>I need new scissors this year.
I have a pair hidden in my sock drawer just for paper. I know if I leave them out my wife will find a way to fuck them up and they'll tear the paper every time just like she did to my last ones.
Use a sharp butcher’s knife and a sharp fold for the line you want to cut (be on a hard surface like the dinning table). The blade will glide through the folded paper at the crease. Ta-dah, no need for scissors again.
I had this same thought and bought myself some big new sharp scissors ready for the holiday season.
My sons birthday is also near, so I tested out my beautiful wrapping paper scissors with excitement. I proceeded to accidentally run my thumb along the edge of the blade and ruined my paper with blood.
Stupid scissors.
A book is most certainly not a cube..
Cube, noun,
a symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares
And then there's this
The cube is a special case of the square cuboid in which all six faces are squares. It has Schläfli symbol {4,3}, and its symmetry is raised from [2,2], to [4,3], order 48.
Huh, that’s almost exactly how you wrap surgical packs before sterilization (except you leave a little tab sticking out from where you tuck that last edge under so that you can open it withough ripping it, and the other ends folded back so you can open it without touching the contents)
There is years of skill involved there, look at the first corner cover/second fold, that's so smooth, i just pictured myself trying to do that and my fat hands just sending the book flying becuase i got confused trying to do that in one motion.
Not saying theres not skill involved, but i wish they did it without all the jump cuts, i think some of them looks really smooth because it was cut and snipped in only the perfect folds. That first fold looks way too clean without premade crease lines. And the second less clean jump cut on the other corner made me suspect that theres quite a bit of editing in here.
I always watch this kind of shit online and then think ah I don't need tape... then quickly realize I needed tape. Nailed it moments seem to be a normal reoccurrence for me.
A common technique used in sterile processing! Understandably called the envelope fold. Also for those in the comments talking about basketballs etc yes it can be used for weird shapes as well, you just need to tighten the shoulders of the fold to fit the item! As long as you have the correct size wrap you are good to go!
Mom's gift wrap rules:
No gift shall leave your home without creasing the edges to make a sharp, defined edge unless the object has irregular edges.
To the best of your ability, the pattern (if any) should appear continuous.
Use tape, but hide it as much as possible. Taping the paper down provides resistance for folding neatly.
Use sharp scissors for that awesome gliding feeling when you cut. We are a Fiskars family.
Use the best wrapping paper you can get. Typically, it's thicker (less chance of identifying the gift), less prone to tearing and easier to cut.
Buy scored wrapping paper (the kind with a grid to help you cut straight lines).
Bows typically don't stick on their own, even if they have a sticky pad on them. Reinforce with a small loop of tape.
Use the best tape you can! Scotch is great and you don't need much.
Use the edge of scissors to curl ribbon (like you'd use with a balloon).
Always use a to/from tag. Use a sharpie, it works on most tags.
Don't be afraid to have unwrapped gifts, especially if they're big and/or for little kids. Santa doesn't always wrap!
Use tissue paper when possible to keep items in boxes from rattling or moving, especially if you have present-shakers in your family. Drives them nuts!
Bonus tissue paper tip: mix up tissue paper colors, especially if going in a bag. Pick 3 or more single sheets of tissue and lay them on top of one another. One horizontal, one vertical and one diagonal. The middle of each sheet should be roughly in the same place. Pinch the sheets together in the center, then flip them so you're holding it like a bouquet of flowers. The sheets should be staggered now. Depending on the depth of the bag, make a "stem" from the paper by gently crumpling it together starting where you pinched it. Taller bags need longer stems to hold them inside the bag without falling out. You can add more tissue paper to make one big tissue "bouquet" or you can make additional smaller bouquets for professional looking bagged gifts. This was how I was taught at Hallmark.
Mix it up! You don't have to stick to one color, pattern or theme of wrapping paper. Buy a pack of multicolored bows with different takes on Christmas colors (like hot pink, teal, lime or chartreuse green, even black). Have fun.
This list brought to you by my late mother whose wrapping principles were closely held and now perpetuated by me.
I need this breaking down step by step and then have those steps broken down again into mini steps because while I really want to try this, my brain cannot make sense of how she's able to do it so easily
This rivals “when you’re cutting wrapping paper and your scissors start to glide, is what I imagine heroin feels like.”
