Using duct tape to wrap presents

[spainy79]

So my sister usually complains about how I wrap presents and granted she has a foot to stand on for this argument. I don't care. If the paper covers everything and the tape is doing its job then I feel I have succeeded. So this year I put a little more effort into wrapping her present. I started off by cutting out 6 individual pieces of paper for each side of the box. I then used 24 strips of duct tape to hold all the paper in place. Each sheet got its own strip of tape for each side (the entire length of the box). It took me 10-15 minutes just to wrap her present like this.

 

[danielocean03]

That's beautiful.

 

[MCgrease08]

Looks good. My Dad used to wrap presents like this when I was a kid. It always made it easy to spot the ones that came from him.

 

[RedneckReject]

I would have used newspaper

 

[pute62]

You Sir, should offer your services at the mall.

 

[gungirl65]

Years ago my brother in law and I would compete in over wrapping each others presents. One year he gave me my present in a sealed can. I had a heck of time opening the can even with a can opener. He won the competition that year.

 

[Frosty]

That's beautiful work right there! If you had used the comics out of the Sunday paper it would have been even better though!

 

[Jarhead77]

Duct tape and aluminum foil..doubles as a conspiracy hat. Rock on!

 

[Cldedhnds]

Looks pretty good to me.

You Sir, should offer your services at the mall.

There would be one very long line of men if he did.

 

[spainy79]

I would have used newspaper

I wanted to but didn't have any. I had already thrown out the Shopper as well.

You Sir, should offer your services at the mall.

I'd hate to think of the crowd but the money would most likely be good.

Duct tape and aluminum foil..doubles as a conspiracy hat. Rock on!

I like this idea.

 

[loony1]

Looks professional to me.

 

[Jason91887]

One year, when I was younger, I put each present in a trash bag and covered every inch of it in duct tape. Good luck getting that open.

 

[Trigger Time]

Its so beautiful!

 

[GLOCKMAN23C]

Well done...well done indeed.

 

[beehunter]

That's is sweet.

 

[boileralum]

You should have only needed 12 pieces of tape, since each edge is the intersection of 2 sides of the box, no?

 

[pudly]

Pffft... You think that a single layer of duct tape is enough to wrap such an important item?

 

[Birds Away]

You are definitely a thoughtful person. Think about how you are extending the thrill of anticipation for those in the process of opening the gift. Well done!

 

[ViperJock]

I had to wrap a reasonably large brown box for a game of dirty Polly. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of telling my wife that I planned to spray paint it cammo. I got home from work to find it had been wrapped. Lol.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Did that to my brother a few years back with packing tape, there was no edge of paper grab hold of, required a knife for opening.