Part 1 Techniques: materials and equipment; simple wrapping; making boxes and bags; making cards and envelopes; decorating effects; making your own paper; finishing touches. Part 2 Ideas for special occasions: birthdays - gift tags in the shapes of animals and flowers, pop-up cards, colourful novelties for children's birthday parties; weddings and anniversaries - plain white paper decorated with a cut pattern and white curls of paper, pop-up cards, elegant silver and gold ideas for anniversary presents; christening - lace trimmed gift wrapping and furls of ribbons, pop-up cards with the baby's name; Christmas - cracker-shaped presents, colourful tartan, sparkling star, unusually shaped boxes to hold "difficult" presents, pop-up cards (Christmas tree, snowman, Father Christmas, star); New Year - gifts wrapped in "evening dress", pop-up cards (toast the New Year, Old Father Time); Easter - paper and cards decorated with eggs, chickens and rabbits, ideas for decorating eggs; Halloween and harvest - natural seedheads and dried leaves for stencilling patterns onto plain paper, pop-up cards (wicked witch, pumpkin); moving home - pop-up cards (removal van, house); congratulations - coming of age, exam success cards, stationary holder; Valentine's Day - pop-up cards (single heart, entwined hearts), simple origami heart, heart-shaped boxes, paper decorated with hearts; mother's day - box decorated with flowers, paper decorated with dainty bows, flowers pop-up card.
