Great Gift Wrap Ideas for the Reuse-y Types

It's Holiday Time which means we are thinking about gift wrap this week.  So often, after the big gift exchange, we are overwhelmed with the piles of paper and ribbon, all of which just heads out to the land fill (or to the recycle bin if your lucky).  Why not challenge yourself wrap with an eye for reuse this year.  Here's some ideas for a Reuse-y Holiday!

• Use reusable containers like gift bags, holiday tins or sturdy gift boxes.
• If you received a bag at the store when you purchased the gift, use that paper or plastic to wrap it.
• Use old scarves, cloth napkins or fabric scraps for an infinitely reusable gift wrap
• Look for "reuse" gift wrap around your house, such as newspaper, maps, magazines, wallpaper samples, or grocery bags
• Use yarn or kitchen twine to tie up your package
• Make gift tags our of cereal boxes or other boxes
• Any container can become a gift bag just by adding a bow or glueing a bit of holiday paper
• Make a gift box out of cereal box (Look for our tutorial on how to do it in our treasure box blog post)

And most importantly!

• After the big unwrap, do not be ashamed to gather up all the gift bags, gift boxes and ribbon to use next year. It's like giving the earth a big 'ol gift just from you!

Here's a small sample of our reuse wrappers.