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Alternatives to Using Traditional Wrapping Paper
by San Diego Bargain Mama
- Pin a towel or blanket around your baby shower gift or re-use a wine purse or a sachet.
- Embellish a grocery bag (with handles) with the kids’ ink handprints or ink stamps, then cover the ads with paper scraps and decorate.
- For small gifts, place them in a lunch sack, and then fold the opening down twice. Punch two holes in it, then string curly ribbon or raffia through it and tie a bow in the front.
- Use a solid color gift bag and tissue paper of a complimentary color. Use a marker to draw polka dots or stripes on the bag, or glue a sticker picture that you create and print from your computer.
- Use one of the gifts as a container for other smaller gifts, (such as a hat, mug, or planting pot) then wrap as a gift basket using cellophane. Be creative with your ribbon and embellishments.
- Wrap with comic book pages, scrap book paper, old maps (like Thomas Brother map sheets) or even ads from magazines.
- Tie on a rattle, key chain, lollipop, kitchen utensils, or silk flowers for extra pizzazz.
- Make or decorate a pillow case (costs as much as wrapping paper, anyway) for large items. Tie with a hair ribbon and re-use on another gift!
- See if a nearby printing press will donate the ends of their rolls.
- Check with the individual stores, as some still will wrap them for you, provide their own wrapping paper to you, or give complimentary boxes.
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