DIY Christmas Gift Wrap

It was 1976 and I remember my brother, Bobby, teaching me how to wrap Christmas presents while we sat on my Mom and Dad’s bed.  He showed me how to fold the ends with those little triangles.  I think I actually remember him yelling at me for using too much paper, ha ha.  He wanted them perfect, where I just wanted to get to the pretty bow part.

Then I got older, and I started to act a little like him and I really got into the whole wrapping thing.  I did that for a couple years, and then the kiddos came, so everything changed again.  I saved time and used lots of gift bags and pre-made bows.

Today, I like to be a little more creative and think up fun ways to wrap the gifts with ideas that don’t involve too much money, energy, or time.  So, here we go…check these out.

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Aren’t they pretty?

This is such an easy DIY Christmas Gift Wrap idea…it also has so much more meaning {I think} than wrapping paper that just gets ripped off, and scrunched up into the garbage.

I used plain white gift boxes and I drew little notes on the boxes with a black permanent marker.  On my husband’s I wrote a Christmas memory.  On my daughter’s I wrote about all the things she does to make us proud.  You could play with this any way you wish.  You can personalize them to the gift receiver.  The whole idea is to make that person feel good.  That’s what gifts are for, right?

After I wrote something, I used pretty flannel ribbon to tie around the box, but you could use any ribbon you desire.  Pre-made bows would look cute, too.

Wrapping, or “not wrapping” your gifts this way has many advantages such as:

• Saves Time
• Saves Money
• Saves the Earth
• No Paper Clean Up
• It’s More Personal
• People Will Think You are a Genius

Merry Christmas!