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How to wrap presents quickly and easily

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If you have a lot of presents to wrap, how do you get it all done in time? This viral video shows us how to quickly wrap presents with the aid of some tape and just a few folds. Clearly this sort of thing takes some practice, but it does look easy-ish. Here’s a slower one:


Need one more example? We’ve got one in the archives that reuses newspaper: How to wrap presents Japanese-style. Try it and let us know how it goes!

Related watching: It feels so good to give a present!

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