griffith from portland, oregon. both women had to wrap an enormous model airplane with an 8-foot wing span. in the end griffith walked away with the grand prize and plenty of paper to spare. a skill i don t have. well done, ladies. she makes it look easy. up next, lia s going to join us in studio to try to wrap rob and other unusual items. i could be into that. we ll see how it plays out. we ll be back. announcer: wor
extraordinary and competitive stressful competition here in new york city. welcome back, everybody. we just saw her win a pretty extraordinary and competitive stressful competition here in new york city. here to show us how to do it for ourselves, gift-wrapping champion, lia griffith. and i guess we should say we re wrapping, but in the gift type of sense. you just won $10,000. pretty impressive. are you a professional gift wrapper? well, not professionally. i do blog about it. i have been doing it every since 6 years old i ve been wrapping. i definitely need tips. mine are typically the worst wrapped presents under the christmas tree. if you can give me some tips and all of us out there. okay. i will do it. the first thing i will show you is how to wrap a basic gift. i cut my paper a little longer than the box itself. so there is a little overlap. tape it on the edge. so we have plenty of space. pull it over. crease the side. crease it. flip that back. there you have an invisi
gift wrapping means putting a present into one of the holiday gift bags with no handles. that s how i roll. but just pay those people at the mall to take care of it. that s the route i prefer. we call that convenience, right? amen. not for crafty folks who came to new york city to attack one of the most difficult holiday chores with the most difficult holiday gifts. it was a flurry of wrapping paper, ribbons, and bows at scotch brand s recent gift wrapping competition in new york city. eight contestants from around the country came to compete for the title of most gifted wrapper. at stake, a cool $10,000 in cash. contestants warmed up by wrapping an oversized rubber duck in round one. for round two, however, organizers upped the ante with a full-sized tuba. the judges deliberated. it was down to two finalists shelly dozier-mckee and lia
i am not done. i would do it smaller than this. we ll go for it. take my tissue flower. ill would use my tape and i would use that as a topper. i have another thing for you to wrap. okay. it is a guitar. actually have this on the show. okay. can you wrap this? of course, i can. i heard a deep sigh. no, no, no, just thinking. create a shape. create my own shape. create your shape. the shape i am seeing is probably a triangle. kind of start on the bottom. and tuck your way over. is it going to be this easy? it s this easy. there you go. there is like the little triangle. you know, pull some ribbon out. i would probably go this way. very cool. yeah. well, lia griffith, congratulations on your big cash prize. thank you.