to wrap gifts
With this ingenious trick, packing is child’s play
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For many, wrapping a gift is even worse than buying a gift. So what to do if stores don’t offer a wrapping service and you have two left hands yourself? One trick is going viral right now that you should know about. And: Here you will find beautiful ideas that will make your gifts eye-catchers.
Wrapping gifts can be a real ordeal at times. While square and rectangular gifts can still be wrapped relatively easily in paper, there is often only one way out for misshapen gifts after several unsuccessful attempts: the crackers. It is actually not that difficult to wrap gifts nicely. A very simple trick to wrap gifts is currently going viral. Here you will find the instructions, as well as original DIY ideas and a few ways in which you can pack your gifts sustainably.
Wrapping gifts: this is the most ingenious trick
Whether at Christmas, as a birthday surprise, for a wedding or as a small gift – with a very simple trick nothing can go wrong when wrapping gifts and you can even save paper. The trick is Simply place the gift diagonally and fold the corners towards the middle. Here are the instructions.
- Put the gift diagonal and centered on the wrapping paper.
- When you fold all four corners into a gift, the product should be completely covered.
- Now pull up the first corner and secure it above the gift with an adhesive strip.
- Now that laterally protruding paper down and then push from the outside in. Then turn the next corner up.
- Do the same thing clockwise with the other two corners. Only at the fourth corner should you both sides in view to have.
- Then fix the fourth corner above the gift with another adhesive strip.
- If you like, you can decorate the present with ribbon, stickers or similar elements.
To ask? This video explains the wrapping technique step-by-step.
Wrapping round gifts: this is how it works
Admittedly, the trick only works for rectangular gifts. So what can be done to ensure that even round gifts are nicely wrapped? We also have instructions here.
- Cut a piece Wrapping paper Rightly what should go around the gift and protrude about three centimeters on the sides.
- Now fix one of the long sides to the gift, wrap the paper around the gift and fix it with adhesive tape where it overlaps the other side.
- At the side where the wrapping paper is doubled, the inner layer is now folded inwards so that a triangle is created.
- Repeat the step with the side up and Continue in sequence until the gift is completely covered at the end.
- Then fix it with an adhesive strip.
- Repeat the same for the other side.
- If you like, you can embellish the gift with ribbons here too.
Decorating gifts: the most beautiful ideas
Wrapping gifts exclusively in wrapping paper can quickly become boring. But how can you decorate the little surprises in an original way so that unpacking is even more fun? Here come the most beautiful ideas.
- Bringing nature into play is a great option. Are particularly good at Christmas Pine cones or branchesyou can easily switch between the Gift ribbons can clamp. They are also suitable for birthdays and weddings Dried flowers excellent.
- Instead of clear tape could you also Adhesive tape with pattern or choose one in different colors.
- Especially if you want to give presents to several people at the same time, it can quickly become confused. Gift tags not only bring order to the mess, but also make the gift an eye-catcher.
- Wonderful bows can be made from scraps of fabricthat you can easily attach to the gift. But of course there are also big ones Decorative bows to buy. This makes giving away even more fun.
Wrap gifts sustainably
If you look at the mountains of paper after the presents have been given, you can feel completely different. Unfortunately, conventional gift packaging is not particularly environmentally friendly. There are some ways to wrap gifts sustainably. In this way you not only reduce waste, but can also use the packaging more often – and save a lot of money. Here are a number of suggestions for sustainable gift packaging.
You can of course decorate all of this with sustainable decoration – incidentally, our ideas above are also consistently environmentally friendly.