Anyone purposely wrap presents in large boxes to throw people off?

[trmiv]

My wife is like frigging Sherlock Holmes when it comes to guessing what I get her for xmas, so I've decided this year I've had enough, and I'm going to throw her off. She's a big Aerosmith fan, so I got her tickets to Aerosmith and Lenny Kravitz when they come to town. I'll also pick her up this robe she's been wanting.

Anyway, I think I'm going to go completely over the top to wrap this sucker. I'm going to go to a local store and see if they'll give me a refrigerator box they are throwing out. Then I'm going to wrap her presents in regular boxes, and place them smack in the middle of said refigerator box surrounded by tons of wadded up paper. For good measure I'll throw in a few 5 pound weights, and some marbles in a box. Then I'll wrap the entire thing up. Bwahahahahahahahaha!

So am I the only one that's doing something like this? Anyone got any more good ideas for messing with present sleuths head's?

 

[stan394]

:thumbsup:

 

[alien42]

you could just give someone an envelope with directions to the actual present hidden somewhere in the house.

 

[johnnqq]

OMG GOOD IDEA!! THANK YOU!!

 

[nakedfrog]

Yeah, I've done that, and the nested box thing.
I even once took something my daughter already had and wrapped it up. She didn't think it was as funny as I did

 

[Zanix]

Are you going to set my country music award on fire?

 

[igowerf]

I've used oversized boxes before, but it's mostly because I don't have any smaller boxes lying around.

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: alien42
you could just give someone an envelope with directions to the actual present hidden somewhere in the house.

See, then I can't torture her by having this massive box sitting in the living room for the next week.

 

[middlehead]

I do it occasionally. Can't pull it often, or amongst the same crowd, else people will catch on.

 

[Encryptic]

Yup, been there, done that. Stuff like taking a big box and putting a few rocks in it to weigh it down although the actual present is just money or a gift card.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: trmiv

Originally posted by: alien42
you could just give someone an envelope with directions to the actual present hidden somewhere in the house.

See, then I can't torture her by having this massive box sitting in the living room for the next week.

Yes you can.
Put the envelope in aforementioned giant box.

 

[Cattlegod]

I have a great idea - balance several metal pans and what not very carefully in the box so that when/if she moves the box it will come crashing down and make a whole bunch of noise. she will then think she broke it if she is snooping around the package early, but won't say anything to you

haha

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
I have a great idea - balance several metal pans and what not very carefully in the box so that when/if she moves the box it will come crashing down and make a whole bunch of noise. she will then think she broke it, but won't say anything to you

haha

That's pretty good. Maybe a box filled with broken glass in there too so it sounds like something shatters.

Another good one would be somehow rigging up something that sounds like a puppy whining in the box.

 

[MX2]

For about the last 15 years, yes

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: alien42
you could just give someone an envelope with directions to the actual present hidden somewhere in the house.

That's what my wife does sorta.

She'll put bunch of hints on sticky notes and place them all over the place. So it becomes like a scavenger hunt. Last time, the end of the hunt led me to a PSP!

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

I once nailed a package to the floor from the inside. When she discovered she couldn't lift it, she was estatic! Heavy things are always better! It was only a gift card...

 

[PurdueRy]

I got my sister a CD or something last year, Just to make it fun I took my box to my TV, filled the bottom with bricks, and put piece of cardboard over the bricks. It was incredibly funny seeing her try and figure out what was causing all the weight in the box

I am an awful brother

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
I once nailed a package to the floor from the inside. When she discovered she couldn't lift it, she was estatic! Heavy things are always better! It was only a gift card...

Disappointment FTW!

I hope these were cheap floors?

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
I once nailed a package to the floor from the inside. When she discovered she couldn't lift it, she was estatic! Heavy things are always better! It was only a gift card...

Ha! That's pretty good. I don't think I could get away with that in our apartment though.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
I once nailed a package to the floor from the inside. When she discovered she couldn't lift it, she was estatic! Heavy things are always better! It was only a gift card...

Disappointment FTW!

I hope these were cheap floors?

It was actually out on the balcony, so yeah. I explained that it was so heavy I couldn't get it inside, and that a crane parked on the street had set it there on the balcony.

 

[y2kc]

Bought a PS2 game a few years back, wrapped it in a huge box... he was quite surprised. I told him the game was sold out beforehand. he was ecstatic.

 

[sundev]

Set up a wacky system of ropes and pulleys, and rig it to drop the present on her head.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: trmiv
My wife is like frigging Sherlock Holmes when it comes to guessing what I get her for xmas, so I've decided this year I've had enough, and I'm going to throw her off. She's a big Aerosmith fan, so I got her tickets to Aerosmith and Lenny Kravitz when they come to town. I'll also pick her up this robe she's been wanting.

Anyway, I think I'm going to go completely over the top to wrap this sucker. I'm going to go to a local store and see if they'll give me a refrigerator box they are throwing out. Then I'm going to wrap her presents in regular boxes, and place them smack in the middle of said refigerator box surrounded by tons of wadded up paper. For good measure I'll throw in a few 5 pound weights, and some marbles in a box. Then I'll wrap the entire thing up. Bwahahahahahahahaha!

So am I the only one that's doing something like this? Anyone got any more good ideas for messing with present sleuths head's?

This is totally bizarre. I got my gf tickets to Billy Joel...put them in a big box (not quite a refrigerator box though ) and filled it with marbles! You should've seen her face when she shook it the other day, I thought she was going to die...no clue what it could be. :laugh:

Great minds think alike, I guess.

 

[BillyBatson]

a lot of ppl do
a lot of ppl also put presents in a box that is wrapped that goes into another box that is wrapped and so on, it's annoying but funny

 

[daveymark]

I did this when I bought lingerie for my grandmother last year. the look on her face was priceless