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Easy Gift Wrap Ideas

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With Christmas right around the corner, you don't have to purchase wrapping paper to gift wrap...just raid your pantry and re-purpose these items :-)

MASON or Other Lidded Glass Jars:  These are ideal for holding homemade candy, nuts and other small bites.  A ribbon around the top makes it extra special.

 

BROWN PAPER BAGS:  Use lunch sacks or cut apart large bags to make useful wrapping paper.  Add an extra touch with paint pen figures.

 

SHOE, JEWELRY AND OTHER BOXES:   Pick a box based on the size or the amount of your to be gifted treats.  Line it with tissue paper or wax paper.  No one will  notice what the box originally held.

 

TEA OR DISH TOWELS OR CLOTH NAPKINS:  If you have spares---or one in a set that is not stained--bundle it around your sealed baked goods and tie with kitchen twine.  An old recipe card makes a perfect gift tag too.

 

OATMEAL CANISTERS:  Cylinders are great for small items, and easy to wrap too.  Roll in paper, cut it and tape, or create "candy wrapper" ends by gathering excess paper on either side of the tube with ribbon.

 

 

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Kristin Johnston

Realtor, ABR, EPRO

RE/MAX Platinum

414 254 6647

kjohnston5@wi.rr.com

 

 

 

Jordon Wheeler
The Jordon Wheeler Group - Fairburn, GA
J W Group Real Estate Sales and Service

Kristin,

These are really simple ideas that anyone can do.  Merry Christmas to you!

Dec 18, 2012 11:22 PM
Mark Loewenberg
KW of the Palm Beaches - Palm Beach Gardens, FL
KW 561-214-0370

yes we like to decorate packages during the year with brown paper bags and then draw all over them too!

Dec 18, 2012 11:23 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Same to you Jordon and nice rhyme comment :-)

 

Mark, great eco option!

Dec 18, 2012 11:32 PM
Elite Home Sales Team
Elite Home Sales Team OC - Corona del Mar, CA
A Tenacious and Skilled Real Estate Team

That does sound like great and creative ways to wrap your Christmas gifts.

Dec 18, 2012 11:39 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Sure does ...thanks much!

Dec 18, 2012 11:41 PM
Kristine Ginsberg
Elite Staging and Redesign, LLC - Short Hills, NJ
NJ Home Stager

Kristin - great ideas and I do this all the time. You can also get wrapping paper online for half the price and twice as much! Happy Holidays!

Dec 18, 2012 11:59 PM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Kristin --- you've offered some great and creative ways to wrap up and decorate in style and fun!

I just love your ideas!

Dec 18, 2012 11:59 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Kristine, I hadn't thought about getting it online....good one!

Patricia, thanks much!!

Dec 19, 2012 12:05 AM
Debbie Walsh
SHAHAR Management - Middletown, NY
Hudson Valley NY Real Estate 845.283-3036

All good ideas - I absolutely hate wrapping!  Have a wonderful Christmas Kristin!

Dec 19, 2012 01:22 AM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

Newspaper and the comic strips are good ideas too MM...............

Dec 19, 2012 07:35 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

I do too Debra...I usually recycle the bags I get each year first :0

 

Roger, agreed!!  happy wrapping!

Dec 19, 2012 08:05 AM
Lou Ludwig
Ludwig & Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Designations Earned CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC

Kristin

You are always coming up with great tips.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Dec 19, 2012 10:55 AM
Toni Weidman
Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL
20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

Kristin - it's amazing how many simple things make great gift boxes, or wrapping. Thanks.

Dec 19, 2012 09:11 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Gee thanks Lou!

Toni, I know!  Love it!  Merry Christmas!

Dec 19, 2012 09:21 PM
Christine O'Shea
Christine E O'Shea Broker - Naples, FL

Kristin, Thanks for all of the great ideas and now you have my head spinning with a few more thoughts!

Dec 20, 2012 09:58 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

You betcha Christine...Merry Christmas!

Dec 20, 2012 09:28 PM
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Thanks Kristin, these all sound like something that I would do, when I feel like getting fancy I use comic strips from the Sunday paper.

Dec 21, 2012 11:34 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Cute idea Bob!

Dec 21, 2012 10:44 PM
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

yep, with a little imagination, anything will become a wonderful unique wrap for a gift:)

Happy Holidays to you all(hope, all of you have your all presents wrapped! Ho-ho-ho:)

Dec 22, 2012 05:37 PM