How to Tie a Tiffany Bow

The secret to wrapping a box perfectly, is knowing how to tie a Tiffany bow, so that the box sits flat on a surface.

Gather your materials. You'll need:

1) a box

2) a beautiful ribbon

3) sharp scissors

Leaving at least a box's length of ribbon at the bottom of the box, place the ribbon at the centre of the top of the box and hold with your thumb.

Wrap the ribbon once around the box. Place the second piece of ribbon under your thumb as well:

Fold the ribbon over your thumb to go around the box at a 45 degree angle:

Keep going...

...until you go around once:

Now, the step coming up is actually the most important one of the process - if you mess up this step the bow won't work - but don't worry, it's easy.

Tuck the ribbon under and back across the ribbon you were holding with your thumb. You're basically making a U-shaped hook.

Centre and tighten the ribbon:

Now you just tie a bow in the normal way, as if you were tying your shoelaces.

If you have any problems just google 'how to tie a Tiffany bow' and you will find videos and instructions to help you.