Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- Ball
- Wrapping Paper
- Scissors
- Tape
- Ribbon
- Basket (optional)
- Gift Box Filler (optional)
- Box
- Wrapping Paper
- Scissors
- Tape
- Ribbon
- Wrapping paper or netting
- Ribbon
- Tape
How to Wrap a Ball in a Basket
Step1
Place the ball in a basket. Be sure the bucket of the basket covers half of the ball.
Step2
Fill the sides of the basket with a filling of some sort. Since the recipient will see the filling as part of the gift presentation, be sure to choose an aesthetically appealing filler.
Step3
Wrap a netting wrap around the basket. There are also plastic basket wraps that could be used to cover the basket.
Step4
Tie a ribbon around top by gathering a portion of the netting or plastic-wrap and then tying the ribbon around the portion.
How to Wrap a Ball in a Box
Step1
Place the ball in an appropriately-sized box
Step2
Fill the sides of the box with a filler of some sort (newspaper, tissue, bubble wrap) to keep the ball from bouncing around.
Step3
Wrap the box with gift-wrapping paper. This, of course, includes taping down the sides and attaching a bow to the outside of the box.
How to Wrap a Ball Directly
Step1
Wrap the ball in netting or wrapping paper.
Step2
Tie the netting together using a ribbon or simply tape the wrapping paper to the ball.