By Noreen Doll. A soda bottle gift wrap is a fun way to wrap gifts for kids or teens. I recently needed a way to wrap some money I was giving, and I wanted to make it interesting. I washed and rinsed a 12 ounce soda bottle, and made sure it was completely dry before using it as a gift wrap. Materials Soda Bottle, Clean and Empty Shredded … [Read more...] about Soda Bottle Gift Wrap
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Valentine Gift Wrap
Boxes, baskets, pouches and cones become Valentine gift wrap ideas. Add a big red bow, or a bow with a big heart. Valentine's Day is a fun reason for decorating boxes, baskets and other containers to hold sweet treats and Valentine gifts. You can also decorate paper bags or make fun baskets or containers with newspaper painted red or pink. Use anything red, pink, lacy, … [Read more...] about Valentine Gift Wrap
How to Gift Wrap a Box
By Noreen Doll. Learn how to gift wrap a box. It's really quite easy. Unroll your wrapping paper enough to cut a piece that will overlap by a few inches when you wrap it around the box. To make sure you have enough paper for the ends, add the height of one end plus 4 or 5 inches, to the length of the box. 1. Lay the paper with the decorated side down. 2. Lay … [Read more...] about How to Gift Wrap a Box
Camo Wrapping Paper
By Noreen Doll. Here's an easy way to make your own camo wrapping paper - and recycle as well. Save the crumpled brown paper that is packed in boxes you've had shipped to you. Use green and black paints to create camouflage wrapping paper. Notice that you can barely see the twine bow. That's because it is camouflaged, which makes it perfect for this wrap! What … [Read more...] about Camo Wrapping Paper
Camo Gift Bags
By Noreen Doll. Make some easy camo gift bags with brown grocery bags or even lunch bags. You could actually make several camouflage bags while you are doing them, and have them ready when you want one to wrap a gift. What You Need Brown Bag, either grocery or lunch size Black and Green Paint Plastic Lids to hold the paint What You Do 1. Prepare the … [Read more...] about Camo Gift Bags
Recycle Christmas Cards
As soon as Christmas is over we try to find new ways to recycle Christmas cards. Every year we send out dozens (or more) of Christmas cards and receive dozens in return. The cards are too beautiful, and often too costly, to just throw in the trash. So we look for ways to reuse them. I have found some really clever and unique ways to give these Christmas cards a … [Read more...] about Recycle Christmas Cards
Gift Wrap with Recycled Christmas Cards
Gift wrap with recycled Christmas cards to use up more of your collection of cards. If you've been saving Christmas cards for several years while trying to think of ways to use them, here are some creative ways to recycle them into wrapping presents. Give some of these great gift wrap with recycled Christmas cards a try, and enjoy reusing some of your special … [Read more...] about Gift Wrap with Recycled Christmas Cards
Make Homemade Gifts
Do you try to make many of the gifts that you give? Do you love to give gifts but don't really have a lot of money to spend? Making your gifts yourself enables you to give something original that you have put your own effort and thought into. Many people are wanting to get back to basics and are downsizing the gifts that they give. Creating your own gifts is … [Read more...] about Make Homemade Gifts
Dollar Bill Wallet
by Noreen Doll. Create an easy dollar bill wallet to hold a cash gift or gift card. All you need to make this fun gift wrap is 2 one dollar bills and a few folds. What You Do 1. The first time I made this wallet I used 2 pieces of paper I had cut to the size of a $1 bill. 2. Turn the dollar bill face down and with the words right side up so you can … [Read more...] about Dollar Bill Wallet
Creative Gift Wrap
by Noreen Doll. Making creative gift wrap is fun, especially if you wrap presents to keep pinchers from guessing what is inside. One person I know used a different wrapping paper for each member of her family, but that member's gifts were all wrapped in the same paper. She put no names on them so no one was sure what belonged to who. Another gal swapped names … [Read more...] about Creative Gift Wrap
How to Gift Wrap
Once you learn how to gift wrap, it can be fun making beautiful and unique presents. Part of giving a gift is packaging or wrapping it. After your gift is wrapped, you can tie a ribbon around it and add a beautiful bow. Or you can think of all kinds of creative ways to make it look interesting. If you really don't enjoy spending a lot of money on wrapping a gift, see … [Read more...] about How to Gift Wrap
CD Gift Wrap
Make your own easy CD gift wrap. CD's are such a common gift to give and receive that it's nice to know how to make a gift holder for one. You can use decorative paper, gift wrap, or fabric to make them. CD Holder Use a thicker decorative paper to fold into the required shape for a CD holder. Card Case A holder for greeting cards or photos, use decorative … [Read more...] about CD Gift Wrap
