When my cats were a little younger, they always had to be right in the thick of things.... "helping". They'd hold down the paper, bat at the tape, put bite marks in the paper, get cat hair in the tape, and chase anything that moved.
Oh, and they would sometimes sit on a present under the tree crushing it just slightly.
Now, as senior kitties, they just supervise from the couch.
I ran across detailed instructions on how to wrap presents with your cat and just had to share.
It starts off like this:
1. Clear large space on table for wrapping present.
2. Go to wardrobe (closet) and collect bag in which present is contained, then close door.
3. Open door and remove cat from wardrobe.
4. Go to cupboard and retrieve rolls of wrapping paper.
5. Go back and remove cat from cupboard.
This goes on for 34 instructions. Read more.
I am sure many of you have experienced something similiar at some point.
Of course, I caution you to avoid using curling ribbon for all the reasons we already know, not the least of which is that just because there is curling ribbon in the hairball, it's not a present. (Curling ribbon is very bad and can cause painful blockage inside your cat's insides.)