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Easy Creative Gift Wrap Ideas
It's easy and fun to wrap gifts without buying expensive papers and ribbons. You can use supplies you have on hand, work with recycled materials or design ad print your own wrapping papers, small boxes, goodie bags, gift tags and enclosures with the help of your computer.
Free and Easy Gift Wrap, Boxes, Tags
- Step by Step Video - How To Wrap Gifts
- Small Printable Gift Boxes, Bags and Envelopes
- Creative Gift Packages
- Low Cost Wrapping Ideas Using Recycled Materials
- Recycled Gift Wrap Ideas - Threadbanger Video Tutorial
- Free Printable Gift Tags
- Fast and Frugal Gift Tags
- Tags You can Make
- Teach Me How to Do It ... Origami Box Videos
- Print Your Own Gift Tags, Gift Boxes
- Printable Gift Boxes
- Make Your Own Gift Bags and Gift Boxes
- Goodie and Gift Bags
- Printed Lunch Bag Treat Sacks
- Templates and Patterns for Making Gift Boxes, Envelopes, Folders
- Share Your Comments
- How to Wrap Pretty Presents
- Ideas for Creative Gift Wrap
Step by Step Video - How To Wrap Gifts
Small Printable Gift Boxes, Bags and Envelopes
Ready to print, cut and fold containers for small gifts and trinkets
I just love a special package for a tiny gift. It makes a big statement about a small treasure when you present it in a very special container. Try these print and fold gems for your small-but-special gifts:
Petal Shaped Box - perfect for a gift card, small piece of jewelry or love coupon.
Folded Treasure Boxes - tuck a single small gift into these tiny boxes or use to wrap wedding favors.
Cubby House Gift Box- cute kids gift box
Kodak Gift Box - Pretty print, cut and fold gift boxes.
Boxes and Bags - Cute lunch boxes and gift bags you can make.
Mini House Box - a paper toy house that doubles as a gift box. Easy to make from free pattern.
Petal Shaped Box - perfect for a gift card, small piece of jewelry or love coupon.
Folded Treasure Boxes - tuck a single small gift into these tiny boxes or use to wrap wedding favors.
Cubby House Gift Box- cute kids gift box
Kodak Gift Box - Pretty print, cut and fold gift boxes.
Boxes and Bags - Cute lunch boxes and gift bags you can make.
Mini House Box - a paper toy house that doubles as a gift box. Easy to make from free pattern.
Creative Gift Packages
Low Cost Wrapping Ideas Using Recycled Materials
Make it a Green Celebration - Save Money and Help the Planet
If you're trying to save some pennies and also want to make a splash with gift wrapping, try these creative and frugal ideas for using recycled materials to wrap up your gifts.1. Newspaper gift wrap - wrap up a gift for someone special using a section of the newspaper that pertains to that person. Perhaps a page of stock listings for an up and coming executive, or the first page of the sports. Use the colored comics section for kids or just for fun. Tie it all up with a piece of bright ribbon, string or raffia.
2. Brown kraft paper - you can decorate blank paper with clip art, cut out pictures from magazines, stickers, hand-written decorations or rubber stamp images with a theme for your recipient.
3. Fabric - use left over pieces of colorful yard goods or purchase a colorful scarf, table cloth or napkin. Place gift in the center, then draw up the corners together at the top and tie securely with ribbon, braid or rick rack.
4. Bag it - make a fabric bag, stitch around three sides, then tack a drawstring at one side near the top. Larger/faster bags: buy a colorful pillow case and add a drawstring from grosgrain ribbon.
5. Repurposed / recycled packaging - use those boxes and bags you carefully preserved from gifts you received previously.
6. Maps - printed maps (new or antique)make wonderful gift wrap! They're colorful, HUGE pieces of heavy paper that work well to wrap travel or location related gifts.
7. Posters - if you have an old poster you don't need or want anymore, use it to wrap a gift. The paper is heavy and printing is usually quite good.
8. Can or Jar It - Start with a clean coffee can, plastic pretzel container, cookie tin or even cleaned and washed jars from mayo, pickles and pasta sauces. Paint the lids if they have advertising on them. Add a "belly band" of printed paper, clip art or sticky paper with printed design or use a bandana or length of fabric around the midsection. Drape a piece of fabric or lace over the lid and tie on with ribbon or string and add a decorative tag.
9. Wrap up a Gift Card Dress up a retail store gift card with a hand made presentation folder. Use card stock to create a unique shaped folder to hold the card. Cut slots to secure the card inside.
Recycled Gift Wrap Ideas - Threadbanger Video Tutorial
Save money and help save the planet with recycled gift wrap materials.
