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directions

• Begin by sizing the paper for your box. Wrap a piece of ribbon around the width of your box and add 2" to its length. This will be the longer dimension of your paper.
  
• To determine the other dimension, place the box on the table and measure the depth (from the table to the top of the box). Double this measurement and add the height of the box (top to bottom). This is your second measurement.
  
• Cut your gift wrap to size.
  
• Lay the box, bottom facing up, centered on the unfinished side of the paper.
  
• Fold the left edge 1/2” and crease with your bone folder. This will hide the paper’s raw edge.
  
• Pull the left side of the paper up and over the entire front of the box and down to the right side of the box. Adjust until it aligns flush with the bottom edge of the right side of the box. Tighten the paper around the box.
  
• Holding the box in place on the paper, release the left edge. Then pull the right side of the paper up the side of the box and adhere to the bottom with single-sided tape.
  
• Attach double-sided tape to the inside of the folded left edge of the paper.
  
• Pull the left edge back over the box (creasing the edges as you go) and adhere it to the bottom right side of the box, creating a “seamless edge.”
  
• To complete the ends of the box, begin with the top of the box facing down on the table. Push the paper in flush to the box from the side and repeat with the other side.
  
• Crease the bottom flap down and tape down with single-sided tape. It is okay to use single-side tape here as it will be hidden from the top flap.
  
• The remaining flap can either be folded to be flush to the edge of the box or to line up in the center of the box. To have the flap line flush to the edge, fold the flap up and over the bottom edge creating a crease. For the flap to align in the center of the box, fold the flap up the side of the box, find the center and create a crease in the paper at this point. Pull this flap back down and fold in at the crease. Apply a piece of single-sided tape to secure this fold down.
  
• Place double-sided tape along the edge of this flap and fold flush to the side of the box. This should create another "seamless edge."
  
• Repeat steps 9-11 on the other side of the box.

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