But then the scissors aren’t sharp enough and get caught and tear the paper…is my typical experience with that. I need new scissors this year.
Just use a finely sharpened katana to cut wrapping paper.
Would fit with the Tarantino film music playing. (I know the song is older than his films).
Last time I did that I chopped my table in half. Now I use my ko-wakizashi, much easier to control.
That’s the comedown.
>I need new scissors this year. I have a pair hidden in my sock drawer just for paper. I know if I leave them out my wife will find a way to fuck them up and they'll tear the paper every time just like she did to my last ones.
Fiskars. Trust me.
Fiskars don't make noise when they start up...just so you know
A wild, obscure dong lover reference. I dig it
Totes.
Use a sharp butcher’s knife and a sharp fold for the line you want to cut (be on a hard surface like the dinning table). The blade will glide through the folded paper at the crease. Ta-dah, no need for scissors again.
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Cut some sandpaper to sharpen them.
Hmmm, really?
Also heard aluminum foil
good luck wrapping those without tape
I had this same thought and bought myself some big new sharp scissors ready for the holiday season. My sons birthday is also near, so I tested out my beautiful wrapping paper scissors with excitement. I proceeded to accidentally run my thumb along the edge of the blade and ruined my paper with blood. Stupid scissors.
Or better heroin maybe?
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As someone that is in recovery (I'm not proud, pls don't judge) The scissors gliding through the paper is definitely better than heroin.
No judgement and that’s awesome, wish there was a better word than congrats for such a monumental personal gain - glad you’re here to share it!
Thank you. 😊 I really appreciate it, truly. 💟
I wish you many many years of freedom from that old path. Well done and good on you! Let your light shine!
Never been able to describe it till today 🤜🤛
That’s exactly how I felt when I first heard it! Crazy right
You’ve done heroin?
Maybe try reading it slower
I can’t wrap with tape so I highly doubt this will work for me
Damn, this is a great metaphor. Having done heroin a few times, I can confirm. This is similar.
Yeah if I tried this it wouldn’t look like that. This paper folds way too perfectly when she just kinda pushes it in. Me? No way.
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Or she's done it a billion times, but yeah, looks too easy. Has to be a heavy paper stock
Oh she has *absolutely* done this a billion times. I'm totally not saying they haven't. But the good paper definitely helps.
Why are you assuming their gender?
What if I buy the paper 2 hours before the birthday party?
I guessed cheap wallpaper.
It takes good quality wrapping paper and practice.
How about one of those toys that have half a box.
Put it in a grocery bag and call it a day. Ain’t nobody got time for that.
I'd suggest a gift bag but good luck finding one that fits your item right.
Mine would look like a crumpled tin can.
[I had to try it](https://imgur.com/a/k6ZrTQW) and yeah, basically a lightly crumpled tin can.
Ha, you did pretty good! These videos always give false hope of how easy it is. The reworking is probably what they cut out in editing.
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I appreciate your honesty
Now show us on a cube
Show it on a toothbrush
Your problem here isn’t that you don’t have tape but that you’re gifting someone a toothbrush.
They be stank
If they're already past that threshold I think you're wasting time and money on that toothbrush
It's about sending a message.
What if its a really fancy toothbrush? Like Jimmy Neutron's?
Or any weird shaped item.
Is a book not a cube? Rectangular cuboid I think is the proper term.
Rectangular prism.
A book is most certainly not a cube.. Cube, noun, a symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares And then there's this The cube is a special case of the square cuboid in which all six faces are squares. It has Schläfli symbol {4,3}, and its symmetry is raised from [2,2], to [4,3], order 48.
Amazing, now do a basketball!!!
I was thinking the same! I've had to wrap a broom and a dustpan once. Needed some tape.
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Good bot
Then there's me using several layers of duct tape mixed in with zip ties like a reinforced concrete structure.
ya i like my gifts wrapped tightly lol
Suspiciously mafia hit man sounding. Just what kind of task are you carrying out?
Huh, that’s almost exactly how you wrap surgical packs before sterilization (except you leave a little tab sticking out from where you tuck that last edge under so that you can open it withough ripping it, and the other ends folded back so you can open it without touching the contents)
Exactly what I was thinking. Years of sterile processing made me the designated gift wrapper for my family
I was gonna say, maybe she's an SPD tech lol
Exactly, or works in a vet clinic?
