I don’t know about you but my phone has been going crazy with notifications about packages that will be arriving as we just finished up the majority of our Christmas shopping. I have a huge black tote in my room that I am keeping the gifts in… yes, I believe they will all fit in the one tote this year.
Now, I have to figure out how to wrap them. I have a bunch of leftover paper from years past. There was a time when I liked to have things color coordinated and usually each kiddo had their own paper to keep things a little more organized as the tags seemed to get lost before Christmas morning. I have always seen the towers that people do with different figures and they look so cute but I don’t want to buy special paper for them.
I have an idea of just buying some fabric and making reusable bags but maybe making them so that they could stack and make these adorable gift towers… with our new 3-4 gift rule it might make this a real possibility!
Here are some cute pics of the ideas I have from Pinterest:
I found these pictures on this link HERE but they wouldn’t let me go to the sites because of a ‘phishing error’ so I took some screenshots.
I also really like the idea of making or reusing things for gift wrap:
- paper grocery bags
- old popcorn tins
- newspapers, magazines, or comics for kids – these could also be used to make pretty bows HERE
- recycled paper … we get a lot of brown paper in packages that would work great
- decorated recycled paper … the kids could decorate some of that paper with unique artwork
- scrap fabric that could also be sewn into reusable gift bags or check out this link HERE
- flea market/yard sale finds like old tins, hat boxes, etc.
- you can also buy some cute reusable bags HERE, HERE, or HERE**
- old gift bags
- twine or recycled ribbon in place of tape
- old maps
- old shirts (or new ones that are part of the gift) check out this link HERE
- pretty napkins, dish towels, handkerchiefs, etc.
- old burlap feed sacks
- Butcher paper like this HERE**
- old cereal boxes or crackers or just about any old box… turn it into a cute gift bag HERE
- old cards/postcards as gift tags
- use dried fruits, flowers, or twigs and pine sprigs/cones for decorating the packages
- for kitchen gifts, you can wrap it with a dish towel, tie it with some pretty twine, and use a wooden spoon in place of a bow.
- pretty socks… preferably new ones 🙂 you can find themed socks for cheap around the holidays.
I think it’s clear that pretty much anything lying around the house could be used as a wrap or container for gifts… get creative and have fun! You might just find that you wrap the gifts so pretty that you don’t want to give them away!
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