Holiday Gift Wrap Hints and Tips
Once all of your holiday shopping is done, you’ll probably have a lot of wrapping to do. Some people, of course, wrap as they buy, but at our house, usually my husband I stay up late on Christmas Eve in order to get everything wrapped just so. We normally stock up on paper from Walmart, Target or whatever discount store we find ourselves in a few days before the big day, but this year I’ve found several ideas on Pinterest and other places on the Web that I’d like to try! Here are some creative ways to wrap gifts:
- Use fabric. One of the great things about using fabric as gift wrap is that it won’t take up room in your garbage, and you won’t have to go through any great pains in order to reuse it! Buy fat quarters for a dollar or two for small gifts, or just buy a yard or so of whatever festive fabric you can find on sale. I actually have some gold lamé fabric that I found on sale for $2 per yard last year. Right before Christmas, many craft shops steeply discount their holiday prints, too. You could also use cheap fleece throws, either whole for big gifts or cut into pieces for smaller ones. Gather the fabric around the gift and tie with a strip of a different fabric, some yarn or a long piece of ribbon.
- Use scrapbook paper. Many of us have a nice stockpile of pretty papers, and these make great wrapping paper for small presents. Just cut and fold as you would any other wrapping paper, and make a scrapbooky nametag to tape to the gift with a coordinating print or solid.
- Use wall calendars. You’re going to be getting rid of your 2012 calendar in a few days anyway, right? Use the pictures as wrapping paper! It’s glossy and attractive, and will definitely look unique. You can also use the side featuring the days; particularly if the gift is for family, it might be fun to remember what you were doing earlier in the year by the notations that you’ve written down.
- Make brown paper packages tied up with string. Remember that simplicity has a certain charm, particularly around the holidays! And this particular combination made the cut for Julie Andrews’s favorite things!
- Use creative embellishments. Whether you’re using wrapping paper from the store or brown butcher paper, little add-ons contribute that something special to your package. Some seasonal items that you could use include pinecones, holiday-themed cookie cutters, a little bunch of holly or mistletoe, pompoms or a piece of costume jewelry.
What are some creative ways that you’ve wrapped or embellished gifts?
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i love to wrap presents thanks for the tips!!!
Seeing how i’m most likely one of the worst wrappers of all time. I may just do the paper bag route haha! wrapping is deff not my forte.
love the idea with fabric never tried before…thank you for sharing the idea
I’ve thought of using fabric over the years, but never tried it. I pretty much use (and re-use) gift bags – I just hate wasting things and money.
One off my favorite tips – buy a vertical paper towel holder and put your ribbon spools on it so all it takes is a pull and a cut – easier than trying to keep it from rolling away or having to hold it while you are wrapping.
These are great ideas! I’ve also used comics from the newspaper as wrapping
I LOVE the idea of using fabric! That is a great idea. I need to remember that for next year. Thanks for the article
I love to wrap presents for Christmas. I love using the holly and mistletoe when wrapping my special presents.
I should have read this before I wrapped everything. These are some really great ideas
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This year, instead of buying Christmas tags for gifts, I used USPS adhesive shipping address labels from the “free” shipping supplies we use for sending out items that we sell online. I just had to cut-off the top/logo portion and they worked great.
I always keep the gift tag inside the gift, so when I write thank you notes I don’t get confused as to who sent the present.
Those are very creative ideas! I love the idea of using fabric. I have to use a blanket to wrap one of my son’s gifts this year! It’s too big for wrapping paper.
Wow old calendars…great idea
I like so many ideas about using different types of Holiday wrap! I like the Brown Paper packages all tied up in string! That sounds so interesting and different. Also using Christmas cloth to wrap presents is so awesome. I am going to try this!
there are so many unique ways to wrap presents these days other than using just wrapping paper…..newspaper, comics, bags, burlap, old pieces of fabric and ribbons,
I’m a fantastic wrapper but always looking for new ideas
I would never would have thought to use fabric to wrap gifts. Thanks for sharing this. Merry Christmas.
I like the idea of using fabric to wrap gifts in. I think maybe making a bunch of shirt and robe size “pillow” cases to put the boxes in would be a quick easy way to make a plain box look festive. Thanks for the idea.
Clever ideas! I always like something a little different!