Wrapping presents: your tips please!

Former_MSE_Andrea

Are you a fab, super neat Christmas present wrapper?

If you are, for those of us that aren't and whose 5 year old can wrap better (mentioning no names), please please please give us your top tips!

Thank you in advance from.... erm.... MSE Towers

vlad

for difficult to wrap stuff,i.e. odd shaped gifts I use gift bags

Mystikia

It's easier to wrap boxes instead of awkward shaped items, so I place these things in a box ( I save different size Delivery boxes for this), then wrap the box! It also has the advantage that kids ( & curious adults ) have no idea what's in them

Also, for neater joins, use double sided tape

clarryd

Mystikia wrote: »

It's easier to wrap boxes instead of awkward shaped items, so I place these things in a box ( I save different size Delivery boxes for this), then wrap the box! It also has the advantage that kids ( & curious adults ) have no idea what's in them

Also, for neater joins, use double sided tape

This is also what I do, unusually shaped or large items that are hard to wrap I put them in a box as it is much easier to wrap boxes.

If you need to cover a seem or join of wrapping paper , I put a fancy bow or ribbon around the box so it looks nice.

kingfisherblue

I have a heavy sellotape dispenser - much easier to use than a small, lightweight one, and definitely preferable to not using one at all.

I also use my ironing board as a wrapping table.

Susie_Richards

Some great tips here :T

04624181

I use one of the sellotape wrist straps for ease as they are all individualy cut pieces of tape. I buy seperate wrapping paper for DS, DD, Hubby and then one for family. As the hubby and kids have seperate wrapping paper it saves me having to label every gift. I wrap the gifts and then put them in a huge zip up storage bag https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCPWj4fP2jMkCFYFSGgodLFMDeg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2FXL-Laundry-Bags-Zipped-Reusable-Large-Strong-Shopping-Storage-Bag-Zip-Carrier-%2F251167460241&psig=AFQjCNGzgB5-Dx0n-RQL9fE5UQ2WSNYsEA&ust=1447487935680329.
We all have a huge bag each, one for my family, one for hubbys family and one for our stockings. I can then zip the bag up and no rick of getting dusty in our loft room. It makes things much easier to see and Whilst wrapping I make a note of the item and any batteries that it needs in my note book.

Gettingtherequickly

kingfisherblue wrote: »

I have a heavy sellotape dispenser - much easier to use than a small, lightweight one, and definitely preferable to not using one at all.

I also use my ironing board as a wrapping table.

Would never have thought of that!

Stevie_Palimo

I do my shopping in one day and then into the perfume shop and get them to wrap the things up as they seem to be experts and throw a few quid for doing it for me.

DUKE

I did think with it being MSE that we could wrap up in newspaper like fish & chips, & pretend it was a huge joke to hide the fact that your wrap's crap.

But I use bags now as they're quite cheap & can be recycled. I saw some tough looking plastic ones in Poundland, & similar but larger in Home Bargains for er not sure if it was 79p or 89p. There's also some lovely boxes around these days, & not expensive.

Katiehound

Our local Clarks shoe shop used to save boxes if asked. Much easier to pack items in a box.
If you want you can also decorate the box as part of the present.
use a couple of coats of emulsion inside and out- preferably a contrast colour inside, also matt, then acrylic varnish the outside. You can paint a few boxes from a tester pot (cheap in Wilco). For children you can then paint or glue letters for their name making it a personalised "treasure" box.
There are lots of ways to decorate the outside- the world is your oyster!