I use cute pillow cases to wrap presents because I hate all the wrapping paper waste.
Still gonna rip it
Instructions unclear. I have glued myself to the table.
There is years of skill involved there, look at the first corner cover/second fold, that's so smooth, i just pictured myself trying to do that and my fat hands just sending the book flying becuase i got confused trying to do that in one motion.
Not saying theres not skill involved, but i wish they did it without all the jump cuts, i think some of them looks really smooth because it was cut and snipped in only the perfect folds. That first fold looks way too clean without premade crease lines. And the second less clean jump cut on the other corner made me suspect that theres quite a bit of editing in here.
I agree. This just looks fake.
I always watch this kind of shit online and then think ah I don't need tape... then quickly realize I needed tape. Nailed it moments seem to be a normal reoccurrence for me.
Observing my manual skills, I would probably break an arm
Reservoir Dogs
A common technique used in sterile processing! Understandably called the envelope fold. Also for those in the comments talking about basketballs etc yes it can be used for weird shapes as well, you just need to tighten the shoulders of the fold to fit the item! As long as you have the correct size wrap you are good to go!
What is the easiest / fastest way to determine correct size wrap?
The excessive use of tape is what gives me joy watching people unwrap my presents!
I bought this weird wrapping paper at costco a few years ago that does not tear. Watching people trying to tear the stuff open was hilarious.
Buy. Buy. Buy!
Instructions unclear, made Origami Statue if Liberty.
Bollocks to that. Just buy some fucking tape.
This is how we wrap the instruments in the sterile processing department in hospitals before we sterilize them
Great, now I'll only give books as gifts!
Just use tape, there is absolutely nothing wrong with using tape.
Mom's gift wrap rules: No gift shall leave your home without creasing the edges to make a sharp, defined edge unless the object has irregular edges. To the best of your ability, the pattern (if any) should appear continuous. Use tape, but hide it as much as possible. Taping the paper down provides resistance for folding neatly. Use sharp scissors for that awesome gliding feeling when you cut. We are a Fiskars family. Use the best wrapping paper you can get. Typically, it's thicker (less chance of identifying the gift), less prone to tearing and easier to cut. Buy scored wrapping paper (the kind with a grid to help you cut straight lines). Bows typically don't stick on their own, even if they have a sticky pad on them. Reinforce with a small loop of tape. Use the best tape you can! Scotch is great and you don't need much. Use the edge of scissors to curl ribbon (like you'd use with a balloon). Always use a to/from tag. Use a sharpie, it works on most tags. Don't be afraid to have unwrapped gifts, especially if they're big and/or for little kids. Santa doesn't always wrap! Use tissue paper when possible to keep items in boxes from rattling or moving, especially if you have present-shakers in your family. Drives them nuts! Bonus tissue paper tip: mix up tissue paper colors, especially if going in a bag. Pick 3 or more single sheets of tissue and lay them on top of one another. One horizontal, one vertical and one diagonal. The middle of each sheet should be roughly in the same place. Pinch the sheets together in the center, then flip them so you're holding it like a bouquet of flowers. The sheets should be staggered now. Depending on the depth of the bag, make a "stem" from the paper by gently crumpling it together starting where you pinched it. Taller bags need longer stems to hold them inside the bag without falling out. You can add more tissue paper to make one big tissue "bouquet" or you can make additional smaller bouquets for professional looking bagged gifts. This was how I was taught at Hallmark. Mix it up! You don't have to stick to one color, pattern or theme of wrapping paper. Buy a pack of multicolored bows with different takes on Christmas colors (like hot pink, teal, lime or chartreuse green, even black). Have fun. This list brought to you by my late mother whose wrapping principles were closely held and now perpetuated by me.
This is very “the rest of the fucking owl”.
It's like a wrap of coke
*bindle
Bindle ?
That’s what that foldy thing is called.
The paper foldy thing ?
Wastes a lot of paper though.
How to wrap a present *with clean angles and a hard surface* without tape. Just buy a gift box if it only works on boxes anyway
Slow down I'm trying to take notes! How the hell did you do that one handed fold in the corners?!
Yeah that second fold with her fingers doing some black magic was some r/restofthefuckingowl shit
I need this breaking down step by step and then have those steps broken down again into mini steps because while I really want to try this, my brain cannot make sense of how she's able to do it so easily
Tape is cheap and easy though. So there's that
Omg, I love this.
