Your wrapping skills

[WillsBabe]

I love wrapping gifts. I take lots of care over it, co-ordinating wrapping paper and gift cards etc. At Christmas I like to make sure that all my gifts match and look stylish under the tree. Last year I had a gloss and matt black colour scheme. This year I've gone for a red and silver theme. It's suitable for the kids and the adults, so I'm doubly happy.

What about you? How are your wrapping skills? Do you enjoy the gift-wrapping experience, or is it just another chore that needs to be done?

 

[iguana_tonante]

I'm terrible at that. After years of embarrassingly badly wrapped gift, I found a way to minimize my inability by making a sort of bag with a strong sheet of wrapping paper and clips, putting the gift inside and closing it with a bow. It's still better than what i did before.

 

[Rÿcher]

you forgot the, "pay the $5+ charity donation and get your gift wrapped all nice and pretty and claim you did it yourself" option.

What?

I help orphans or the hungry so I get to tell a white lie. It all balances itself out in the end. I mean, gimme a cassette tape back in the day and I'm Pablo freakin Picasso with wrapping paper and ribbon but you ever try to wrap a boxed soccer ball? Ain't happening.

 

[Misfit Toy]

I'm a dreadful wrapper. My corners bulge, or the paper tears, or it's too loose...

I think I do better with thicker paper.

 

[jamestyler]

For some reason I've got an inability to wrap anything that doesn't have straight edges. I got my daughter a playset with a display hole in the box which caused a few nightmares - but despite it turning out terribly I figured at least her mother would know I did it myself.

My ex's mother hate me (85% of the reason we broke up) so I wrapped one gift badly on purpose just because I knew it would drive her nuts as she's a neat freak. Though it's not as fun as when I used to mix up he colour coordinated pegs.

 

[John Clark]

The edges are normally neat enough, but I can't guarantee that the present will be easy to unwrap

 

[Spot's Meow]

I enjoy wrapping gifts. I'm a minimalist...no ribbon or bows, just perfectly smooth surfaces and straight edges.

Though I am known for using quite a bit of tape on my gifts. I have a compulsion to place it on every line and angle. Sometimes I have to help people open my gifts because they can't figure out how to do it themselves.

 

[Hermiod]

I just buy gift bags.

 

[Crusher Disciple]

I'm the reason they invented gift bags.

 

[Hermiod]

I'm the reason they invented gift bags.

Must have been a bloody big bag.

 

[Hugo Rune]

I'm pretty good at the wrapping lark, but I only have one working hand this year.

So, tomorrow's session with the cellotape should be amusing.


Hugo - expecting to wrap like a 4 year old

 

[Searider Falcon]

I don't so much like wrapping presents as much as I like getting creative with the ribbons and bows after the paper's on (luckily, I can usually get my mother in on the act and get her to do the actual wrapping). I'm one of those annoying people who'll make it so that it takes you five minutes to get through the ribbon because I've got it tied elaborately around the gift in whatever funky, pretty way I can think of.

My brother's getting a Wii for Christmas. He knows since he was with us when we finally found one and has won't shut up about how much he can't wait until he can play with it. He's gonna wanna throttle me when he gets to that present.

 

[Crusher Disciple]

I'm the reason they invented gift bags.

Must have been a bloody big bag.

Warning for calling me big.

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[Hermiod]

Warning for calling me big.

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Comments to your local MP.

 

[Spot's Meow]

My brother's getting a Wii for Christmas. He knows since he was with us when we finally found one and has won't shut up about how much he can't wait until he can play with it. He's gonna wanna throttle me when he gets to that present.

I would do the wrapping it inside a box inside a box inside a box thing. With copious amounts of tape and ribbon. Make it take forever to get to it. Since the box will be so much bigger than the actual Wii, tell him you decided to take the Wii back and got him a vacuum cleaner instead.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I am a terrible wrapper so I tend to put things into boxes if I can.

In the past a neighbour used to wrap my presents/ So did a womderful job but unfortunately she died and I had to go back to wrapping presents again.

My son however is a far worse wrapper than me. He had to get one of his workmates to wrap the present he bought me (which I know is a DVD box set which even I could easily wrap).

 

[Crusher Disciple]

Comments to your local MP.

I called the Mounties. They're the only ones who can get to it in this weather.

They said "Thank you kindly."

 

[Searider Falcon]

My brother's getting a Wii for Christmas. He knows since he was with us when we finally found one and has won't shut up about how much he can't wait until he can play with it. He's gonna wanna throttle me when he gets to that present.

I would do the wrapping it inside a box inside a box inside a box thing. With copious amounts of tape and ribbon. Make it take forever to get to it. Since the box will be so much bigger than the actual Wii, tell him you decided to take the Wii back and got him a vacuum cleaner instead.

Oooo, that's brilliant! I just ran that idea past my mother and she loves it, too! We're gonna put a couple bricks in the boxes, too, to give it more weight. Hee! I can't wait until Christmas morning!

 

[Finn]

This is a trek board. You should know better than not putting a option for singles who don't have a SO to wrap for them. I'm terrible at it.

 

[Laren]

I'd say I'm doing halfway okay-ish. I might not produce perfectly wrapped gifts, but no one has complained yet. My biggest problem is transporting the already wrapped up gifts without making them go all squishy and wrinkled.