ALT-2 Gift Wrapping Ideas for a Hard to Wrap Gift
Finding the right present/gift for someone is hard enough as it is without having to worry as well about whether it is the right shape to be able to wrap easily or not. So you should always think about tackling that problem later because the most important thing is to find the right present in the first place.
So okay, you have now found the right present and it is neither square nor rectangular nor round but instead seems to have more corners and holes and edges than you could have imagined and in this instance we are talking about a bicycle! Well you could go out and buy about 10 sheets of wrapping paper and try to Scotch tape all the pieces together in an effort to wind them around the bicycle but it really is going to look a bit of a botch job and you can be sure that sooner or later the handle bars are going to start poking through the wrapping paper!
Another idea could be to just hide the bicycle away in a cupboard, instead of putting it underneath the Christmas tree, and to only bring it out at the last minute with a gift tag attached to one of the handle bars showing the name of the recipient!
But let's face it, none of these ideas are very original when that's what we're trying to come up with, a different and original way of wrapping up a difficult shaped gift, so here below I give you some different ideas and ways of getting around this particular problem:-
1. Go to your nearest garden centre where they usually sell very large plastic carrier bags which have handles and are for the purpose of depositing garden debris such as lawn cuttings, pruned branches and fallen leaves. They don't cost very much more than € 5 and they are quite ample enough to conceal a bicycle inside or any other large and irregular object. They keep their shape as they have seams and they are very robust. Spray paint one of these bags all over in silver, pop your present or bicycle inside and then tie the two handles together with a large red bow together with the gift tag. It will look great and it wont look that obvious as to what the present is!
2. If you have a very irregular object which is not that large then you are in luck and can sort out the problem by simply buying a large cardboard box with a lid. Pop the present inside and if it is delicate surround it with lots of crinkled up newspaper so that the present doesn't move within the box. You can now wrap it up in the same easy way as you would any square gift with your usual Christmas wrapping paper and gift tag!
3. Another solution for an irregular sided gift is to buy plastic sheeting which includes air bubbles. This is often used when having to pack and send delicate objects through the post. Buy a few metres of this sheeting, which is not expensive, and wind it round your gift several times. You will find that after about three circuits round the object that the object is no longer so irregular and has taken on a much smoother and rounder form. It will now be much easier to wrap up with normal Christmas paper.
4. And the one final suggestion for a hard to wrap gift that is going to be received by an adult would be - don't even bother wrapping it! Us adults have long ago acknowledged the fact that Father Christmas doesn't exist and that this whole Christmas thing is mainly for children and secondly a commercial thing in order for shops to make some money, so just tie a pretty bow onto the present with a gift tag and know that the recipient is going to like it whether it is wrapped up or not!
