Tip #2: How To Wrap Odd Shaped Gifts Nicely?

Have you ever had the challenge of wrapping a gift like the one below? If it's oddly shaped, it give you the freedom to decide on what shape you want it to be! Below are some simple suggestions to help you enjoy the process of gift-giving and wrapping.

1) The most conventional way is to find a box to fit the gift in. Just remember to put in enough paper stuffing or bubble wrap to hold the gift in place and wrap as usual.

2) A variation of the above suggestion is to think tissue! Be prepared to use more tissue wrapping paper and layer the gift item such that it becomes more regularly shaped to be wrap with a wrapper.

3) Use gift bags.

This ideas never fail and you can make it more special by giving a gift bag that can be reused and is a gift in itself. The bags below can easily hold a few small gift items and can be reused as shoe bags or clothes bags

And there's always the lunch bag inspired pouch from ICING that can easily be reused as toiletries bag etc after the gift items have been taken out.

4) Think giant candy next. If the present is round, use a thin gift wrapper and gently squash the two ends of the wrapping such that it looks like a giant candy or Christmas cracker.

Or you can squash just one end instead like this:

5) Socks can also gives an interesting twist to gift wrapping. Even if you cannot have a fireplace in Singapore, you can add a touch of the Christmas sock filling feeling.

6) Lastly, just use a bow. Tie a big pretty sash around a teddy bear, or a simple and classy ribbon around the bottle of wine and you're good to go. This work especially well for gifts that are pretty in themselves already.

So, if you're ever caught in the situation whereby you have to wrap an odd shaped present, just tell yourself that you're creative and it's simply time to show off your creativity!