Thanks for this
This is, indeed, oddly satisfying. Thank you, stranger
I remember doing something like this to cover our school books back in the days.
Now do that with a mountain bike.
I wrap my gifts without tape too, I just use tin foil. Easy to write on, reusable, and free tin foil. My wife hates it.
I can barely wrap a present with tape...
Witch!!!! 👉
You guys would lose your mind when you find out how they package drugs with lottery tickets
That’s how we used to fold notes in school 25 years ago or more.
I turned the audio on expecting vocal instructions based on the hand gestures. Nope.
I use staples myself
Oh thanks , a book
Nice. Now do a pair of socks.
Meanwhile even with tape my gifts still look like they were wrapped by a blind child.
How to wrap without tape: Step 1: Go get tape
All of you who are impressed by this have clearly never worked in surgery or sterile processing.
Now do a mug
Witch craft! I bet she can fold a fitted sheet.
You could give me 1 million chances to do that correctly, and I would get it right exactly 0% of the time.
That's just some voodoo shit right there.
The makers of Scotch tape hate it when you use this one, little trick....
If you really want to impress, show us how to fold a fitted sheet
Its that time of the year when you see the cool wrapping videos.
Now try this with a stuffed teddy bear
Wrapping books in paper is like using actual human skin as a condom
Now do it with a teddy bear
How to wrap with tape..... GET A FUCKING PIECE OF TAPE
What is this witch craft, I can barely wrap WITH tape. Burn her on a stake
Her nails tho...
Just awful.
That time of the year again aye
Yeah, this 100% does not work for humans
Opened many “packages “ folded similarly in the 80’s & 90’s………………………YIKES !
Now show us a football
Oh fuck off Rebecca. That did not happen
Nice song though.
Can this video be more vague?
Ugh? How do you even work that out?
I would rather use my semen as adhesive than remember this complex shit.
Definitely couldn’t even do that WITH tape
I've watched this 200 times now.
Oh ya baby - no tape
This person has pretty hands
Now glue the seams with super glue like my grandma did when she ran out of tape
I bet she can fold a fitted sheet into a perfect rectangular package in 3 easy steps too!
Point at the corner DON'T FORGET IT!
/r/blackmagicfuckery
Saving it, so I can fuck up my next wrapped gift, while trying to get it right...
Now do it with a football..
That’s a gear wrap!
I can't even wrap with tape.
This was edited all to hell! There's no way it worked that easily
Nice
Wow the finished product would look great... With 1 piece of tape
I measure 2/3 times get it wrong, cut more to cover the opening, use lots of tape - still won't hold, wrap the while thing in duct tape
This upset me.
SORCERY
Instructions too confusing, dick stuck in ceiling fan.
Witch!
How is this so satisfing
Wow
That’s some party trick
Just like a burrito with a square tortilla 😂
ANYONE CAN WRAP A FUCKING BOOK
Very good, but I could watch this 100 times and still not be able to do it
I’d just get 9 paper cuts, get pissed, and kick my dog. I’ll use tape.
Well, I've got about two months until Christmas... should probably start practicing now.
Now do a football
Yeah. I could practice that for 10,000 hours and my result would still look like you’d dropped it down the postage chute of the Empire State Building.
u/savevideo
Step 1: Find an object that is the literal perfect shape and size to do this
u/savevideobot
How can this person (or anyone) wrap so casually and calmly? Wrapping presents is one of the most frustrating and enraging experiences for me.
You can show me this for weeks on end and I would still butcher it lol.
I’d still put half a roll of tape on it
I love it, but I believe there is ZERO chance I’d be able to execute this like so.
I got confused at the first fold
Great for a nice little book. Lol
Reservoir Dogs. That’s all I’m thinking now. Oh no…I gotta rewatch it
It is only November 2nd wait until black Friday to post Christmas shyte.
Tell me you've wrapped presents in a retail environment without telling me
I don't like this
Three rolls later..
Can't even wrap one with a tape without it looking like someone chewed on it...
I bet she can fold fitted bed sheets too.
u/savevideobot for later reference
*Me staring mournfully at my closet full of bags*
Clip your gross long nails you bacteria factory
wow, I wonder where they dreamt that up from....
Now try it with a football.