Fun Holiday Gift Wrapping
Ah, gift wrapping...are you a fancy wrapper? Or do you
go more for the whimsical approach? I'm a little bit of
both, with some rustic charm thrown in. First of all, I
firmly believe that kids should be involved in wrapping.
We have gifts they help choose and wrap, and then gifts
I choose and wrap. My husband throws in wisdom on
both counts! So today I have gift wrapping ideas for
everyone, and in all styles...
KID WRAPPING
*White tissue paper: I buy the BIG bundle at Sam's Club
for less than $5.00 of white only for year round wrapping.
We let all three kids stamp the paper with potato stamps.
This year we cut out stars and angels. We also cut a
carrot in half and I made crisscross cut lines in the top-
leaving it round. I patted it dry and they stamped with it.
It looked a little like a round snowflake! Be prepared to
have places for the paper to dry. Rope tied up tight
enough for the paper to hang on works, or the shower
curtain rod...or lots of cupboard space.
Other ideas: *Brown craft paper stamped with rubber stamps or left plain, then use natural raffia, gold ribbon or other gold package toppers to decorate. *Country themed fabric or plain muslin, tied with bows made out of ripped fabric in coordinating colors. Great for gift baskets! Tie on a cinnamon ornament too. If you don't want to cover the entire basket, just cover the gifts in the fabric and tie with a ribbon, then put it in the basket. Place a bow on the basket itself and the tag. *Plain colored paper-use any color, and decorate the packages with paper doilies. Small ones to put on top of the package with a bow in the middle or big ones to put on each side and then have them meet in the middle, or cut shapes out of the doilies and glue on the package! Buy colored doilies and use to decorate the brown or white craft paper. *One year I bought plain brown gift bags in bulk and decorated them myself with ribbon, markers, and cutouts from Christmas cards. I used pretty colored tissue paper to loosely wrap the gifts and let it stick out the top.
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*White and brown lunch bags: BIG hit with the kids. We
cut the tops with decorative scissors. Armed with a hole
punch, twine (jute) and ribbon they made their own handles.
Then I had white glue and more ribbon, craft sticks, foam
snowflakes and sequins. All of this leftover from various
crafts throughout the year. The kids decorated 15 bags!
