Wrap Your Presents With Just One Piece of Tape
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Am I the first one to admit I have been wrapping presents wrong my entire life? I found this video explaining a Japanese wrapping trick that's absolutely brilliant! And with a little improvement on their trick, I figured out how to wrap my presents in about 30 seconds using one piece of tape, and I also created a pocket to put the card into. It sounds more complicated than it is, though I'll admit I had to do it a few times before I could do it super fast. But now that I know how to do it, I will be wrapping presents like this for the rest of my life.
Step 1: Gather Your Materials
Step 1: Gather Your Materials
Choose your favorite wrapping paper. I got out my Christmas collection, because I want to wrap these presents before my kids see them. Cut a piece a couple of inches wider than your present on all sides. (Or just cut wrapping paper like you normally would.)
Like my elf hat? I always wear that hat when I wrap Christmas presents. This trick sure saved me a lot of time when wrapping a pile of presents.
The first thing I did was turn the present at an angle, so the present forms the hypotenuse on a 90 degree triangle. That’s one of the things that’s so different about this trick.
Fold the right side up and onto the front on your present, so that the paper touches the top left corner and the bottom right corner. If the paper doesn’t cover the right side of your present, just shift the present a little till it does.
This fold is a little tricky. You need to put your index finger on the inside of the wrapping paper. Then use your second finger to fold the excess paper towards the left while folding upright. The fold should happen exactly at the bottom right corner. If the excess paper gets a little bunched that's okay, because it gets covered by the part you're pulling up.
When you do this step correctly you get a straight fold going up the right side of your package.
This fold is an easier version of the second fold. I found it was easiest to rotate the present 90 degrees counter clockwise for this fold. Your hand is in the same position and you are pulling up while tucking the excess to the left. It's easier because there is less excess paper. You should also end up with a straight fold up the right side.
The last fold is a double tuck, using both hands and ending with a straight fold along both sides of the top. You're basically stuffing all the unneeded paper from both directions under the top fold.
That's right, this hack uses only one piece of tape!
I added the piece of tape to the corner where the two flaps met. This creates a pocket that's perfect for sticking in holiday cards. I like to tuck the edges of that pocket in to make it look neater, but you don't have to.
Happy Holidays Everyone! !!!
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Will try it and see how I do
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Let us know!
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I'll give this a try! Your tutorial was very nicely written, but the video help me visualize it even more. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks you!
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