For an elegant package start with gold foil wrapping paper. Set off the
gold with a fabulous topper made of small evergreen twigs and holly berries.
You may even want to embellish a 2" grapevine wreath or tie in miniature
pinecones. Place your arrangement in a large box and lightly spray with
artificial snow or glitter. Next tie your topper onto your package with
elegant burgundy ribbon. Don't like gold foil? Use heavy tin foil instead!
Giving a cookbook to someone for Christmas? Wrap it in a tea towel. Tie
your package up with colorful ribbon and add some measuring spoons to the bow.
Practically any kitchen gift can be wrapped in tea towels, dish cloths, table
clothes or decorative tins.
Heavy kitchen foil can be used to wrap a gift in. You can either wrap the
gift straight in the foil, or you can scrunch the foil up to create an
interesting effect and then wrap the gift. Add some green, red, or gold
ribbon. Why not tie a personalized Christmas Ornament to the bow!
Buy ordinary brown wrapping paper (or use clean paper grocery bags), using
a festive rubber stamp, stamp all over the non-shiny side with black ink. Then
using a metallic pen (red, green, gold, silver, purple or blue), add little
squiggles. Tie with metallic ribbon.
Tie tinsel around a package instead of ribbon. You can use raffia too. If
you want a natural look to your gift, use string.
Pack Christmas baking presents in decorative tins you can purchase at the
dollar store. Line the tins with waxed paper, add your baking, put on the lid
and tie it up with pretty ribbon. How about adding a recipe card and measuring
spoons to the bow!
Give your gift an antique look. Use old books of poetry, sheet music or
beautiful illustrations from resources that are no longer needed. Carefully
separated pages from their binding, to wrap your tiny treasures in.
Use tulle when you can. Buy your tulle either in yardage's or ribbons in
various colors (tulle is much cheaper than regular wrapping paper). To wrap
with tulle simple place item or items in the center of a cut piece large
enough to cover all items with approx. 5”–6” as selvage. Gather all the fabric
to the top and tie with a scrap piece of tulle or ribbon. Remember that you
will be able to see through the tulle. But that's OK!
Bag it. Purchase decorative bags at the dollar store. Or, take a brown
grocery bag, decorate it with rubber stamping, paints, stickers or pasted
pictures. Tie various lengths of colorful ribbon to the handle to close the
bag.
Put it in a basket or box. The dollar stores have a great selection of
pretty holiday baskets and decorative trinket boxes. All you need is a little
see through wrapping and a colorful bow with wisps of ribbons hanging down.
Are you looking for a unique Christmas gift
for an animal lover. Many of our original animal photos have
been turned into great gift merchandise.
You can search our animal lover gifts
by type of item or by kind of animal.
