When it comes to shopping for Christmas gifts and the Three Kings, there is nothing more convenient than asking to have the items wrapped in the store, website or shopping center where we bought them. And although sometimes they have a small extra cost, on websites like Amazon they send them wrapped and with the message that you want to add on a card.
But sometimes we have to do it ourselves, either because we feel like it or because the homework has fallen on us and the family has left us packages, rolls of gift paper like those from Mercadona or the € 1 Chinese and adhesive tape. Do you need help? Well, here are a few websites to visit and have open while you learn the technique.
The basic technique
We know that Google is full of websites that show you fabulous Origami-type creations with all kinds of materials. But before you become Edgar Degas of the wrap, first of all is to learn the fundamentals, the basic technique. In WikiHow we have a first lesson divided into images and videos that teach you the two techniques that are usually used:
The first is easier to learn, the second requires a bit more practice but its result is very curious. So one week before Christmas and two and a half after Reyes, you have time to practice at home, since the worst that can happen to a wrap is that we do it in a hurry because it is January 5 at dawn and they close our eyes.
In 15 seconds
The Takashimaya store in Japan is known for its employees are able to wrap a gift in no more than 15 seconds. In this video you can see the technique and the incredible speed of the employee, although if you look closely, in itself it is simple and requires just two folds and two strips of adhesive tape. In this other video they teach you slower and step by step how to do it so you can do the following:
- Open this video in a tab
- Enter the Video settings -the gear icon on the bottom bar that also shows the duration
- Choose one Playback speed below ‘Normal’
- The video will play at slow or super slow motion, and it will allow you to see the process step by step
Basic decoration: Bow
The trick with drawing wrapping papers is that this way nIt saves you from having to put more decorations on it. But if you have already mastered the basic wrapping technique, on this website its author shows us how with three colored adhesive tapes a box can be decorated in an original way with kraft wrapping paper, which makes anything we put on top stand out. But the most interesting thing is that it teaches us step by step how to make the fabric bow that usually looks so good and seems so complicated to get.
The best thing is that it teaches us not only to wrap the typical square box, but also clothes or objects with another shape like a cylinder shaped box. And in this other post, when we have mastered the loop, see how easily it can be get a spectacular decoration with pink duct tape, a cardboard cutout hexagon and some string.
Cellophane paper for more complicated objects
What if instead of a box we must wrap something more complicated like a stuffed animal? What if instead of giving a doll or figure inside its box, we take it out to give it a much more colorful and original presentation? Like those candy stores that make gummy cakes and birthday decorations, the key is use cellophane and ribbons to tie knots and bows, ideal both for showiness and for gift wrapping an object that does not have a regular or defined shape. On this website we list the necessary materials and they also carry out the process on video so that we can see the final result.
Originality in its purest form
Kraft paper and colored and patterned rolls are fine, but the key to wowing someone with your wrapping lies in originality. This website shows us how with Kraft paper as a background we can cut out eyes, mouths and noses from magazines and magazines to create all kinds of faces on the packaging itself. OR use old blueprints or atlas pages that we have at home -the Michelin guide from a decade ago that we never throw away, for example-, make a paper bag, print letters from Word, decorate with doilies for dessert plates, use crosswords … Imagination to power to decorate after having made the basic packaging.
When it comes to shopping for Christmas gifts and the Three Kings, there is nothing more convenient than asking to have the items wrapped in the store, website or shopping center where we bought them. And although sometimes they have a small extra cost, on websites like Amazon they send them wrapped and with the message that you want to add on a card.
But sometimes we have to do it ourselves, either because we feel like it or because the homework has fallen on us and the family has left us packages, rolls of gift paper like those from Mercadona or the € 1 Chinese and adhesive tape. Do you need help? Well, here are a few websites to visit and have open while you learn the technique.
The basic technique
We know that Google is full of websites that show you fabulous Origami-type creations with all kinds of materials. But before you become Edgar Degas of the wrap, first of all is to learn the fundamentals, the basic technique. In WikiHow we have a first lesson divided into images and videos that teach you the two techniques that are usually used:
The first is easier to learn, the second requires a bit more practice but its result is very curious. So one week before Christmas and two and a half after Reyes, you have time to practice at home, since the worst that can happen to a wrap is that we do it in a hurry because it is January 5 at dawn and they close our eyes.
In 15 seconds
The Takashimaya store in Japan is known for its employees are able to wrap a gift in no more than 15 seconds. In this video you can see the technique and the incredible speed of the employee, although if you look closely, in itself it is simple and requires just two folds and two strips of adhesive tape. In this other video they teach you slower and step by step how to do it so you can do the following:
- Open this video in a tab
- Enter the Video settings -the gear icon on the bottom bar that also shows the duration
- Choose one Playback speed below ‘Normal’
- The video will play at slow or super slow motion, and it will allow you to see the process step by step
Basic decoration: Bow
The trick with drawing wrapping papers is that this way nIt saves you from having to put more decorations on it. But if you have already mastered the basic wrapping technique, on this website its author shows us how with three colored adhesive tapes a box can be decorated in an original way with kraft wrapping paper, which makes anything we put on top stand out. But the most interesting thing is that it teaches us step by step how to make the fabric bow that usually looks so good and seems so complicated to get.
The best thing is that it teaches us not only to wrap the typical square box, but also clothes or objects with another shape like a cylinder shaped box. And in this other post, when we have mastered the loop, see how easily it can be get a spectacular decoration with pink duct tape, a cardboard cutout hexagon and some string.
Cellophane paper for more complicated objects
What if instead of a box we must wrap something more complicated like a stuffed animal? What if instead of giving a doll or figure inside its box, we take it out to give it a much more colorful and original presentation? Like those candy stores that make gummy cakes and birthday decorations, the key is use cellophane and ribbons to tie knots and bows, ideal both for showiness and for gift wrapping an object that does not have a regular or defined shape. On this website we list the necessary materials and they also carry out the process on video so that we can see the final result.
Originality in its purest form
Kraft paper and colored and patterned rolls are fine, but the key to wowing someone with your wrapping lies in originality. This website shows us how with Kraft paper as a background we can cut out eyes, mouths and noses from magazines and magazines to create all kinds of faces on the packaging itself. OR use old blueprints or atlas pages that we have at home -the Michelin guide from a decade ago that we never throw away, for example-, make a paper bag, print letters from Word, decorate with doilies for dessert plates, use crosswords … Imagination to power to decorate after having made the basic packaging.
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