uniq gift wrap

Psychologists tell us that part of the "purpose" of gift wrapping is to prolong the suspense of finding out what the gift is. But what if we turn that all on its head and wrap a gift so that it can unwrapped in record time? Enter the "rip-cord" method of gift wrapping!

I liked the idea so much I thought I'd put up my own set of pictures demonstrating the technique.
Step 1:
Cut a length of ribbon a few inches longer than your piece of gift-wrapping paper. Place the ribbon along the inside of your wrapping paper, and tape it at one end. I've used masking tape here just so that you can see what's going on.



Step 2:
Fold the taped side of the wrapping paper onto your gift.



Step 3:
Complete wrapping just like you would normally do. You'll end up with the loose bit of ribbon poking out, to which you can attach a "pull here" tag. I've taped on either side of the ribbon exit point to make sure that the tear will happen in the right place.



Step 4:
Make a little slit in the paper where the ribbon comes out, to help the tear start easily. That's it! Now you just have to resist the temptation to rip open the present yourself ;-)