Sometimes wrapping Christmas gifts can be a time-consuming experience before the holiday season, as well as costly. Try creating your gift wrapping design ideas for sprucing up the look of holiday gifts while being economical at the same time. Recipients will appreciate the creativity used to present treasured and a beautifully wrapped gifts.
Parcel Paper
There are many unique wrapping ideas and styles of gift wrap, but brown parcel paper can be a very versatile wrapping paper, and a simple gift need not be boring if decorated in creative ways properly. There is nothing grandparents love more than receiving the best gift from their grandchildren wrapped in paper covered with the personal touch of tiny handprints, such easy ideas. Try rolling out a length of parcel paper on the floor and tape it down. Give kids a tray of washable craft white paint or coloured, have them dip their handprints in it, and go to work. After the paint dries, kids can decorate the borders of the paper with Christmas stamps, small buttons, pom poms, stickers, and markers, to name but a few, to create a pretty gift wrap. Let the creative juices flow! This makes for beautiful gift-wrapping ideas for the paper, and Christmas presents are also nice keepsakes.
Unique Gift Bags & Boxes
Instead of placing last-minute gifts in bags purchased at the local store, try these unique variations on gift boxes & bags. Take a paper lunch bag or empty boxes and let the children decorate them with Christmas stamps, stickers, or acrylic paint. Punch holes around the perimeter of the bag and weave a brightly-coloured ribbon through the holes, tying it at the top of a gift. Purchase solid-coloured cloth bags as a personal preference at a craft store and decorate them with craft paint, then use them for gift bags for that perfect present. Iron-on decorations with step-by-step instructions can also be added to fabric bags and double as a creative gift bag or a tote.
The idea is to create an original gift wrap from a brown paper bag or use bags for small gifts that have been recycled and reused. Wine bags are great as a last-minute idea for Christmas wrapping, both attractive and practical for the holiday gift. These are available at most party planning stores or liquor stores.
Quilted Paper
Instead of throwing away old Christmas cards and scraps of wrappings too small to wrap a standard-sized gift, why not recycle them? Find the old Christmas card stock stash from the previous year and remove the covers. Then attach them in one of two ways: either make holes using a hole punch and attach them with ribbon or tape the edges together. Wrap a gift box with tissue paper first, then fit the greeting card wrapping paper around the gift or use a hot glue gun to secure it. Cards can be bent to fit the package ends. Add a large bow, curling ribbon or even baker’s twine and voila! Old Christmas cards are recycled, and gift-givers truly have original packages to be proud of.
Gift-Wrapping Party
When the holidays are fast approaching and time is running out, enlisting help wrapping those last-minute small items is always a good idea. Kids are more likely to want to help if something sounds like fun, so break out the traditional gift wrap paper, make some hot chocolate, pop in a favourite Christmas movie, and have a gift-wrapping party and get the creative ideas flowing. Make sure to have plenty of variation in wrapping paper and gift toppers of ribbons and bows also gift tags to create that beautiful Christmas gift, Have a gift-wrapping contest with each family member and give a prize to the person with the most attractive Christmas gift-wrapping ideas. Make some popcorn or cookies with candy canes or a glass of hot cider for elders while wrapping. Make it fun as a great way to make the task go much faster.
Christmas gift wrapping need not be a tedious event! Using creative wrapping methods and many gorgeous options and great ideas, Christmas morning gifts can truly be an expression of the heart, and simple ideas and traditional wrapping paper can be a thing of the past.
