How To Prank Wrap A Gift

How To Prank Wrap A Gift

Frequently, I choose evil and devious ways to wrap gifts. It's a prank, but at least the gift I give them is worth the effort. Think if it as "creative gift wrapping through applied chemistry!" Make sure your intended "victim" has a decent sense of humor, and is not prone to extreme violence.

You Will Need

• 1 can of spray foam
• 1 cardboard box
• 1 roll of tape and plastic gloves
• 1 plastic bag
• 1 GIFT

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Step 1:

Welcome to slightly mad science:

Hello, and welcome to another episode of Slightly-Mad Science. Now here we are in the middle of yet another gift-giving season and you might be asking yourself, "What can I do to make my present for my special one or loved one be so unique, so special that they'll never forget how much I care?". Well, we're not going to talk about that. We're going to talk about wrapping a gift in such an evil and devious manner that they won't forget it, but it won't be because they think you care. Please note, don't do this for people that are very environmentally conscious because this is not a very green way of doing things, two, have any ready access to any sharp instruments nearby, or own a firearm and are likely to use it, because this may annoy them enough that they might perforate you with it, and that would suck. So, we're going to go on with what we have to prepare for this.

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Step 2:

What is spray foam:

First thing, and most important, spray foam. Now Spray foam is, I love the hardware store, anyway, spray foam is something that when it leaves the can and is exposed to air it expands, hardens, and also is adhesive. So if you use it to fill, like let's say a gap in the wall, or something like that, it will expand to fit the space you have in the wall and also stick to the wall and so it's structurally sound. Great Stuff. Not really meant for wrapping presents, I do it anyway. So you have your spray foam, you have a box, you have a gift, you have rubber gloves. Why? Because when you work with this stuff it gets on your skin or on your hands you got to wait for it to kind of wear off, which is kind of a mess, so I highly recommend the gloves. And then something to safely wrap the gift in. In this case a recycled grocery bag, because this stuff really is adhesive you don't want to really ruin the present by having it completely encased in spray foam and well then find out that spray foam is in your present where you can't actually get the present out. Oh, and try to make the present something really nice, because after they go through half an hour or 10, 15 minutes to get at the present, it better not suck.

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Step 3:

Fill with 1/3 spray foam:

So what we're going to do first is take our spray foam. We have to shake it up first. You can always pretend you're choking someone. That actually makes it easier to throttle. Take that and inject spray foam into the box, like so. Now you can't see what I'm doing here but I'm coating the bottom of the box with spray foam. Yeah, Yeah I know you guys are now saying "Oh, hey Mr. Scientist Guy, you just told us to wear rubber gloves while we were doing this stuff with spray foam and you weren't wearing yours.". Well, two things. One, I had actually done that in multiple takes, and the last one I liked the take, I forgot to put on the rubber gloves. But Secondly, strange things happen if I put these on. Yes, I think it's about time we got to know each other a little better. So that I have a nice base for whatever the gift is in. Because ideally you want to have the present in the centre of the box so that no matter which way they open it they still got to work for it. Well, I already have one box pretty much prepared. So that one did actually have a chance to dry. This one I'm just going to chuck in here, and then pack it in the rest of the way.

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Step 4:

Foam Peanuts:

Now if you're feeling generous you can take a portion of the size of the box and fill it up with foam peanuts. This makes the gift easier to obtain because, well foam peanuts aren't exactly strong. And you also don't have to use quite as much spray foam. So go ahead if you're feeling nice, fill that guy up. And then, make sure you get the spray foam in between the peanuts so you don't have a layer of foam, a layer of peanuts, a layer of foam. You want to have the foam nicely mixed up inside the peanuts, so it also sticks to them properly.

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Step 5:

Seal up the cracks:

Ok, once you've filled your box for the most part, you don't have to go all the way because actually it'll expand and fill up the gaps. Take it and go ahead and tape it shut making sure to seal off pretty much any cracks. You don't want spray foam gushing out of the box and covering everything. And also presuming you want to put a nice gift wrap on this to lull them into a false sense of security. Alright, the bottoms already covered. So, we're going to stop for a moment and catch back up as the spray foam hardens.

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Step 6:

Styrpfoam pellets:

Here are cardboard boxes. This is the spray foam with Styrofoam pellets. And this is the spray foam without Styrofoam pellets. And I've already started to rip this one open, it's not easy. Now that's the reason why I recommend the Styrofoam pellets if you're feeling merciful because I'm not a small guy and this reacquires actually a small amount of force to get this crap open. However, if you're feeling merciful, you can always offer them in either case some kind of utility knife or steak knife or something like that, in the interest of being nice. I do recommend you let this cure for at least a couple of days because some of this is still sticky. But now, SUCCESS! Anyway, here is the present and you can see because it was wrapped up very carefully he is still alive.

Alright, anyway here is the one with the Styrofoam, and actually because the Styrofoam is considerably more porous in general it's a lot more likely to cure. And, well like I said you might want to let this go for at least a couple of days before you give it to somebody because it's still sticky. So let's see here. But it's considerably easier to tear open. And, TADA. Present.

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Step 7:

Mad wrap a gift:

Well, anywho, that is how you slightly mad wrap a gift. Now there are other ways of mad wrapping gifts, however I will save those for later or won't share them at all because, they might involve you know bear traps, mechanical booby traps and explosives.

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Step 8:

The Victim:

Give it at least a day or two before wrapping the gift. Make sure it's at least 2 days time before giving the gift at least.

So in parting, I'm going to leave you with a clip depicting the last victim, I mean person that I gave a box of doom, I mean present to.No way, No way.