Creative Gift Wrapping Ideas, Recycled Wrapping,Threadbanger
Tired of the typical glittery holiday gift wrapping ? This week on Holly Jolly How To's we show you how to rectify that boring gift wrap dilema and personalize your presents, all using recycled materials....oh yeah and a potato.
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Free Printable Gift Tags
- Free Stickers and Stamps in Printable Sheets
- Free printable stickers and stamp sheets for holidays and special occasions.
- Labels and Tags, Small Sticker Graphics
- Free printable tags and labels for baked goods, jelly jars, gift bags, scrap book layouts, drink tags, paper crafts and creative arts and crafts.
- Vintage Design Gift Tags
- Vintage holiday card graphics on ready to print gift tags.
- Miss Deal's Hippie Christmas Gift Tags
- Miss Deal's Trippy Hippie Gift Tags
- Free Printable Tags for Christmas and Hanukkah
- Printable full color free tags for wrapping Hanukkah gifts and tags for Christmas gifts.
- Seussville Gift Tags
- Black and white Dr. Seuss Grinch characters on printable gift tag sheets.
- Christmas Tags by Debi
- Free tiny Christmas gift tags to print and cut.
- Tags and Labels to Print
- Backing Paper / sheets for crafters, card makers and scrapbookers.
Fast and Frugal Gift Tags
Gift tags and small enclosure cards are easy to make from many materials. The simplest gift tags are made by cutting an interesting shape from the gift wrap you're using, then folding to make a small card and writing inside.To take this technique up a notch, try making small fold over gift tags from card stock, then decorate the outside with bits of pretty paper, fabric, clip art pictures or glitter.
Variations: use decorative edge scissors to make the borders interesting. Punch a hole in the corner to add a string or ribbon.
Bookmark Gift Tags
Use a printable bookmark as a jumbo gift tag. Write your greeting on the back of the bookmark, then attach to your gift for a tag that becomes part of your gift.
Make a money folder quickly from a printable bookmark: instead of cutting bookmarks apart, cut them into sets of two and fold along the long side. Insert your bills or check inside.
Printable Labels can be used to make gift tags or as decorations for recycled containers. Attach the label to a clean jar, add matching ribbon around the lid and tie on a few sprigs of dried or silk flowers. You can also stick the label to a piece of card stock cut slightly larger than the label.
Tags You can Make
Teach Me How to Do It ... Origami Box Videos
Tutorials for making boxes, bags and creative gift wraps.
Origami box Start with a square paper sheet.
First you crease the paper. And again, on diagonals. And open. Each corner fold towards the center, using the crease as a guide. Fold in half. And in quarters towards the outside. Open. Fold the quarter sections upward. And pull the corner, like so, following along the crease lines. Do the same. And fold inward. At this point, touch the center. And that's the last step in the origami square box.
Origami Box 2 - Here's another origami box tutorial, this one with pictures and step by step folding instructions.
First you crease the paper. And again, on diagonals. And open. Each corner fold towards the center, using the crease as a guide. Fold in half. And in quarters towards the outside. Open. Fold the quarter sections upward. And pull the corner, like so, following along the crease lines. Do the same. And fold inward. At this point, touch the center. And that's the last step in the origami square box.
Origami Box 2 - Here's another origami box tutorial, this one with pictures and step by step folding instructions.
Print Your Own Gift Tags, Gift Boxes
Deluxe papers and card stock for printing gift tags and boxes
Printable Gift Boxes
- Gift Boxes by Shala
- Free Printable Boxes by Shala
- Christmas Gift Bag -Believe in the Magic
- Holiday gift bag and card,all in one.
- Accordion Lid Boxes
- Printable boxes, favor boxes, gift boxes, free templates
- Gift Boxes by Shala
- Free Printable Boxes by Shala - includes a pirates treasure chest, mint boxes, tea boxes, boxes for kids and adults.
Make Your Own Gift Bags and Gift Boxes
PF Instant Gift Wrap 1.0
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/07/2008)
Celestial Maps Planispheres Celestes French Poster Decoupage Wrap 20 x28"
Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)
4 rolls European Art Gift Wrap: Mucha, Klimt, Morris, Poiret
Amazon Price: $21.99 (as of 10/07/2008)
Goodie and Gift Bags
Party loot, gift bags, grab bags and treasure bags.
Quick Party Bags Design and decorate your own personalized designer gift bags. Transform humble paper lunch bags into custom treat bags for parties, Trick or Treat and gift giving. Run the bags right run through your printer one at a time, or decorate them with stamped designs, stickers or printed cutouts made from clip art.
- Party Goody Bags
- Free printable paper crafts & origami projects - very easy to follow on-line tutorials.
