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Green Gift Wrapping
Here are some tips to be more environmentally conscious when wrapping presents:
Instead of using wrapping paper, get in the habit of wrapping your family presents in cool fabric and ribbons that you reuse every year. If you’re super crafty, make cloth sacks out of fun fabric and ribbon closures or knit one. Thrift stores often have great options for inexpensive fabrics. Get creative!
Use recycled craft paper to create your own recycled wrap with interesting stamps or sponge painting
Make sure to recycle all wrapping paper when possible, but check first with your local recycling program to make sure they accept conventional wrapping paper. Most conventional wrapping paper contains a high content of metal and is therefore not accepted by most programs. When not using recycled wrap, try not to buy the metallic wrap because of this reason.
Make your own wrapping paper by recycling ordinary items from your house. Colorful magazine pages, the comics, wacky personals pages, phone book listings all make interesting and unique wrapping materials. Make a collage and use that. Why buy paper when you can just reuse something cool you already have?
If you do use wrapping paper, try to buy only recycled options - some suggestions are listed below.....
Here are 10 USES & RE-USES for that eye-catching wrapping you hate to throw away!
10. Framed art on your wall - Use a single pattern or combine multiple designer sheets to create a larger wallscape.
9. Personalize your coffee cup - Grab a reusable coffee cup that allows you to change the insert…talk about a morning pick me up?!?!?!
8. Cover your books - Be the envy of your classmates or dress up an old coffee table book.
7. Give new life to an old piece of furniture - Cover a tabletop or the inside of a bookshelf…use one design all over for a sophisticated look or smaller pieces in multiple designs for a real standout piece!
6. Make drawer liners - Your socks will thank you!
5. Picture frame matting - This looks especially great with a black and white photo.
4. Cover a boring bulletin board - Change them out every month (or when you get too many poked holes)…your "To-Do List" just got more exciting!
3. Shred it - Shred it or cut it up and use to protect packages instead of Styrofoam.
2. Scrapbooking - Cut them up and use them as pages in your scrapbook.
1. Wrap another gift - Use scraps as decorative accents on another gift in place of bows or ribbons!
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