13 Creative Ideas for Wrapping Gifts

4. Kid’s coloring book with Santa boots bow.

Andrea’s Inspiration

I would recognize those legs anywhere! Only at Christmas time can crafting the resemblance of an old mans lower body half be fun gift topper – sorry but it’s true! 

This bow could go on a gift bag, ornament, wreath, card and so much more! There are 3 things love about what Kelly did to create this Santa’s boot bow…

1. 1. It only took a plain ordinary green gift bag you can find at the dollar store and made it a unique Christmas gift bag that is sure to get someone to Oooh and Ahhh at the Christmas party. You could also make you own gift bag!  Watch here:

2. I love it because it is so easy! Everyone knows what Santa’s legs look like…just a little black, white and gold paper added to a red bow and it you can immediately recognize who it is.
3. I’m in awe on how they covered the knot! I was simply blown away by this genius idea –  covering a not-so-perfect bow knot with a small square of glittery paper…Brilliant for non-skilled-bow-makers like me! Check out how Kelly did it at her website SmartSchoolHouse.com

Andrea’s Wrapping Project

Materials Needed: 

Construction paper

Large coloring book pages (or Kraft paper, or other wrapping paper)

Ribbon

This year I found a giant coloring book to keep my boys busy during a family vacation trip. They loved that the pages were so huge the entire family could color at the same time. Here is the coloring book I purchased.

While coloring with the boys, I had the idea to use it as gift wrap! On this particular gift, I used a blank page so that the recipient could color the page themselves (it’s the gift wrap that keeps on giving!).  But, if this was for a grandparent or teacher, it could be personalized by having the child giving the gift color the page first before wrapping.  Be careful! If you’re not keeping it, don’t let the kids see you throw it away with the other used wrapping paper – they might be heartbroken!

Making the Santa boot bow was so easy. To start, I just took some red ribbon and tied it around the gift. Follow the instructions here for cutting the boots.

I couldn’t find my gold glitter scrapbook paper (I just know it’s buried somewhere in my office closet!) But, I was able to make a belt imitation using a square frame of black construction paper with a yellow rectangle threaded through the loop.

I was doing this without the “help” of kids, so hot glue was my adhesive choice. I’m sure a fabric glue or Elmer’s would work too… probably depends on your ribbon material.

Andrea’s Final Package

HO HO HO! Just check out those legs! Kids or adults would be delighted to receive a gift using a giant coloring book page with a Santa boot bow.

5. Doilies, Pinecones & Feathers — OH MY!

Andrea’s Inspiration

Pull out that craft box, because here is your chance to make something spectacular out of your past project leftovers. Just look at how these professionals used simple pieces to create elegant gift wrap.

Andrea’s Wrapping Project

Materials Needed:

Paper Doily

Green Garland

Twig Pencil

2-3 Feathers

Pine cone

Gold Washi Tape

Just let your combination of ideas run wild! I decided to use an 8 inch doily to wrap one side of the gift half way around the top and bottom of the gift. I used hot glue to attach the doily, but two-sided tape would have done the job just fine. The green garland ribbon came in a large quantity and was super easy to use.

In place of a bow I added a pine cone and a party favor (twig pencil with fake feathers taped with gold washi tape) left over from my son’s 6^th birthday party.

The combination of ideas and materials; makes this gift a beautiful addition under the Christmas Tree.

Andrea’s Finished Package

6. Printable Gift Wrap

Andrea’s Inspiration

I’ve always wanted to try a printable gift wrap. I found this printable wrapping paper at www.craftberrybush.com

Andrea’s Wrapping Project

Materials Needed:

Printer paper and Printer

Twine

Ribbon

Button

I just love the design and colors of this printable.  It printed great on a regular 8.5″ x 11″ office printer and copy paper.  I printed extra pages, so I could tape it together if needed. While I didn’t really like the idea of taping the pieces together, it was necessary even though the gift I was wrapping was small.  So,in order to put the pages together easily, I used double-sided tape.

If you are wondering, this wearable nail polish holder is for my niece, I haven’t tried it myself but I found it listed on this article 42 Strangest But Most Practical Hidden Gems On Amazon. Seems like a more efficient to get your nail polish brush back and forth while your painting your nails.

But let’s get back to what we were doing and WRAP this up. Since this was a small gift, a button seemed like the perfect topper.

I used some girly pink ribbon and dainty twine around the gift. Finished it off by threading a heart-shaped button for my sweet “Deer” niece.

Andrea’s Finished Package