Inappropriate wrapping paper ideas for gifts that need a warning label
The present gets opened once. The wrapping paper gets seen by everyone in the room, photographed and put in the group chat. If you are going to spend money on a joke, spend it on the outside.
Why the wrap is the joke
A rude card is read by one person. Rude wrapping paper is read by the whole party before the tape is off. That makes it the best value joke you can buy: a box of biscuits in inappropriate wrap beats an expensive gift in tissue, because the wrap is the bit people remember.
Match the paper to the present
- A sweet gift for a rude person. Fuck You with Unicorns. The pastel print looks innocent from across the room, which is the point.
- Anything box-shaped. Definitely Not Dildos. The more ordinary the present, the better the paper works.
- Someone who had it coming. You’re a Cunt wrapping paper needs no explanation and gets none.
- Christmas. Pick by audience: I Identify as a Reindeer for the work do, Passion of the Santa for the mates’ Christmas, Santa Isn’t Real for anyone who still has a stocking.
Everyday rude wrapping paper
Three designs for birthdays, adult gifts and no reason at all. Sheet sizes and quantities are listed on each Etsy listing.
Inappropriate Christmas wrapping paper
Eight festive designs, sold in several sizes, so prices start from the figure shown. Buy early: everyone realises they need it in the same week of December.
Who not to use it on
Rude wrap is public. Do not use it for children’s presents, for anything opened in front of grandparents, or for the colleague you do not actually know. Use it for mates, partners, siblings and the friend who wrapped your last present in a carrier bag.