Help a girl win a silly family tradition
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craftgrrlI have got a question for you all that I am sure is not in the FAQs. See, I need ideas.
Every year, me and my brother in law do this thing at Christmas. We buy eachother random gifts, and then make the packages impossible to open. It started out as a sort of joke one year, when he wrapped my gift in a layer of duct tape to make me have to cut it open. And it has gotten crazy.
We do layers upon layers of wrapping paper, duct tape, masking tape, wire, and twine, and dozens of different sized boxes before we can get to our gifts. We usually save these until the end of the presents, and then the family votes for who "won" that year.
Mike one last year, because he wrapped a bunch of little boxes many times, and inside each was a letter. When I opened all the boxes(some were empty too, and some had candy. Probably 50 in all) the letters spelled out loser. Then he got me my real gift, which had just been sitting under the table.
I can't lose again this year. My big idea for this year was wood. I bought a 2X4, nails and a saw at the hardware store. I then cut 6 perfectly square pieces, and am nailing them into a box that he will have to open. And I have rope that will go around the wood, and probably glued down.
But, I need more ideas. And this is where you come in. Can you think of any layers I could make? Accessible items or fabrics or whatever that I can use to wrap up this present even more. I got him a plushie jellyfish, which is in a small box. The wood box is about 1X1, and the largest box I have to use is probably 4X3, so any sized materials would be fine.
What do you think?
Every year, me and my brother in law do this thing at Christmas. We buy eachother random gifts, and then make the packages impossible to open. It started out as a sort of joke one year, when he wrapped my gift in a layer of duct tape to make me have to cut it open. And it has gotten crazy.
We do layers upon layers of wrapping paper, duct tape, masking tape, wire, and twine, and dozens of different sized boxes before we can get to our gifts. We usually save these until the end of the presents, and then the family votes for who "won" that year.
Mike one last year, because he wrapped a bunch of little boxes many times, and inside each was a letter. When I opened all the boxes(some were empty too, and some had candy. Probably 50 in all) the letters spelled out loser. Then he got me my real gift, which had just been sitting under the table.
I can't lose again this year. My big idea for this year was wood. I bought a 2X4, nails and a saw at the hardware store. I then cut 6 perfectly square pieces, and am nailing them into a box that he will have to open. And I have rope that will go around the wood, and probably glued down.
But, I need more ideas. And this is where you come in. Can you think of any layers I could make? Accessible items or fabrics or whatever that I can use to wrap up this present even more. I got him a plushie jellyfish, which is in a small box. The wood box is about 1X1, and the largest box I have to use is probably 4X3, so any sized materials would be fine.
What do you think?
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