In addition, tying a bow ribbon will make your gift more festive, and impress your loved ones this season. It will also save you money on buying pre-made gift boxes!

Our hacks include sweet and simple tricks for when you’re short on time, and elaborate methods for when you really want to wow the recipient.

Finally, cut a 2-inch-wide whitewashed strip that's long enough to fit all the way around your gift box and hot-glue the strip ends to the box's bottom. Glue your DIY bow over the strip, let dry ...

In her book, “The Art of Gift Wrapping,” Wen features 50 ways to wrap and says almost half the ideas use common materials. Bottom line: Approach the task with creativity and think beyond a ...

The first shows a traditional box bow, in which the twist is—wait for it—on the top of the gift under the knot! The second method is a simple bow on the diagonal—surprisingly simple, but ...

The company even made a tutorial video. The bow trend picked up in the 1950s. Gift bags debuted in the 1980s. Today, there is gift wrap on the market that’s reusable and biodegradable.

Together, the P.TV team has come up with a definitive ranking of chocolate gift boxes, from the abysmal to the so-amazing-it’s-offensive. 9. BOG LEVEL: Celebrations ...

Similarly, Divorce In A Box, priced at £40 (or £36 for the online version) and available in a choice of ribbon-tied cream or frill-free, manly navy for chaps, does initially sound gimmicky.