But don’t despair—wrapping gifts, even those with non-standard packaging (or no packaging at all), is easier than you think. How to wrap a gift First things first: the fundamentals.

Wrapping a box is the most straightforward shape to wrap and creates nice, clean folds. Measuring and cutting the paper correctly is important, as too much paper creates a lumpy, poorly wrapped gift.

If the gift is larger, you can tape several pieces of artwork together and create a collage to wrap the gift. Alternatively, if you have a gift bag, use the artwork to make a homemade tag.

Julia Walker wrapping a gift. "It's just a good time. I enjoy it," she told us. Dorfman was curious what we were doing, so she accepted the challenge, but needed a little help and challenged me.

"Wrapping a gift nicely doesn't really take much longer or any extra skill but it does make gifts extra special and shows you care not only about what's inside, but the outside as well," Ashely ...

6 crafty ways to wrap a gift card Give your gift a personal touch with these easy DIY gift-wrap ideas (and then click through for tips on how to wrap a gift that's not a gift card!) 1.

To wrap some of the gifts for the photos in this article, we saved NYT Cooking ’s recent Thanksgiving dessert spread, which featured more than a few glorious pie pictures. Trim with twine and twigs.