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Not all Christmas gifts fit easily into a box or a bag and, of course, children’s toys never seem to be simple. Wrapping a toy guitar, dollhouse or tricycle can be a challenge even for a professional. For those odd-sized gifts, you need a little creative thinking.

Parenting magazine helps us avoid a bottom wrap with these simple steps:

Toy guitar

• Cut a piece of wrapping paper big suitable to lay the guitar across diagonally from bottom-right to top-left corner, thereupon fold the bottom corner by the guitar’s body to manufacture a triangular pocket.
• Pull the right corner of the wrapping paper by the top of the guitar, thereupon tuck it underneath.
• Pull the left corner across and tape liberally.
• Fold the last corner by the top of the guitar and tape it in place.

Dollhouse

• Put it in a jumbo white trash bag that you’ve decorated, or in a laundry bag or bedsheet that you’ve covered with stickers and bows.
• Add a giant poster-board gift tag to complete the supersize look.

Tricycle

• Don’t wrap it; hide it in the carport or a closet. Create a trail of wrapped clues (”Where’s the first place you go in the daylight?” and he’s off to the bathroom). By the moment he’s opened each clue, he’ll be so psyched for his actual gift that he won’t care there’s no more paper to tear off.

Or, of course, you can always ask Santa to supply the big gifts … he’s been know to put presents under the tree with nothing but a bow.

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Orginal post by Tanya Ryno