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"Chronic" Tips: How to Wrap Christmas Gifts Easily

It's fun to get gifts, but wrapping them especially if you have sore or weak hands can be hard. Here are a few tips to help you wrap Christmas gifts easily.

Tip #1
Try to spread your gift wrapping over a period of time, instead of trying to get it all done in one night. This way you can wrap one or two gifts at a time and that will help greatly if you get sore hands from arthritis.


Tip #2
Consider investing in 3M scotch tape dispensers. You can pick one up at any office supply store. These are weighted and sit on the desk to keep you from having to fumble with tape. You can get a piece of tape with one hand quickly and easily. They are also not expensive - anywhere between five and ten dollars.


Tip #3
Use gift bags whenever possible. Gift bags are great, and you can find a large assortment at any discount or dollar store. They are inexpensive and easy to use. I usually wrap the gift in a sheet of tissue paper, but you don't have to, just put the item at the bottom, then top with a few sheets of tissue paper and you're done! No tape, no wrapping paper, it's easy and quick.

Tip #4
Instead of topping off your gift with ribbon, which can be a hassle to tie and such, use those great sticky star bows you can get in a large package. They peel and stick and look so pretty.

Don't be afraid to ask for some help, my mom used to let us help her with Christmas gifts- she would wrap and we would stick the little star on, and hand her the tape. It will help you and create some memories for you and
the kids or hubby.

Have fun gift wrapping and remember it's not the wrapping, but the gift and thought that counts!


By : Stefanie Leale © Butyoudontlooksick.com

Comments

At home there is just my Hubby and I and our 2 fur babies (Boo our Dog and Stew our Rabbit).
What I have done is to decorate some Christmas Themed gift boxes (you can get these for about $2 each at discount stores and chain stores like K-mart etc) and I decorate them with pretty material ribbons and bows and curling ribbons and Christmas picks and gift tags on the outside (we write on the gift tags), on the insde we have shredded cellophane or strip tinsel etc.
Then we use these each year (simply pull out one with the right to an from written on the tags, place the pick on top, fluff up the bow if needed and place the gift needed inside)...

No wrapping or work involved and no waste of money or paper either...

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