For me, any gift is incomplete without proper wrapping and gift bag as gift bag adds the perfect touch to your gift so I would advise you to make your gift more special to him by placing it in a gift box and then put it in an attractive gift bag of his favorite color. Well, I know that gift bags are so expensive these days but there are some online sites who are selling gift bags on affordable prices like
http://www.fetpak.com Beside this, there are so many blogs on how to make gift bags or box at home which will surely help you making your gift more special and appealing to your B/f.
He'll probably be so overwhelmed that you made him such a thoughtful gift that he won't really remember the packaging. I think that boxes are really neat, but either a bag or a box would be fine.
It's a dream catcher and I'm giving it to my bf for the 3rd month... And he's been wanting one the colors are purple and black and I don't know if I should put it in a bag or a box? Ideas?