This nifty gift wrap bag trick can be scaled up or down to fit your gift

1 Place the pressie in the middle of the paper, making sure you have enough paper to go around it.
2 Pop your present aside. Fold the paper edges to meet and overlap in the centre (ideally hiding ‘raw’ edges) and tape down the overlap.
3 Fold up the bottom of the paper. This will be your base, so make the fold at least as wide as your pressie.
4 Unfold and bring each open ‘side’ towards the centre: you’re creating two triangles that touch to create a diamond shape. Tape.
5 Take the top and bottom points of the diamond and fold them onto each other and tape into place to make a secure base.
6 The pressie goes inside the newly formed bag. Fold the top over to hide raw edges for a pro finish.

The December issue features a cracker of a Miscellany Christmas special (page 99), packed with puzzles, games, stocking fillers, bad jokes, amazing facts and forgotten wisdom, including: