God! Is it just me or is wrapping Christmas presents a real nightmare? Currently I've been ordering everything off the web and getting it sent to my parents' house in Peterborough where my Dad wraps everything for me. I can't expect him to do this indefinitely, however.
Has anyone any suggestions? I have attempted to wrap things in the past but it always ends up looking ridiculous.
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hi my advice on wraping presents somthing which i am supprisingly good at apart from cutting paper straight
measure the paper with the present fold it and tear along the fold with a rurler or a knife avoid sisours
use a selotape dispencer
put the present in wrap paper rond and put a piece of tape across the middle
get the present put it in the paper fold the courners at one end in in the shape of triangles dont tape them though then do the same at the other end and tape them makeing sure the present is tightly packed then turn it over and tape the other end
good luck with wraping hope it helps it quite hard to write the instructions
Emma
measure the paper with the present fold it and tear along the fold with a rurler or a knife avoid sisours
use a selotape dispencer
put the present in wrap paper rond and put a piece of tape across the middle
get the present put it in the paper fold the courners at one end in in the shape of triangles dont tape them though then do the same at the other end and tape them makeing sure the present is tightly packed then turn it over and tape the other end
good luck with wraping hope it helps it quite hard to write the instructions
Emma
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robyn
Wrapping things meticulously so that you know they're hard to open without damaging the contents is one of lifes little pleasures.
My advice is to practice wrapping up a box over and over till you get really good at it. Pretty much everything can be put into a box shaped thing. Most likely a box.
The main obstacle is sellotaping yourself to something. I tend to cut the sellotape to length and stick those to the edge to the desk I'm working on. Then I can get the paper folded right with both hands, hold it with just one and grab the now easily accessible sellotape with the other.
I still end up in a sticky mess sometimes, but practice makes perfect.
My advice is to practice wrapping up a box over and over till you get really good at it. Pretty much everything can be put into a box shaped thing. Most likely a box.
The main obstacle is sellotaping yourself to something. I tend to cut the sellotape to length and stick those to the edge to the desk I'm working on. Then I can get the paper folded right with both hands, hold it with just one and grab the now easily accessible sellotape with the other.
I still end up in a sticky mess sometimes, but practice makes perfect.
what I tend to do, is meassure it usually by turning the item on the wrapping paper, and then leave a little extra before doing the crease.
then cutting any old how, as the sissors are pritty blunt now, so usually does a curvy line along my nice straight edge!!
then you got the choice of either having the paper too wide, or trying to cut the excess off, which when I started doing wrapping then I just went for the easy option!
then to actually wrap the item, then I used to use a small piece of selotape in the middle, so that it holds the paper in place to the item being wrapped.
it makes it a lot easier the first year or two, and then you find that you can do it without the little piece of selotape.
then once the paper is wrapped around then use another piece of selotape along the last edge
then learning to do the top and bottom, (this is harder if you have cut the ends to fit),
1) (if the ends aren't cut) grab the highest corner, and fold the paper towards the top center, making sure the whole end is taught, but not enough that the paper rips, then create a flat edge going from the bottom corner out.
then same on the other side, you can stick the 2 flaps if you find that easier. and then just fold over the triangle type of shape you made. then repeat the same on the other end.
2) (if the ends are the right length) then just use a little piece of selotape for the sides, and fold them in, and then fold the top and bottom corners in, and then just selotape them down.
the 2nd was slightly trickier, as I tried it myself just before christmas! but my parent's we impressed, my mother thought that I got my father to do it, then my brother discovered the little bits of tape! and so said that it wasn't my father!
but it does give a better look, even though you got to mess around a little more.
just an idea, either that or pay like a £1, or something per item if the shop wraps them.
even though I don't like wrapping myself as it is so fiddly, and takes so long, but it is better to know that you have spent the time on it, and for someone to notice!!
hope my useful hints give you some ideas. but my main advice is don't go over the top with selotape, unless you want them to still be trying to open it for the next one!! which I did get my brother back with that 1 christmas!!
just use enough tape to make sure it holds the paper in place for you to wrap the present
then cutting any old how, as the sissors are pritty blunt now, so usually does a curvy line along my nice straight edge!!
then you got the choice of either having the paper too wide, or trying to cut the excess off, which when I started doing wrapping then I just went for the easy option!
then to actually wrap the item, then I used to use a small piece of selotape in the middle, so that it holds the paper in place to the item being wrapped.
it makes it a lot easier the first year or two, and then you find that you can do it without the little piece of selotape.
then once the paper is wrapped around then use another piece of selotape along the last edge
then learning to do the top and bottom, (this is harder if you have cut the ends to fit),
1) (if the ends aren't cut) grab the highest corner, and fold the paper towards the top center, making sure the whole end is taught, but not enough that the paper rips, then create a flat edge going from the bottom corner out.
then same on the other side, you can stick the 2 flaps if you find that easier. and then just fold over the triangle type of shape you made. then repeat the same on the other end.
2) (if the ends are the right length) then just use a little piece of selotape for the sides, and fold them in, and then fold the top and bottom corners in, and then just selotape them down.
the 2nd was slightly trickier, as I tried it myself just before christmas! but my parent's we impressed, my mother thought that I got my father to do it, then my brother discovered the little bits of tape! and so said that it wasn't my father!
but it does give a better look, even though you got to mess around a little more.
just an idea, either that or pay like a £1, or something per item if the shop wraps them.
even though I don't like wrapping myself as it is so fiddly, and takes so long, but it is better to know that you have spent the time on it, and for someone to notice!!
hope my useful hints give you some ideas. but my main advice is don't go over the top with selotape, unless you want them to still be trying to open it for the next one!! which I did get my brother back with that 1 christmas!!
just use enough tape to make sure it holds the paper in place for you to wrap the present
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too be honest, I'm useless at wrapping, I tried to wrap a teddy bear the other year, boy that wasn't half awkward, but to be honest with you, I don't particularly care how it looks, if I think there ought to be more tape, if it doesnt like quite right I just put more tape on, it can be rather funny to watch people try and unwrap presents from me, it always takes them ages and i think its funny.