Affordable, Creative Holiday Gift Wrap Ideas
These holiday gift wrap ideas will allow you to creatively use (and reuse) items from around your home. We’ve compiled the ideas into three categories to help you choose your favorites: paper craft, holiday sparkle, and resourceful ideas.
PAPER CRAFT
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Paper Materials:
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Classic
  1. For a classic and colorful touch, wrap gift boxes with holiday-colored construction paper.
2. Once your boxes are wrapped, cut out additional strips and confetti-sized pieces from the paper.  3. Use glue to adhere the paper accents to each box. |
Polka Paper
  1. Wrap gift boxes with white or neutral-colored construction paper. 2. Using a large (1 to 2-inch) circular hole punch, punch out circles from holiday-colored construction paper.  3. Glue the punched circles onto the wrapped gift box. For an added pop, glue a different color of punched paper atop the first. |
Holiday Trees
  1. Wrap gift boxes with white or neutral-colored construction paper.
2. Cut out triangle shapes from green construction paper.  3. Glue triangles onto the wrapped gift box, overlapping each triangle atop the next.  4. Cut out a small strip of paper, position and glue it below the triangles to make the trunk of the tree. |
HOLIDAY SPARKLE
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Holiday Sparkle Materials :
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Adhesive Paper
  1. Wrap gift boxes with shiny adhesive paper to quickly and easily add a super sparkly shine to your presents. 2. To apply the adhesive, remove the backing from the adhesive paper and wrap your gift box. 3. For a more subtle touch of shine, cut strips or shapes out of the adhesive paper and apply to a gift box wrapped in white or neutral-colored paper. |
Painted Paper
  1. Wrap gift boxes with white or neutral-colored paper. 2. Once wrapped, use a cotton swab to apply daubs of metallic gold or silver paint atop the paper. |
Glitter + Glue
  1. Wrap gift boxes with white or neutral-colored paper. Once wrapped, use a metallic pen to write out a holiday greeting.  2. Trace over the pen with glue and set aside for 1-2 minutes to allow the glue to slightly set.  3. Before the glue dries completely, sprinkle glitter atop and then blow the excess glitter off to see your glittery holiday greeting. |
RESOURCEFUL
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Resourceful Materials:
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Catalog/Magazine
  1. Holiday catalogs or magazines are sure to be found in your mailbox around this time. Instead of throwing them out, use them to wrap your gifts!  2. Cut out images to add festive accents to your gifts or use full pages to cover your gift boxes. |
Natural
  1. Look to nature for inspiration with this gift wrap. First wrap gift boxes using recycled paper bags to provide a neutral and natural base.  2. Once wrapped, secure seasonal greenery and pinecones atop the boxes by wrapping with twine. |
Tape
  1. Wrap gift boxes with white or neutral-colored paper. 2. Once wrapped, use colored tape to add fun accents and patterns. |