I love to go to the dollar tree and browse the miniature decoration aisle during the holidays. These make fun and festive decorations to hang on gifts. A nice and inexpensive way to personalize a gift, I think.
When I wrap presents, I don't use bows. For boys, I use a matchbox car, small ball, etc.; for girls I use hair accessories, pencils, etc.
Don't spend money on those fancy curly ribbon cascades. Make your own!
I love to buy wrapping paper at Costco. Their wrapping paper is super heavy and there is a ton of paper on each roll. The other neat part about their paper, is that it's double sided! This year I decided to wrap each person's presents with a specific wrapping paper.
I started this at Christmas time to reduce garbage, expensive gift wrapping costs and environmental waste. I bought inexpensive holiday material (after Christmas they will be cheap) and simply sew it up along the sides and hem the top and it resembles various size "Santa's Sacks.
I am delivering a present to someone who loves Diet Coke. I didn't want to wrap the gift, but wanted to add a keepsake. I put a pretty door decoration which has bells on the package. Once the drinks are gone, each time the door rings from the decoration, I will be remembered!
I wrap up cinnamon sticks with plaid ribbon and use it on gifts along with the bows as an "extra" gift. I also use the cinnamon sticks as Christmas ornaments.
Like most grandparents we always go overboard on gifts and want the packages to be spectacular and mainly recognizable.
For years now, I've been wrapping Christmas presents in a unique way. Each recipient gets his or her own paper!
Have you noticed how much packaging they put on kids toys these days? With all the tape, cardboard, twist ties, and plastic, it can take most of Christmas day just to get the toys out of the package and then you still have to put them together!
I have five grandchildren. Instead of buying one large gift, I buy several smaller ones. The children really enjoy getting to open so many gifts. I have 5 individual boxes with their names printed on them.
I am giving a large 88 shades makeup palette to my niece for Christmas. What is the best way to wrap the palette so the makeup won't break. Should I wrap it in bubble wrap first and then wrap it in Christmas paper? Or maybe write "handle with care" somewhere on the paper? Any suggestions?
By mrsparker
I think bubble wrap is a great idea. Another option might be to get her a makeup case to store it all in.
I read so often about wrapping gifts in comics from the Sunday paper, so I wrapped my grandson's gift in comics. It is really cute!
For Christmas, use the special holiday flyers to wrap up the presents! They are quite colorful, and you can save trees...
