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A wrapping experts reveals 17 ways to disguise your Christmas gifts

Gift wrap expert Vivienne Anthon shares 17 tips for wrapping like a pro.
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Thereโ€™s a special skill in gift wrapping, some people have it and some people donโ€™t.

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One person who does have it is TK Maxx Wrap Expert, Vivienne Anthon, and she is vehement that wrapping gifts isnโ€™t as hard as youโ€™d think.

โ€œUse good paper cut to the right size,โ€ Vivienne advises.

โ€œBut my biggest tip would be always wrap and tape the gift paper to a flat surface or plane. It is the voids, the cut-out elements of packaging, the nooks and crannies of a gift that make it challenging to wrap.โ€

โ€œCardboard is your best friend here and you donโ€™t need a lot of strategically placed cardboard to place over or around an awkward part of the gift to smooth it out and make a big difference. Wrap on a flat plane and pull the paper as tight as you can.โ€

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Vivienne has shared her best tips for disguising Christmas presents in the comments below โ€“ because whatโ€™s better than a surprise?

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7 ways to disguise your gifts

  • Existing Shape: Keep the original shape of the gift and wrap

  • New Shape: Create a completely new shape to the original

  • Sound: Add in items like a bell, rice grains, pasta, small pebbles (for weight too!)

  • Feel: Make a solid item soft or soft item solid

  • Proportion: Make little things big and big things small

  • Hidden inside: Gifts hidden in gifts

  • Scent: Botanicals, vanilla melts, cinnamon, cologne, grass scent

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Hiding presents for her

  • Hide a bikini inside a water bottle and wrap it to look like a jumbo Christmas cracker.

  • Slip a sleep mask inside a journal and pull the elastic strap around the front cover.

  • Fold a beach bag into a rectangle and slide it inside a large stamped envelope.

Hiding presents for him

  • Pop small Christmas bells into a menโ€™s manicure set so it sings to a different tunes.

  • Wrap BBQ tongs in some boxers and slide them both inside a mailing tube.

  • Stash a mini speaker between two large Christmas stars.

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Hiding presents for the Kids

  • Hide a toddler toy inside a pillowcase stuffed with bubble wrap.

  • Wrap a nail polish set in solid colored paper with dots on top to look like Lego.

Gifts for the home

  • Put a jar of truffle salt in an upside down takeaway bowl to look like the ultimate tastebud-tickling treat.

  • Cover a terrarium with a cardboard cone and youโ€™ve got a tree.. for under the tree!

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