Rapping about Wrapping

[athelind]

My last post prompted a lot of comments and suggestions about Creative and Alternative Gift Wrapping -- foofers in particular had some cool ideas.

I've used Newspaper of course; it's a classic -- especially the Sunday funnies. Alas, since I no longer read a newspaper regularly, it wouldn't count as "re-use" -- I'd be buying it specifically for wrapping

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[leonard_arlotte]

I prefer wrapping gifts in wrapping paper myself, preferably without anything religious, or without santa clauses all over it. My preferred wrapping stuff is the shiny paper, because, well, I just like shiny

[athelind]

SHINY.

[leonard_arlotte]

I also use mint tins for small gifts, but I've found that most of the gifts I give aren't THAT small, and I eat so many mints that if I save all the tins that they end up taking up a lot of space. One drawer full is plenty.

[thoughtsdriftby]

>>> Hee hee hee. I should find some kind of cheap lock-boxes, and use THOSE for the Unauthorized Personnel's presents -- then give him the keys, one at a time, whilst playing Santa on the morning of the 25th.
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May borrow a variant of this, treasure map and a bus locker key...

[athelind]

Oh, you're good.

[siege]

When they're packaged for transport, I keep my consoles in a plastic bin with a carabiner combination lock. It's only a three digit wheel lock, but the (average) five hundred tries to guess the combination will tend to take a little time.

I imagine you could use an opaque plastic school box with holes punched out for a small suitcase lock (non-TSA standard so he can't potentially buy a spare lockset and use the key). Sure, it'll rattle, but if the present is packed in something like beans (cheap and nutritious!), the rattle will tell your victim nothing useful.

[athelind]

Oh, for RATTLING, I have BUBBLE WRAP.

Which is, yes, disposable, but everyone loves getting it anyway. Pop pop pop!

[silussa]

What about the reusable shopping bags they're selling in many of the stores now? The cloth ones, not the paper or plastic.

Add a little twine, and it's fairly resistant to peeking.