When to start wrapping presents
Life-Changing Gift Wrapping Hacks
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now wrapping presents isn't really
always as easy as you think it's going
to be but today I'm going to share with
you some of my favorite present wrapping
hacks that is going to make wrapping all
of your presents a lot easier
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this first hack is gonna blow your mind
it honestly makes me when I first
figured out how to do it and it is how
to wrap a present even if it doesn't
look like you have enough wrapping paper
so in this instance I have this box to
wrap and no matter which way I try to
wrap it I can't get the paper to go all
the way around the box usually I would
just give up and get another piece of
wrapping paper but you can actually wrap
this present using what's called the
diagonal wrapping method all you need to
do is put it right sort of in the middle
of the piece of wrapping paper so once
you have found a place on the wrapping
paper where you can pull up each corner
and cover every corner of your box back
to where you're going to start so
starting with the corner closest to me
I'm just going to pull this up and over
my box and I'll use a little piece of
tape just to secure that into place now
I'm going to go over to one corner so
you're just gonna fold this in so that
this piece comes up and it's flush along
this corners and you're gonna do the
same exact thing on the other side sort
of pushing it in so that this end here
comes up and lays flat vertically with
this planner so now you just have your
final edge and you're gonna sort of
repeat the same idea where you're just
folding the corner in enough that you
can get this bottom edge to come up and
lay vertical against this corner and
then do the same thing on this side so
we're just gonna fold it in
and bring it up so not only does this
hack work if you happen to cut a piece
of wrapping paper that was too small
gonna save you money as well so you
don't need to buy as much wrapping paper
all right for this next tip I'm going to
teach you how to make a gift bag out of
wrapping paper gift bags are great
because you can use them for any awkward
or usually shaped items but if you ran
out of gift bags and you have some
wrapping paper you can easily use the
wrapping paper to make a gift bag so
you're going to start by cutting a piece
of wrapping paper big enough to wrap the
present like you were going to wrap it
normally you're gonna fold this piece in
half by folding in from two sides so
that you create a seam up the center and
then I just use some double-stick tape
to tape this in place starting at the
bottom you're going to fold up about a
quarter of the way opening this up
you're going to then lay it flat so
you're sort of creating this open
triangle like you've ever made one of
those cootie catchers in high school
it's sort of like that fold up the two
triangles from the top and the bottom
and tape this all into place and what
you've basically created is a bottom
flap to a bag very much like a brown
paper lunch bag so now you can go ahead
and just stand this up and open it up
put your awkwardly shaped item inside
and fold the top over and then you can
either tape this closed or if you want
you can poke two holes through it and
use a piece of ribbon to tie it closed
in a bow
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my next tip is to consider using double
stick tape instead of regular tape this
way you can use the double stick tape on
the inside of the seams of whatever
you're wrapping and you won't have any
tapes exposed so it's just going to make
your wrapping job look a little bit more
put together in professional for this
next hack I'm gonna teach you how to
make your own little bow using wrapping
paper sometimes all the present needs
it's just a little bow to make it look a
little more finished and put together
but maybe you don't have enough ribbon
or you don't have any both left over so
all you need to do is cut a piece of
wrapping paper and then you're going to
fold it in half the hotdog way and then
fold it in half the hamburger way we're
gonna cut strips up from the cut end
going up towards the folded end and
you're gonna stop maybe like a quarter
of an inch from the folded edge so that
when you open it up you'll have strips
on either side of your piece of paper
using a pair of scissors you'll go ahead
and curl each of the strip's then all
you're gonna do is start folding this up
on top of itself and you've basically
created a little wrapping paper bow I
just use a piece of double stick tape to
tape this into place and you're
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for our next hack we are going to make a
little pillow box like this one using a
toilet paper tube these are great if you
have any small gifts to give away like
little bracelets or earrings all you
need to do is take a used toilet paper
to and you fold in the corners to make
flap found out a lot easier if I score
the corners first it makes it easier for
the flaps to flip in so I just use like
an exacto blade or a pair of scissors
and something round and then that way
the flaps will easily close in and
you've created a nice little pillow box
now you can't cover the entire thing in
wrapping paper because then the flaps
won't close in but I find that it
actually looks really pretty and put
together if you just wrap a piece of
wrapping paper around the center of it
and then you can finish it off with a
bow it looks cute put together perfect
for any of your small gifts another
great trick for some hard to wrap
presents is to use an old Pringles
container actually share this in a
recent DIY hacks video but I'll share it
with you guys here as well watch the
entire thing out and then wrap it in
some wrapping paper secure it with tape
or glue and then you've got a nice
cylinder shaped wrapping box to wrap
anything that sort of odd shaped it's
good for things like nail polishes or
lipsticks a printing or a poster you can
pop it right in there it's already got a
top on it and you are good to go alright
friends I hope that you enjoyed it these
present wrapping hats I also want to
give a shout out to Grace who is the
artist behind the song that you heard
throughout today's video Grace is only
16 years old that she is amazingly
talented she's a singer she plays piano
she plays guitar and she also writes her
own music the song that you heard
throughout today's video was one of her
original c-block definitely check her
out you guys are not going to be
disappointed I will have a link to her
YouTube channel and her Instagram which
is amazing unit down below thank you so
much for stopping by and watching as
always you can always find me on my
Instagram as well as my blog but that
does it for today's video and I will see
you all next Sunday
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