It is usually the result of wrapping a present at the 11th hour when the stores are closed and running out of traditional gift wrap supplies.
Blind panic is the Mother of Creativity.
Now you know.
That’s how I came up with this Despicable Me Minion gift wrap idea. I used the last of my wrapping paper to wrap this gift. It looked plain. I didn’t have any stick on bows and since I was going to mail the gift, I didn’t want to make a magazine bow (read the tutorial here) because it might be crushed.
A yellow Twinkie shaped present with twisted puffs reminded me of a Minion. Hey, let’s make Minion gift wrap!