How to Quickly and Easily Wrap Boxed Gifts

Follow these hints to wrap your gifts quickly and neatly. But yes, it still takes some time. Sorry.

1. Try to have a large work area. This can be a table, counter or even the floor.

2. Place all your gifts inside the boxes and use sticker notes to ID - or use paper and tape.

3. Line up [or count] how many boxes you have of each size. [Example you have 6 shirt-sized boxes.]

4. Too much paper will not wrap neatly, but not enough and you must patch or start over. So, measure and use just enough paper to go around gift box, fold back for straight edge and then overlap.

5. Cut paper so that box ends will just be covered plus an extra 1/2" to fold for a neat edge. [After you know first wrap fits box, cut enough to wrap all boxes and stack.]

6. Wrap paper around box. You may want to tape 1st edge to anchor. Then bring paper around and fold edge under. Tape. [Keep paper tight as you wrap for great finished look.]

7. Push sides of paper edges toward box. Pull up bottom of paper and then fold top tightly down [fold edge under] and tape.

8. Take fingers and go around edge of box top to give paper a fitted look.

8. Attach bow and tag.

9. Or, you may want to have large rolls of ribbon. Again, measure amount needed for number of boxes. Tie in a bow.

I've found this process works much faster than doing each gift at a time.

[Used ribbon can be rolled and saved for several years and will look like new]