How to wrap oddly shaped Christmas gifts, and some common pitfalls to avoid

Whether you’ve just begun the onerous task of festive shopping (no pressure) or have piles of Christmas gifts ready and waiting for December 25, we’ll all be forced to dedicate an evening or two over the coming weeks to wrapping them up and making them look as appealing as possible.

Of course, this is a chore that can be quite enjoyable, providing that the gifts you’re wrapping are a reasonable shape. It becomes entirely less enjoyable when you’re trying to wrap, let’s say, a basketball, or teddy bear. Who among us hasn’t found ourselves breathless and disheartened, surrounded by a sea of crumpled paper and knotted ribbon, resigning ourselves to chucking said oddly shapen gift into a bag and calling it a day?

It is for precisely this reason that we’ve asked stylist and gift-wrapper extraordinaire Orla Neligan to weigh in with some advice on how best to go about the wrapping process, and to highlight some common pitfalls we should avoid this year.

Step 4: Once flattened, fold the paper in half lengthways and create a strong fold mark.

Step 5: Fold in a finger length of paper from each end and cut the corners off the folded end. Do this on both ends.

Step 6: Unfold all folds and reshape back into a cracker shape.

Step 7: Slide the teddy back into the middle from one end.

Step 8: Tie each end with ribbon.

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