Gifts
I Never Buy Wrapping Paper—I Do This Instead
Six DIY solutions with things you already have lying around the house.
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Gammy
August 3, 2019
Our family makes gift bags out of scrap fabric. Works for little gifts, works for huge gifts.
Sometimes we turn down the top to make a channel to thread a ribbon through to be pulled tight. Sometimes we just gather the neck and wrap a ribbon or thick yarn around it. I have a stack of fabric bags I use every Christmas and collect once they have been emptied. I just keep recycling year after year.
Sometimes we turn down the top to make a channel to thread a ribbon through to be pulled tight. Sometimes we just gather the neck and wrap a ribbon or thick yarn around it. I have a stack of fabric bags I use every Christmas and collect once they have been emptied. I just keep recycling year after year.
Connie
December 27, 2018
I use scarves I pick up at thrift shops or estate sales to wrap gifts. Often $1 or less each! And it’s another gift!
Lynn H.
December 23, 2018
I think that I would rather spend a couple of extra bucks on wrapping paper then to pull a sweater meant for donation to someone with less just so I can look craft at gift wrapping
Panfusine
December 21, 2018
I adopted the idea from this article of wrapping with a scarf for my food52 Holiday swap. a wonderful classy classy tip!
Eleanor M.
December 21, 2018
I pick up vintage tea towels whenever I see them, particularly love the ones with embroidered sayings like "bake on wednesday." They work wonderfully for wrapping.







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