dotted line.

3) Cut out the pattern. You can use curly scissors.: tie ribbons and cords with a bow, make a flower from a transparent fabric, attach a lace to the part in the form of a key.

9) Glue the lace ribbon at the top of the part, grabbing the lace, which will be wrapped around the envelope, so leave a suitable length for this. Glue decorations to the lower triangular edge of the part.

10) For reliability, go through the line along glued lace tape.

11) Glue the part to outer side of the lid envelope.

12) Wedding envelope for money is ready! Inside it will look like this:

Money in an envelope: original ideas

With the envelope design, you can place money in different ways. Here are some ideas to help you make original envelopes. For example, you can use postcard, inside which you paste a small envelope with money. You can write wishes on the card, and, looking inside, the recipient will find there cash gift.

Another option is to make an envelope also in the form of a postcard, and inside attach satin ribbons to hold bills.

Envelope book. This original idea will appeal to those who would like to learn how to save money. You can make some simple envelopes and sign them, indicating the purpose for which the money is stored in them and the time when they can be spent.

DIY Envelope

Compact discs require careful handling, so it is best to place them in special cases, boxes, envelopes, or store them in a disc album. You can do simple envelopes for discs independently from paper.

For work you will need:

- Sheet of A4 paper

-Glue

Let's get to work:

1) Place the disc at the bottom of the sheet.

2) Fold the sides of the sheet in straight lines using the disk as a guide.

3) Bend the disc up with the paper by flipping it over to the other side.

4) Wrap the top, closing the disc inside the envelope.

5) Pull the disc out of the envelope and glue internal details so that there is a pocket for the disk.

6) Fold down and in lid corners.

7) Insert the cover inside the pocket.

8) The easiest CD sleeve is ready!

If you want to do congratulatory CD envelope, then you can use the previous tips for making envelopes, just make the envelope large enough to fit the disc. Here a few examples original gift envelopes for CDs:

Among the many techniques for working with paper, the origami technique occupies a well-deserved place. From a simple sheet of paper, you can make all kinds of crafts, toys, beautiful and useful things. At any solemn moment, an origami envelope can become indispensable, which can be used as a gift by putting money or jewelry into it.

The origami envelope is one of the most common paper crafts and there are so many ways to make it. You can take any paper for this: plain from the album, color, vintage, textured, glossy. In order to make the simplest envelope, you need to take a sheet of A4 paper and measure 72 mm at the bottom left and top right.

From the corners to the marked points, draw straight lines and cut off excess paper. You get a rhombus, which will be the basis of the future product.

The side corners must be bent to the center, and the bottom one should be brought a little higher than the side ones. Each bend should be fixed with a ruler. Then glue the edges of the bottom folded corner with the other two folded corners, and the envelope is ready.

A more complex option requires step-by-step instructions:

An envelope for a birthday or a wedding will be even more beautiful if scrapbooking is used in its manufacture, that is, decorate the product with paper cutouts, small photographs, flowers from various materials, rhinestones, beads. Such additions will give the subject mood, depth and originality.

Money wallet

In the traditional Japanese style, you can make an origami envelope for money. At first glance, this is an ordinary envelope, but if it is made of bright gift paper, the packaging for banknotes will turn out to be far from banal. A wallet made of two-color paper will look very original.

Step-by-step instruction:

The wallet-envelope for money should be made of beautiful gift paper so that it shimmers, shimmers, pleases the eye and remains a memory even after there is no money in it. But the paper we are interested in is usually thin, and therefore it can be pasted over the product from above.

DIY surprises

For various small things (hairpins, rubber bands, jewelry) it is sometimes difficult to find a package that would fit their size and could perfectly complement the gift. The envelope with a surprise is exactly what you need. This is one of the original techniques for making origami envelopes, which are needed in order to put various little things in them. In Japan, the birthplace of origami, many centuries ago, when there were no envelopes yet, such envelopes were used to send letters.

It was believed that such a letter would definitely reach the addressee, since only someone who was well acquainted with the origami technique could read it. An envelope with a surprise is not at all difficult to make with your own hands according to the scheme and description. You can make it in the form of a crane, an asterisk, jewelry, in the form of a heart or an envelope for a music disc, which is desirable to decorate with multi-colored pebbles or beads.

