Hi guys. Welcome back to my channel. In today's video I'm going to be sharing with you my
best gift wrapping hacks. There are some amazing hacks in this video. I don't want to sound
too big-headed, but some of these are going to blow your mind. They're so fun and guaranteed
to impress your loved ones at this holiday season. I hope you really like them. If you
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is a colab with my good friend Brianna K. Over on her channel you'll find so much cleaning
inspiration. She also does amazing decluttering videos, and she documents her life as a busy
mom of two. She has a little girl and a little boy, and they are so adorable, and she also
has such a beautiful home. She does decor videos, and meal ideas, exercise routine,
so much great content that I think you guys will love. After you watch this video, go
over and check her out. She is doing a video today which is all about holiday homemaking.
She's going to be showing you how she's cooking for the holidays, stocking stuffer ideas.
She's also going to be doing decorating and gift wrapping. Definitely go and check that
one out after this one, and tell her that I sent you.
But without further ado, let's get into my amazing gift wrapping hacks. Okay. This first
hack is one that I have shared before on my channel, but it's so good that I had to share
it again. If you ever find that you don't have quite enough paper to wrap your present
and the edges of your paper won't meet up, all you have to do is turn your present diagonally
and you will have more than enough paper to wrap your present. This also means that you'll
use less gift wrapping paper. I find myself using this hack so often. I even do it when
I'm wrapping up a sandwich sometimes it works so well, and it's by far my favorite wrapping
hack. Next up, I'm going to show you how to make
a really cute gift bag using just wrapping paper. This is such a good hack, especially
when you have something to wrap that is a bit of an awkward shape like a soft toy, or
maybe a pair of slippers, or an item of clothing. All you have to do is cut out a piece of paper
around your object. I like to leave about a hand's width of paper above and below my
objects for this. Fold in the sides, and then secure that with a piece of tape. I'm just
checking that that will definitely fit in the gift bag as I'm doing it.
Then fold up the bottom section. Then you kind of squish it down into a diamond. Then
fold up the bottom of the diamond and the top of the diamond as well, and secure that
with tape. I use a couple of pieces to make sure it's really strong. But you have essentially
made the bottom of a gift bag. Then all you have to do is pop your object in, and then
fold down the top. If you wanted to make it a bit more fancy, you can punch some holes
in the top. You could add a handle, or I like to just thread a piece of ribbon through like
this, and tie it. There you have an impressive little gift bag.
If you like to wrap with ribbon, I have a really cute way to store it. Get yourself
a paper towel holder, and put your ribbon onto that. This looks so cute, and almost
like a little Christmas decoration itself. But it's also really practical because as
you're wrapping, you can just pull off the ribbon that you need and cut it, and it makes
it really simple. Or if you have lots of ribbon and smaller bundles as well, another great
way to store it is to get a basket. This one is just from Poundland. Stick all of your
ribbon into this basket, and then start threading each ribbon through the side holes. Then as
and when you need ribbon, you can just pull it through, cut what you need, and it keeps
it like an organized mess. I really like using this system.
This year consider saving the beautiful Christmas cards that you get, and recycling them next
year as gift tags. These are so easy to make, and they'll save you money as well. The small
cards that the kids bring home from school work really well for this because they're
already the right size. So just cut off the front cover of the little card, punch a hole
into the corner, add your message, and then you can secure it to a present using ribbon
or tape as well. You can also use larger Christmas cards to make multiple tags. This one for
instance, I actually got four tags out of, and they looked really, really cute.
Let's also talk about what tape to use when you're wrapping. Obviously, you can use traditional
Scotch Tape, or I found this little gadget in the supermarket. You can also get them
online, and it is really handy when you're holding down wrapping paper. You can just
pull out a piece from your hand, or if you want it to be really fancy, you can get double-sided
tape like this. This means that when you're wrapping your present, you won't actually
see the tape. It will make the edges look really, really nice and clean. This is a great
option if you're quite proud about how you wrap your presents.
Next up, I'm going to show you how to make a really cute pocket on the front of a present,
which is the perfect place to put a card or something extra, and it's really easy to do.
I'll show you using this book because it does work really well on rectangular presents,
but all you have to do is pull in one of the corners, then pull in a second corner and
secure that with a piece of tape. Then for the third corner, I kind of squish down the
side and pull it all the way across. Sometimes this will go over to the other side,
but don't worry about that because then you will have the perfect little pocket on the
fourth corner. So pull that up, and secure that with a piece of tape. Then you'll see
that on the front of the gift it just looks regular, but on the other side there is this
really cute pocket. Then you can add things to it, like a Christmas card, maybe a sprig
of holly, maybe a little soft toy, or some sweets, or a little Christmas ornament like
this one, which I picked up in Poundland. I think this just looks a little bit extra
and really nice. I also wanted to give you a few ideas on how
you can gift wrap money to make it a little bit more exciting. This is how to fold a note
into a heart. Pull up the two corners to make the point of your heart. Then turn it over
and fold down half of the top bit, and then fold in the two sides as well. Then fold down
the two middle bits to make the center of your heart. I'm so sorry. I'm no good at explaining
this origami, but I pretty much just fold it all down to make it into a heart shape.
