How To Wrap Xmas Presents !

[mikey4444]

I found this lovely this morning, on the Beeb, and thought we could all benefit from her experience !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-birmingham-42365681/expert-shows-how-to-wrap-christmas-gifts-with-an-awkward-shape

[murraymints]

lovely if you have the patience !

[mikey4444]

I like that double-sided tape !

[murraymints]

I always wanted to be a Blue Peter presenter to play with sticky backed plastic !! never did find any

[mikey4444]

Fablon !

http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/brand/fablon

Its been many years since I last heard the word used Minty !

[murraymints]

blast from the past that is !

[waterboatman]

Brilliant!

[waterboatman]

I have double sided tape, it's a good investment.

[Old_Geezer]

It's fancy with excess paper, bows, pleats and double sided tape. Looks nice. But I'm unconvinced that the three demos are showing much that's different from common sense.

For a bottle wrap the paper around the bottle and fold the ends. For a teddy wrap the paper around the teddy and fold the ends in. For a tin sit it on the paper and fold the paper up around it. In the demo the tin was finished off by crunching the paper together leaving it sticking out rather than folding it in.

The excess bits shown make it look a top quality job, but wrapping for functionality isn't that difficult if you can stop the end of the tape sticking to itself, touching the wrong thing or refusing to unstick from your finger.

[mikey4444]

I always find bottles difficult to wrap, and therefore use those shiny bottle bags. But I feel inspired to follow this lady this year !

[emmie]

all looks lovely if you can be bothered.. The kids don;t care how its wrapped, it all comes off with a tearing sound and then they get to play with the contents... or the box it came in.

[murraymints]

Mia will have fun jumping around in discarded wrapping paper

[mikey4444]

Too true Minty I'm afraid. But perhaps for adults prezzies its worth having a go.

I have a friend oop north, in Wakefield, that has a Japanese daughter-in-law and he tells me that she puts everybody else in the family to shame with her exemplary wrapping ( probably something to do with all Origami I expect )

[Eleena]

How beautiful Mikey, if you have the time to indulge. What lady wouldn't love to receive beautifully wrapped presents like those

[mikey4444]

Indeed Eleena !

Now I am off to Lidl to get that case of wine !

[Eleena]

Very nice! :o)

[murraymints]

mind the stampede !

[Eleena]

Bet those aren't going under wraps! ;0)

[Tilly2]

That's it. I am going to use Lidl wrapping foil to wrap all my presents.

65p a roll.

[ferlew]

I did it!!
I wrapped the bottle of Southern Comfort I got my cleaner, it looks a flipping treat :)