Call me crazy, but even as a kid it made me sad to throw away all the pretty wrapping paper. I would make thank you cards out of it or even just save the pretty little scraps for a rainy day. My mom has always saved gift bags and shirt boxes… but the wrapping paper went straight to the trash can. The following 10 DIY gift wrap ideas are ways to reuse old stuff to wrap or embellish your gifts so that, hopefully, there is not so much wrapping paper in the trash can this year! Here are 13 clever recycled gift wrap ideas…
1. Food boxes @ C.R.A.F.T.
2. Make a Buckle @ Etsy
3. Fancy Twist Tie @ Zakka Life
4. Gift Bag @ How about Orange
5. Target Bags @ C.R.A.F.T.
Plus learn how to make a plastic bag bow!
6. Cupcake Liners @ C.R.A.F.T.
7. Brown bags @ Sierra
8. Doily’s @ WIP
9. Book Pages @ Alisa Burke
10. Lego print @ Fancy chicken house
11. Fabric wrapped @ Ohhdeedo
12. DIY Personalized gift wrap
Personalized brown bag gift wrap with a letter stamp.
How do you wrap gifts? I’d love to hear…
Comments & Reviews
What a great collection of ideas! Thanks so much for gathering these together! Angie xo
Those are some great ideas. I am definitely going to have to use a few of those. Not only is it a super fun way to wrap a gift but it's Green. You are using stuff you would normally throw away. I'm down for recycling!!!