An ice cream-shaped envelope is very good as a gift wrapping. To make it, you need good cardboard and patterned paper.

Step-by-step instruction:

Gifts packed in such wonderful surprise envelopes will be a pleasant surprise for loved ones and provide them with a lot of pleasure.

Heart for Valentine's Day

An origami heart envelope can be presented as a “valentine” by putting some goodies there, or used as a beautiful and original packaging for a birthday present for a loved one. You can please a friend with a beautiful message or expensive jewelry. It will take quite a bit of time to make an origami heart according to the scheme of the famous Japanese master Fumiaki Shingu.

The scheme of the origami envelope in the form of a heart:

Making origami crafts is a very interesting activity for both adults and children. They provide an opportunity to implement various creative ideas, develop imagination and allow you to spend your free time with benefit.

Origami is an amazing art that allows you to make amazing things from an ordinary sheet of paper that can serve not only as interior decorations, but also as useful, necessary things in everyday life, such as origami envelopes.

Exists a large number of a technique for making paper envelopes suitable for various occasions. They can put a little note for a loved one, envelopes are often used as original invitations to any events, such as a wedding, and are also convenient for storing and sending money as a gift. Therefore, people are often interested in how to do it yourself beautiful envelopes? For example, a rectangular Japanese envelope or a flower envelope? Where to watch mk for beginners or children? Or for beginners? In our article, of course!

The easiest way to fold an envelope from a sheet of paper is make it square. Such envelopes are universal, since you can put a note or a whole letter in them if the craft is made from a large sheet of paper, and also use it to wrap gift money. To make origami, you need a square sheet of paper of the right size, and the paper can be plain, white, or special for scrapbooking, which is not only initially square, but also decorated with interesting patterns. How to make an origami envelope in this way, read below:

• Cut out a square or take originally square paper.
• Fold the shape diagonally to make a triangle.
• Bend one corner at the largest base so that its end touches the middle.
• Wrap the second corner so that it overlaps the first, and its end reaches the opposite corner of the resulting square.
• In the triangles, peculiar pockets turned out, and now you need to fill one triangle into the pocket of the other. Try to do everything as carefully as possible so that the envelope comes out even.
• It remains only to bend the top part, and the envelope is ready. To securely close the resulting envelope, use decorative tape or glue.

money envelope

When there is no time to puzzle over a gift and choose the most suitable one from a thousand options according to all criteria, they usually donate money in its pure form so that the person himself acquires what he needs. However, even such a gift as money requires elegant packaging, in which it is pleasant to receive any little thing. Making an origami envelope for money is very simple, and it takes a minimum of time. With it, the gift will acquire a touch of originality, and it will be doubly pleasant to receive it. Manufacturing scheme quite easy and uncomplicated:

Heart shaped envelope

Heart envelope especially suitable for love notes or Valentine's Day valentines. Beloved will always be pleased to receive such an envelope from a loved one at any time. In addition, the paper heart looks very cute, which makes it popular among other origami envelope making techniques. It is very easy to make such a cute craft:

• Place a square sheet of paper in the shape of a diamond.
• Bend the sheet in half to the right and also down, getting a rhombus with two perpendicular diagonals inside.
• Bend the upper corner of the rhombus to the middle of the sheet.
• Bend the bottom corner so that its end touches the center of the formed line at the top.
• Now a line has formed below, and you need to find its center, being equal to which you need to bend the side parts of the paper.
• Fold in the sharp corners on the side and top to give the heart a softer, rounder shape.

surprise envelope

For small items, such as jewelry, it is difficult to find a suitable package that would fit the size of the items, be inexpensive and at the same time perfectly complement the gift. A surprise envelope is one of the origami techniques for making envelopes, which is different in that you can put small things in it, and they will not peek through the package, spoiling the surprise. How to make a surprise envelope, you can find out if you read a small scheme for making such crafts:

Origami envelopes are great to send notes or donate money. A huge number of different techniques allows you to make original envelopes for packing a small present or note, which will make its contents more pleasant and interesting.