Simple and Inexpensive DIY Wrapping Ideas
Have you ever received a gift that’s so beautiful, so fantastically wrapped that you don’t want to unwrap it?
My step-mom Susan’s gifts are like that. She has the most fantastic collection of gift wraps, ribbons, ornaments and garnishes. It isn’t just her supplies, but the way she creatively uses them to turn her presents into true works of art.
Simple and Inexpensive DIY Wrapping Ideas
Every year I save the ribbon, tags and embellishments from my gifts turning her collection into my collection. Shh don’t tell!
There is something so lovely about a beautifully wrapped gift. I love wrapping a gift so prettily that the receiver doesn’t even want to open it. I’m always on the hunt for simple and inexpensive DIY wrapping ideas.
But, don’t get me wrong, even on a budget they can still be elegant and fabulous!
In this post I’m sharing four simple and inexpensive DIY wrapping ideas you can create with leftover ribbons and ornaments.
Simple and Inexpensive DIY Wrapping Ideas
It amazes me how simple brown paper is instantly transformed with a gorgeous piece of ribbon. I shop for Christmas ribbon after Christmas and save every scrap of ribbon possible to have a fun variety to create with.
Gather together wrapping paper, a roll of crepe paper, ribbon and glitter ornaments from the dollar store to combine for a festively wrapped gift.
I can’t believe how many cute Christmas ornaments you can find at the Dollar Tree! I found snowflakes, reindeer and super cute jingle bells!
Once I have all my presents wrapped in paper I start matching the length of ribbon scraps to the size of the boxes. Working on a budget and with what you have forces you to get creative!
I had three pieces of really beautiful ribbon that I want to work with for these gifts, a candy cane piped ribbon, a gorgeous double sided ribbon – red on one side and green on the other – and a fabulous peacock patterned ribbon.
Tie it in a bow
For the candy ribbon, it was a pretty short piece so I used it on a small box and tied a nice big fluffy bow.
Next the red and green ribbon a stack of three boxes made a lovely little tower and showed both sides of the ribbon off.
And finally, when wrapping with the peacock ribbon I knew I really wanted to showcase it. I used it on a wrapped journal and tied it in a big bow. It’s amazing how much variety you can get from different sized gifts and ribbon!
What’s amazing about wrapping all of these gifts is that I didn’t even use wrapping paper! Plain brown kraft paper made for the perfect neutral background to really let theses gorgeous ribbons shine.
Top it with an ornament
I found a glitter reindeer ornament at the dollar store and really wanted to wrap with it. I also had red and white wrapping paper and gold crepe paper on hand.
A lot of what I end up using in projects comes from using what I have on hand. I love the challenge of getting creative with things I already have.
I wasn’t sure about using crepe paper, but I really like the way it turned out.
Will you try your own simple and inexpensive DIY wrapping ideas with leftover ribbons and ornaments?
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How do you get creative with your Christmas wrapping? Let me know in the comments below.
xoxo Naomi
