DIY Christmas Gift Wrapping – Bowdabra Tutorial

No matter what Christmas presents you decide to gift your loved ones, a well-wrapped package always makes it more meaningful. That’s why we’ve rounded up the best gift-wrapping ideas for every holiday style that are fun and easy! Also today Bowdabra is going to share a few bow ideas that are perfect for Christmas gifts, or any other holiday or occasion!

Watch Sandy Sandler, the creator of the Bowdabra shares DIY Christmas Gift Wrapping ideas. To get started, grab your best scissors and Bowdabra Ultimate Christmas Ribbon Kit now!

Mini Lantern (Starts at 0:42)

Materials required:

• 100-yard Bowdabra bow wire
• Mini Bowdabra
• Scrap ribbons (Santa Claus ribbon, Snowflake ribbon)
• Christmas ornaments
• Berry Picks
• Lantern

Mini Lantern

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She takes the scrap ribbon pieces and puts them all (5 pieces) inside the Bowdabra.
3. She places the Christmas ornament on the Bowdabra.
4. She lays a few berries picks on top of it and pulls the bow wire from one end to the other and ties the bow.
5. In the end, she ties the bow securely onto a lantern.

DIY Christmas Gift Wrapping (Starts at 4:06)

Materials required:

• Gift Wrap Bag
• Cherry Picks
• Red Sock
• Mini Bowdabra
• Snowflake ribbon
• 100-yard Bowdabra bow wire

Cute Little Gift Mug

Process:

1. Sandy puts all the cherries into the mug.
2. She takes the red sock, brings this around the mug, and sticks that in.
3. She takes a little cherry and puts that in the center.
4. Then she puts the mug into a little gift wrap bag and cut a piece of bow wire for tying up the gift wrap.
5. She folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
6. After cutting the dovetail pattern on the snowflake ribbon, she puts it inside the Bowdabra and creates small 3 loops.
7. She pulls the bow wire from one end to the other and ties the bow.
8. In the end, she attaches the bow to the gift mug.

Thanksgiving Gift Wrapping Idea (Starts at 9:00)

Materials required:

• Chopping Board, Salad Mixing Wooden Forks, Napkins
• Green/Gold Sheer Ribbon
• Large Bowdabra
• 100-yard Bowdabra bow wire
• Fall Picks

Thanksgiving Gift Wrapping Idea

Process:

1. Sandy takes all the gift items (Chopping Board, Salad Mixing Wooden Forks, Napkins) and wraps them all up with the green/gold sheer ribbon, and puts a knot. Also, she cuts the dovetail pattern on the ribbon ends.
2. She cuts a length of the same ribbon, cuts a dovetail pattern on the ribbon ends, and puts it inside the Bowdabra.
3. She takes the ribbon, flips it inside out, places it on the Bowdabra, and creates 4 loops.
4. She lays a few falls picks on top of it and pulls the bow wire from one end to the other and ties the bow.
5. In the end, she attaches the bow to the Thanksgiving gift.

Black Mug Christmas Gift Wrapping (Starts at 14:24)

Materials required:

• Silver Scrunchy Ribbon Roll
• Black Mug
• Few Feminine items
• Cellophane Paper
• 100-yard Bowdabra bow wire
• Mini Bowdabra
• Ribbon Reversible Red Green Ribbon for Christmas

Black Mug Gift Wrapping

Process:

1. Sandy holds a silver scrunchy ribbon and scrunches it down into the black mug.
2. She puts some feminine gift items into the mug, wraps it up with cellophane paper, and ties it up with the bow wire.
3. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
4. She cuts off six pieces of the reversible red-green ribbon in a flower petal shape.
5. She lays down 3 little pieces of the reversible red green ribbon (keeping the green side on the front) into the Bowdabra.
6. She lays down 3 little pieces of the Reversible Red Green ribbon (keeping the red side on the front) into the Bowdabra.
7. She pulls the bow wire from one end to the other and ties the bow and ties it up with the black mug gift.

DIY Scrunchy Ribbon Bow (Starts at 17:29)

Materials required:

• 100-yard Bowdabra bow wire
• Mini Bowdabra
• Silver Scrunchy Ribbon Roll

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. She holds the silver scrunchy ribbons and scrunches them down into the Bowdabra.
3. Next, she secures the bow with several wire knots in the back and finishes off by fluffing the loops.

Christmas Tree Topper Bow (Starts at 21:45)

Materials required:

• 100-yard Bowdabra bow wire
• Large Bowdabra
• 5” Wide Red Ribbon Roll, 5” Wide Red/gold/green Polka Dot Sheer Ribbon Roll
• 2 ½” Wide Gold Polka Dot Sheer Ribbon Roll
• Red/Golden Ribbon Roll
• Golden Decorative Picks

Christmas Tree Topper Bow

Process:

1. Sandy folds the bow wire in half and tucks it underneath the Bowdabra.
2. After cutting off the long tails from the red ribbon, red/gold/green polka dot sheer ribbon, and gold polka dot sheer ribbon roll, she puts them into the Bowdabra.
3. She takes the red ribbon, flips it inside out, places it on the Bowdabra, and creates 5 loops.
4. She lays some golden decorative picks into the Bowdabra.
5. She places the red/gold/green polka dot sheer ribbon in and creates 6 loops.
6. After cutting off the long tails from the red/golden ribbon roll, she puts them into the Bowdabra.
7. She places the gold polka dot sheer ribbon in and creates 7 loops.
8. She puts a red/golden ribbon in and creates 4 loops. She takes a little piece of the same ribbon and scrunches it down into the Bowdabra.
9. Then, she pulls the bow wire from one end to the other and ties the bow, and finishes off by fluffing all the loops.

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