Have you ever received a beautifully wrapped gift and wondered how it was done? We are here to help. Even though festive periods may still be a while away, it is not too early to start practising your gift wrapping skills, remember, practice makes perfect. Today, we are doing a tutorial on making a classic bow. You might have seen this bow on gift packages as it’s probably one of the easiest gift toppers to do, if you want to learn this, keep reading.

Materials needed
Ribbon
Scissors
Steps

Pull out a strip of ribbon and carefully create two loops on each side of the ribbon. A simple way to make it is to cut the length of ribbon needed, place the ribbon on a flat surface and fold each end of the ribbon towards the centre, hold it up and voila! Another way is to imagine you are tying your shoe laces, and make the loops in the same way. If you did this correctly, you would notice a loop in the bottom centre and two loops; one on the left (hold with your left hand) and one on the right (hold with your right hand).

 

Cross the right loop over the left loop; then pass the loop (it is now on the left side, so it is the left loop now) under the right loop (former left loop) and through the bottom loop to create a knot

 

Pull the loops tightly to create a smooth knot. Adjust the loops, by pulling on the left over strands (tail) to reduce the size of the loop (if it is bigger than you would like), hold on to the knot while adjusting.

 

Open up the loops and smoothen the bow with your fingers.
Cut notches in the tail; hold both tails together, fold in two and cut a diagonal line with your scissors, release both tails and you will see an inverted V shape.