We've all been there - accidentally cut the wrapping paper just a smidge too small to get it around the present.
In a Christmas miracle however - a woman has shared her genius hack at solving the issue without wasting the paper.
She shared the tutorial on video platform TikTok - first demonstrating how she was initially unable to stretch her paper to fully wrap a box.
![The trick is to turn the present on an angle. Photo / Supplied](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/JBISWTL2T5QNK3HFM75RYKHSYE.jpg?auth=f61ee4c36a2fed754aa3b0c35dc560b99d6e1cdec0f53e21b40159cb64a36ba1&width=16&height=25&quality=70&smart=true)
However, she then slightly moved the square item in the middle of the paper so the edges didn't line up and one corner was pointing upwards.