Then take some double-sided tape, stick that into a Christmas card or birthday card, and
then stick the note onto that. It's just that little bit more impressive and nice to receive
as a gift. I also love this money box hack. I think this
would be such a good one for a teenager, or someone a bit older that just wants money
for Christmas, but you still want to give them something to open. It's really easy to
do as well. All you have to do is tape together a big long chain of money. For this demonstration
I am taping together 10, 10 pound notes, so a hundred pounds in total. Once you've taped
it all together, then start rolling it up. Then when you are finished rolling it up,
take your gift box, and you'll want to cut a little slit in your gift box that is the
size of a note. You want to be really careful when you're
doing this. I'm using an X-Acto knife, but yeah, just be really careful when you're doing
this. Don't let any kids do this. But once you have cut that out, then put your money
into the box and thread through the first note, and then tape on a little sign like
this that says "pull me." Just stick a bit of tape on there, and there you have it. Then
when they get their present, and they start pulling, it will feel like it's never ending,
and it's just a really impressive visual way to give money.
While we're talking about gift wrapping, I wanted to show you how I store all of my gift
wrap. You don't need a fancy storage unit for it. All you need is a suit cover. These
fit so well into here, you can fill it up with so many different gift wraps, and then
hang it up into your cupboard. This is great, especially if you want to hide certain gift
wrap from little eyes, but also just practically, it's hanging in a wardrobe, and it works so
well. I also wanted to give you some ideas on how
you can embellish a gift to make it look really special, and these are all really easy and
cheap to do. The first idea is to get mini baubles. I've picked up packs of either 9
or 12 just from Poundland or other supermarkets. You can either put one onto a gift with ribbon,
or like I'm doing here, I'm adding a cluster of three. This just looks really nice and
they can reuse it, so it's like another little extra gift. Or you can also get baubles that
are flat like this one I picked up in Poundland. They had so many different names in there,
so it could be a really nice keepsake, or I also got this one from Sainsbury's, which
is just white and gold. I'm just adding it on with a ribbon. Again, it's something they
can keep and use again. Or if you wanted to just cut a piece off of your real Christmas
tree, or go out and get some branches, or you can buy holly, and things like that in
the supermarket, this looks really special. I've done a little bauble and some greenery
as well. Or I also love this gift tag idea, especially if you're giving a gift to a child,
and they can't read yet. Why not print out a little picture, then punch a hole into the
corner, and tag that onto a present? Another idea of how to wrap an awkward shaped
present is to consider using a can like this. This one had popcorn in it, but you could
easily re-gift an action figure, or a Lego set, or you could also gift a print and roll
it up in this. Obviously, make sure you wash it out and let it dry before you wrap it up,
but this looks really affective and it's super simple to wrap. You just pull up the bottom
like that, and then scrunch in the top, and then it has a lid already with it so you can
put your toy or your object inside it. Add the lid, and then add a bow on top of the
lid. It looks really nice and affective. Next up, I wanted to show you how to make
a really fancy matching DIY bow just using gift wrap. This is such an easy one to do,
and if you have a bit of time, it can look really good. Just take your scrap of gift
wrap and fold it twice, once across like that, and then fold it again the other way. Then
take a pair of scissors, and you want to cut strips down until about a centimeter from
the bottom. Carry on doing that to the entire piece of paper so that when you unfold it,
you will have a long strip of little bits of paper like this.
Then take your scissors and very carefully curl them. If a few break off though, don't
worry about that. I pretty much do that every time, but curl it as best you can. Then you'll
have all these curly little bits of gift wrap. Then just start folding it up against each
other, and it will all come together to make this really cute little bow. Then you can
attach it to your present just with some tape. As I said, I really like this because it makes
the present and the bow match, and it looks really fancy, and you don't have to spend
loads of money on bows. If you want to get really crafty and creative,
you can also make a really cute bow just from using a page out of a magazine. Choose a nicely
colored page, and then cut it into nine strips. I have three long strips, three medium, two
small, and one very small. Then taking each strip, you'll want to make it into a figure
of eight. You pull over the side and flip it, if that makes sense. This might look a
little bit complicated, but once you've done it a couple of times, it becomes so quick
and easy. You want to make eight of your strips into the figures of eight, and just leave
the tiny one. Secure each one with some double-sided tape, and then carry on making the rest of
the strips into these little figures of eight until you have all of them there bar the tiniest
piece. Yeah, they look like little shoes, don't they?
But basically once you've done all of that, then you'll want to take off the other side
of your double-sided tape, and then start placing them on top of each other, and just
seeing how the bow comes together. Sometimes I don't actually need all of the pieces, but
I put them together. I do the three large ones, then the three small ones on top, and
then I use the tiny one to make a little circle, like a little loop in the middle, and just
finish off the bow. This looks really cool and affective. If you're like me, and you
find doing little crafts therapeutic and enjoyable, then you would definitely like this one. I
know it's not for everyone, but it actually looks really, really cool. Right?
There you have it. Those are all my gift wrapping hacks. I hope you enjoyed this video. Let
me know in the comments which one was your favorite, and don't forget to go over and
check out Bits of Bri. I'll see you very soon. Bye guys.