- Free Printable Bag Topper
- You Are So Special bag topper.
- Free Printable Halloween Bags - Print out these free Mini Gift or Trick or Treet Bags for Halloween
- Free printable Halloween Gift Bags - ready to print, cut and glue together.
- Printable Lunch Bag Crafts - Party Treat Bags to Make At Home
- Party treat bags - How to design and print your own gift bags for party treats using free clip art and paper lunch sack bags.
Printed Lunch Bag Treat Sacks
Templates and Patterns for Making Gift Boxes, Envelopes, Folders
- Mirkwood Designs - Templates
- Templates for making gift boxes, cards, envelopes and more.
- Free Mothers Day Gift Bags at Moms Break
- Mothers Day printable gift bags. Great craft for kids.
- Money Origami
- Money folded into origami is a great way of spicing up the age-old idea of cash gifts. Don't fold origami with regular paper, use money instead!
- Holiday blossom gift box ornaments
- Brightly colored and dotted with winter blooms, these lovely paper box ornaments make handy wrappings for small trinkets and gift cards.
- Free Printable Hanukkah and Christmas Tags
- Printable full color gift tags for decorating scrap books or wrapping holiday gifts, tags for Hanukkah gifts and tags for Christmas gifts
- Free Labels and Tags
- Print and cut tags and labels for baked goods, jelly jars, gift bags, scrap book layouts, drink tags, paper crafts and creative arts and crafts.
- Tiny Box with Heart Decoration
- Triangle Gift Box
- Free Triangle Gift Box.
- Gift Wrap from recycled, reused and natural materials.
- Create a small gift box from cereal box cardboard and other creative ideas
- Knitted Gift Bags
- Small hand knit bags shaped like little tree ornaments.
- Printable Gift Bags, Favor Bags
- Free printable gift bags for occasions holidays plus themes such as flowers angels, autumn and more.
- RobertSabuda.com: Simple Pop-Ups You Can Make!
- Simple pop-up cards you can make - free patterns included plus picture instructions to help you make your pop-ups.
- Printable Favor Boxes and Seals
- Pretty boxes and stickers to print at home,cut out and fold together.
- Free Christmas Gift Wrapping Ideas
- Free Christmas Gift Wrapping Ideas.
- Iris Folding Heart Motif Square Box
- Iris Folding Small Box Template with a Heart Design Aperture
- project sheets // inspirations // paperworks.biz ~ creative paper boutique
- Free Downloadable Fun Paper Project Ideas
- You Grow Girl Printable Templates
- Printable seed packets and labels.
Share Your Comments
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beachbum_gabby
Back in High School, I have made a gift wrapper made of a used bond papers and I just painted it with watercolors. It saves me money and I practiced recycling. :) 5* for you. Posted August 11, 2008 |
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totalhealth
nice ideas. it's really helpful. Posted August 07, 2008 |
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poddys
Great ideas, this is a very nice lens. Half the problem with crafts is coming up with ideas, this should really help a lot of people. 5***** Posted July 31, 2008 |
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marieave
Awesome lens. To good not to come back and use it! Posted March 27, 2008 |
How to Wrap Pretty Presents
Gift Wrap Video How to
Style at Home Magazine - Pretty presents
http://www.styleathome.com/styleathome/client/en/Today/DetailNews.asp?idNews=239763&bSearch=True teaches you how to wrap your Christmas presents so that they look pretty and professional.
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Ideas for Creative Gift Wrap
- Celebrate a Green Christmas
- Make Christmas a green holiday by recycling, conserving, saving fuel and making less waste in landfills from Christmas wrapping papers, packages and wasted food.
- Make the Box a Part of the Gift
- Selecting unique containers to package your gifts.
- Print and Cut Gift Wrap Boxes
- Free projects for giftwrapping from HP.
- Anything but store-bought gift wraps
- Use items from around the home to wrap your gifts.
- Gifts in a Jar
- How to decorate and present gifts from the kitchen (jar gifts), and kitchen mixes.
- Gift Wrapping Alternatives
- All That Glitters: They Call It Progress
- Recycle those plastic shopping bags into a sturdy knit bag!
- Christmas Gift Wrap - Wrapping Paper
- Make your own Christmas gift wrap. Christmas craft project instructions, decorating tips and Christmas entertaining ideas.
- 10 Gift Wrapping Ideas
- 10 Gift Wrapping Ideas for the Holidays!
- Improv Package Wraps
- Use recycled materials to fashion creative gift wrap.
- Gift Wrap Tags: Craft projects from recycled, reused and natural materials.
- Suggestions for creating your own unique wrapping paper and tags
