The 6 best gift-wrapping hacks for parents found on TikTok
Few things are more fun than watching kids gleefully open presents, but being the person tasked with wrapping those presents is a different story. If you’re staring at a pile of holiday gifts with far too many angles and wondering if it’d be OK to just throw everything in a trash bag with a bow, the parents and DIY lovers of TikTok are here to help. They’re posting clever how-to videos that show step-by-step instructions for wrapping everything from balls to stuffed animals, and their hacks will make holidays and birthdays a million times easier.
1. How to wrap a stuffed toy (and other soft gifts)
A TikTok user who goes by the name Mama Mila has gone viral several times for her simple and pretty gift-wrapping tutorials. She offers a step-by-step guide for creating simple wrapping paper pouches to hold stuffed toys, clothing or anything else that doesn’t have clean lines.
2. How to wrap a cylinder-shaped gift
Mama Mila also gives instructions for wrapping gifts in cylindrical packaging, like slime, TinkerToys and any gift that comes in a tube or tin.
3. How to wrap gifts with cardboard hangers
TikTok user Tracie Garrett is using her account to answer questions from her followers about their biggest gift wrap challenges. In one video, she comes to the rescue for parents who aren’t quite sure how to wrap those toy packages that have extra cardboard or plastic hangers along the top.
4. How to wrap round gifts
Garrett also shows parents how to wrap LOL Surprise balls and other spherical gifts without getting frustrated or wasting seven rolls of tape.
5. How to fix a wrapping paper measurement mishap
If measuring wrapping paper to fit around boxes isn’t your strong suit, a user named Samira Jasmine can help. She demonstrates how rotating boxes diagonally can help the wrapping paper fit correctly, even if you’ve happened to cut it slightly too short.
6. How to keep gift snoopers guessing
Once you’ve put all that effort into wrapping gorgeous presents, the last thing you want is to have the kids shaking them over and over again, right? The helpful people on TikTok even have a hack for that. If you’re wrapping Christmas presents for multiple kids or family members, says user Jamie Lynn, choose a different style of wrapping paper for each person, and don’t tell them which paper is theirs.
“That way when you put them under the tree, there’s no tags, and no one knows who the presents belong to,” she explains. “Put a piece of the wrapping paper in the bottom of their stockings so on Christmas morning they know which one is theirs.”
Some people excel in the art of wrapping gifts, but not all of us were born with the creative instincts of Martha Stewart. In a perfect world, toymakers would get on the same page and package their wares in easily wrappable boxes. Until then, these videos might just offer the hacks you need to keep your holiday gift pile from looking like it got run over by an actual reindeer.
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