Every so often, one or the other of us realizes we need cleaning supplies like mop buckets and mops...The question comes up, how do you wrap these items? I was entering college when my brother made the first in a series of mop bucket doll type gift wraps.
He took a bucket, wrapped it in newspaper and filled it with newspaper, cleaning supplies and canned goods to hold up the broom my family got me as well. He put the stick end in the bottom and left the top out as the face. He put a string mop (I believe) on top of the broom for hair.
While you may be getting the idea, he wasn't done there. He took a cereal box, wrapped it in newspaper, cut holes in the end of it and inserted the broom stick upside-down through the box to make a body. Then he wrapped two cans of beans, separately, and attached them to the side of the box. He may have glued them, as the weight of the cans will pull at most materials holding them up. These were the arms. He also took newspaper and wadded it up to make the girl parts above the waist. He decided more cans wouldn't work here. He used the mop bucket every thing was placed in for the girls skirt, and gave me a very useful cleaning gift in a newspaper cleaning supply image of me.
Its not the most exciting gift I ever received, but it was a great deal more fun to open than the standard everyday. Good luck in your endeavors.
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