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Now I think this looks cute just like this. But we're going to a birthday party and we're
presenting this box of Jello as our gift. So we need to make it look really special
on the outside to compensate for what's inside. So let's take some curling ribbon. And can
I tell you? This might not be something that you have just lying around your house but
it should be. Next time you're at the party store, and I think it's worth a special trip,
just pick up a few rolls of curling ribbon in fun colors. Doesn't take up much room in
your closet. And a whole rainbow of curling ribbon can really serve you well. And it can
stretch those little things that you have in the house and turn them extra special.
We're wrapping all the way around the box crisscrossing around the back and to the front.
And I need to have enough left to give it a curl. I've obviously chosen colors that
I think compliment this magazine page. Here's the tricky part. You want to take this loose
part and we're going to, it's a little tricky when you've got several strands, we're going
to tuck it diagonally so that it's coming out the other side there. And now we can get
it super tight. But whatever technique you're accustomed to using will work just fine. Going
to give it a nice knot here. And align it so that its dividing the box into little quadrants.
Now let's give it a curl. Now I'm going to curl this with a pair of closed scissors.
Because nobody wants to have a little bit of blood on your wrapping paper or a severed
finger on your table. I see people open up the scissors and do it this way all the time
but you can really hurt yourself. So let's keep them closed for safety purposes. And
once we've got these all curled and we could stop here because it's not that this doesn't
look adorable, but we can take this one step further. We've got a candy themed picture
on our box. So lets use some candy as a package tie on. I've got some pixie sticks because
the colors just really work.