Gift Wrapping With Magazine Paper

Video Transcript

"Ok, now what if you've got a present that's already in a box and you don't really need to stick it in a tote. We can wrap that with magazine pages too. For this I want to choose something that's got a really great graphic, I love this for a birthday present. And let's wrap a birthday present what would be an, well it's not a very generous gift but it will serve us for right now. We're going to wrap up some Jell-O, won't they be surprised when they open that. We are going to trim off the rough edge again just like we did before. Again do this with scissors and a ruler if you want to. Don't have to have a fancy trimmer. And then we're going to wrap this just as you would any other gift but since it's not an allover pattern like regular wrapping paper. We want to take a quick look at where we want our primary part of the illustration to show up on our box. So I've lined it up the way I want and I'm just marking it by putting a little crease, flipping it over and then wrapping it just as if you were wrapping anything else with store bought paper. If you need to cheat and put a little bit of tape right there, you know what that's ok. This paper is a little bit thinner than regular paper, it's not going to hurt anything especially if you're giving a box of Jell-O. Oh my gosh, I love this. So don't throw your magazines in the recycling bin before you gone through and pulled out the ones that have the best illustrations. Big graphics with not very much copy are your best bet. I'm going to fold in those sides just as we did on the tote like that. I like to do this step on both sides so that the box doesn't sneak away from you and slide down the paper, sometimes it does. Now I've got the open side up and these flaps are going to go down first. It's a little bit neater if you have that go up first and then just a little bit of tape. I'm not getting crazy about hiding the tape, you might be one of those people that likes to roll your little tape up into a little, little ball and stick in under there. But you know I'm not that meticulous. It's going to just get ripped opened anyway. Oh, how cute is that. Right side up, isn't that darling. Next, we are going to put some ribbon on this and a fun little ornament that is going to surprise you. "