Christmas: With this ingenious trick, your gifts will be a hit

Wrapping the presents for Christmas is difficult for many people.

But there are a few tips that can turn a gift into a holiday hit.

• Wrapping the

  presents

  for

  Christmas

  is often not that easy.

• With the help of various

  tricks

  , the gifts look beautiful in no time at all.

• Consumers need to follow these tips in order to be able to wrap gifts like the professionals.

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Christmas

is just around the corner.

For many families,

giving presents

under the Christmas tree is one of the cherished traditions on

Christmas Eve

or the following holidays.

But before that happens, the bought or

homemade

gifts have to be

wrapped.

This always causes great problems for some people.

Because packing the new smartphone or the box of chocolates is often not as easy as you first think.

Sometimes the present looks a

bit crumpled

under the

Christmas tree

and you have to listen to sayings like "Let's practice packing again".

So that the presents become a

real holiday hit

there are a few tips to keep in mind.

Place gifts for Christmas diagonally on the wrapping paper

Many people are familiar with the problem: You rummage out the chic wrapping paper with Christmas motifs from the closet and want to

start

packing

.

The first handle goes to the scissors to cut off a piece of the paper.

This is followed by the first disillusionment: the cut piece is too short so that the present cannot be completely covered.

In such a case,

do not

lay the

present

for

Christmas

lengthways on the paper, but

diagonally

.

This trick allows you to save a lot of paper on square and rectangular gifts.

Not only is this good for the

environment

, it also saves time and money.

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Wrap like the pros: this ingenious trick will make your gift the highlight

If the present is now lying diagonally on the paper, the first of the four

triangles

created should be

folded up so that it can then

be fixed

with an

adhesive strip

.

Then fold the protruding paper from the outside inwards and pull the next triangle upwards.

You just have to repeat this step on the third and fourth sides and apply another adhesive strip.

And the

gift is

already wrapped in a

paper-

saving and wrinkle-free packaging and

there are no complaints from relatives

at

Christmas

.

Now comes the attachment of the

ribbon

.

Of course, it is possible to simply form a bow and then tie it around the present.

But there is a far more elegant solution.

Two different colored ribbons are required for this.

First, you should cut

three strips

per ribbon with scissors.

Then place the strips of one color next to each other lengthways on the

gift

, leaving a little space between them.

Then glue each of these strips together on the underside of the wrapped gift.

Christmas: decorate gifts with a checkerboard pattern

Then it is the turn of the three strips of the second ribbon.

Weave these crossways on the upper side into the already attached strips and glue them together at the bottom.

This creates a chic

checkerboard pattern

that is a real eye-catcher at

Christmas

.

For this tip, it is advisable

to use

plain wrapping paper

beforehand

so that the pattern comes into its own.

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With an ingenious trick you can pack your Christmas gifts like the professionals: This is how the gifts become a hit.

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The great

packaging

can be

spiced up

with a few

accessories

in the next step

.

For example, it is possible to use a decorative

pendant

mount made of cardboard.

You can then

write

Christmas greetings

or a very personal message

on the back of the trailer

.

Another tip: Simply

stick

a photo of a shared experience in Polaroid style on the

gift

.

This ensures bright eyes and wonderful memories under the

Christmas tree

.

Wrap gifts for Christmas in a jam jar

Some

Christmas gifts are

not so easy to wrap because of their shape.

Then creativity is required.

How about, for example, a pretty box in which the present is placed?

A

gift sack

can also be a chic and environmentally friendly solution.

Simply put the gift in a piece of fabric and tie it up at the top.

A brightly decorated

jam jar

with a present inside can also amaze relatives at

Christmas

.

• With these materials, the Christmas present becomes a real eye-catcher:

• scissors

• Adhesive tape

• adhesive

• Solid color wrapping paper

• Two different colored gift ribbons

• Gift tags or polaroid photo

For many people,

gifts of money

at

Christmas

seem

boring and impersonal.

But notes and coins can also be packaged so nicely that they suddenly look like a work of art.

Send a few euros to a relative in the form of a

message

in a

bottle

.

This is particularly useful in times of the

Corona crisis *

, as in this exceptional

situation

the celebrations usually do not take place in large groups and many

gifts are

sent to loved ones by post.

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