How to Gift Wrap Using a Shoebox
Gift boxes are available in most department stores and card shops, but you may be able to find a suitable box in your own closet at home. Shoe boxes are useful for packaging a medium-sized gift or a collection of smaller items that you want to group together for the same recipient. The boxes can be wrapped and decorated to create a beautiful gift and nobody would be the wiser that you used an old shoe box. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Unroll about 2 or 3 feet of wrapping paper from a roll.
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Set your box open-side up, in the center of the rolled out wrapping paper.
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Cut off a section of wrapping paper that is large enough to wrap completely around the box. Set the section of paper and the box aside.
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Unroll another foot of wrapping paper and set the lid open-side up in the center.
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Cut a section of paper large enough to wrap completely around the lid.
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Place the lid in the center of the section of paper you cut for it. Pull the paper upward and over the lip of the lid, pressing it into the corner and tape it to the inside of the lid with clear tape.
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Place the box in the center of the section of paper you cut for it and pull the sides of the paper up and over each side. Tape the paper in place on the inside walls of the box. Pull up and tape the long sides first, then pull up the shorter ends, pinching in the extra paper on the sides with your fingers as you fold them over the walls of the box.
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Fill your box with the gifts you have and place the lid on top.
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Place an adhesive holiday bow on the box and add a gift tag. Write the recipient's name on the tag.
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