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
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
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
Gift Wrap in a Snap
For gift wrap in a snap, there are some great ideas here. In this fast paced world, we frequently don't have time to spend making ornate gift wraps. Below you will find some really speedy ideas, many of which can use recycled paper bags if you choose to. Quick and Easy Bags For quick and easy gift bags, buy red and green lunch size bags. Fill, fold down, and hold … [Read more...] about Gift Wrap in a Snap
Free Printable Gift Wrap
Using free printable gift wrap is one quick way to wrap a present. Just print, cut out, fold and tape and your box or bag is ready to use. Printable Gift Boxes Christmas and everyday printable gift boxes. Click through the pages at the bottom for more shapes and designs. Printable Christmas Boxes Scroll down to find a printable Christmas house box, along with … [Read more...] about Free Printable Gift Wrap
Gift Wrap Boxes
by Noreen Doll. You can buy gift wrap boxes, but they are very quick to make once you learn the easy methods. Save all your cereal, cracker, and other boxes to turn into gift boxes. After the gift box is used and the gift is removed, it can be recycled. Map Covered Gift Box Tutorial The boxes can be used as is, turned inside out and decorated, or covered with … [Read more...] about Gift Wrap Boxes
