Gift Wrapping Ribbon Ideas

Video Transcript

"Now I think this looks cute just like this. But we're going to a birthday party and we're presenting this box of Jello as our gift. So we need to make it look really special on the outside to compensate for what's inside. So let's take some curling ribbon. And can I tell you? This might not be something that you have just lying around your house but it should be. Next time you're at the party store, and I think it's worth a special trip, just pick up a few rolls of curling ribbon in fun colors. Doesn't take up much room in your closet. And a whole rainbow of curling ribbon can really serve you well. And it can stretch those little things that you have in the house and turn them extra special. We're wrapping all the way around the box crisscrossing around the back and to the front. And I need to have enough left to give it a curl. I've obviously chosen colors that I think compliment this magazine page. Here's the tricky part. You want to take this loose part and we're going to, it's a little tricky when you've got several strands, we're going to tuck it diagonally so that it's coming out the other side there. And now we can get it super tight. But whatever technique you're accustomed to using will work just fine. Going to give it a nice knot here. And align it so that its dividing the box into little quadrants. Now let's give it a curl. Now I'm going to curl this with a pair of closed scissors. Because nobody wants to have a little bit of blood on your wrapping paper or a severed finger on your table. I see people open up the scissors and do it this way all the time but you can really hurt yourself. So let's keep them closed for safety purposes. And once we've got these all curled and we could stop here because it's not that this doesn't look adorable, but we can take this one step further. We've got a candy themed picture on our box. So lets use some candy as a package tie on. I've got some pixie sticks because the colors just really work."