Pro-Wrapper: How-To Transform Household Items into Holiday Gift Wrap
Sadly last year, especially at the end of 2020, right as the holidays were starting, my attempt to be a good recycler went out the window. We decided it was too risky to keep going to the recycling center. Normally, we'd go 3-5 times a week, but at the height of the pandemic, we just stopped.
Not recycling or being as green as I liked to be was heartbreaking.
One thing I tried to do to offset my not recycling during the pandemic last holiday season, & will re-implement in this year's gifts, was re-purposing household items into gift wrap. If you recall a few of my past holiday posts, you'll know I like to craft here & there.
It is really easy to re-purpose household items like paper towel tubes, oatmeal containers, plastic lids, & paper bags as they are all items we have in our homes. Really, they are waiting to be transformed into sustainable gift wrap.
In this post, I turned a plastic lid into a little snowman face & used it in a gift basket type of situation. Another re-purposed gift wrap item I used was a cardboard oatmeal container, notecards, & a brown paper grocery store bag.
I'll show you how I did so in each photo.
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| DIY Holiday Gift Tag |
Repurposed Notecard Gift Tags
Taking two-lined note cards, I glued them together {lines facing inward} & was able to make a bunch of holiday gift tags. As for the little trees, I found a pack at the dollar store, & did a little extra DIY-ing adding them & some light blue card stock over the notecards.
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| Sustainable Gift Wrap Ideas |
Repurposed Rudolph Gift Bag
Reusing brown paper grocery bags is probably one of the most common things to repurpose when wrapping gifts. I used the brown bag for the main portion of the deer's body, traced my hands for the antlers, & re-used a big red plastic lid {that was on a chocolate almond milk gallon} for the deer's nose.
I hand drew some eyes on cardstock & used those for the eyes. If you like to sparkle, glitter glue adds sparkle without adding glitter all over the house.
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| DIY Gift Wrap |
Repurposed Snowman Lid
I took the plastic lid off of an oatmeal container & I then painted it to look like a snowman face. I used the paint plastic lid & added it inside a gift basket I made up. I felt better able to recycle the lid in a creative way as opposed to just throwing it away.
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| Repurposing Household Items into Gift Wrap |
Repurposed Oatmeal Container Gift Wrap
I first got the idea to wrap all of my gifts in a sustainable method when I saw an oatmeal container in the trash {at home}. I actually used this to wrap a treat jar & it fit perfectly inside. Simply, wrap your container in your gift wrap of choice & embellish the wrapping with ribbon & or a bow! It's so easy!
There you have it, sustainable gift wrap using household items, easy, right? If you love this, I am always sharing more creativity on my Instagram @ Katelynchef
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