Creative Gift Wrapping Ideas
Introduction to Wrapping with Aluminum Foil

Make beautiful presents using materials around the house with simple and creative gift wrapping techniques.

In this video series, decorating whiz, Amy Snively, demonstrates how to use materials around the house to wrap presents. Watch as she uses basic items to create beautiful presents.

Learn to wrap and embellish with common items like aluminum foil. A truly innovative and inexpensive way to wrap presents.

Of course you don't want your present to look like you're giving some leftovers from your refrigerator. So, you're going to use some heavy duty foil and an embossing technique, to have a really high-end, elegant look.

Things you'll need:

Heavy duty aluminum foil
A chopstick, or a dull pencil
Scissors
Cellophane tape
Ribbon
Optional - some colored tissue

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Measuring the Aluminum Foil

Moving on to the next part - how to carefully fold and cut foil to prepare for wrapping.

It's really a simple and easy wrapping idea; however you need be gentle so you won’t end up with a wrinkled package.

To attain a smooth piece of foil, you may notice that Amy is not using the serrated edge on the aluminum foil box but she's slicing it with scissors.

Afterwards she is folding over the two rough edges, to reinforce, and give a crisper look to that edge, and to hide the crimping that the scissors and the serrated box edge invariably leave on the foil.

Wrapping with Aluminum Foil

Now it's time to carefully smooth the foil and wrap the present.

Amy is using a chopstick to press the aluminum in order to give it a smooth and nice looks.

Then she's placing her present in the center and gently wraps it.

If you want to attain a fancy look and you have some tissue paper then leave one side open. In the next video Amy will show you how to emboss this, and add some tissue and ribbon.

Creative Gift Wrapping Embellishments

In this final part, decorating whiz, Amy Snively, demonstrates how to embellish the aluminum foil wrapping paper.

To embellish the wrapping and make the gift stand out on the gift table, Amy adds some tissue paper.

She stacks a piece of tissue paper that's been cut into smaller squares so she can have some real volume. Notice how she gathers the tissue together and carefully arranging it not to crumple it. When it's ready she sticks it right on the top of the box.

To finish, she uses curling ribbon.