For me, half the fun of gift giving is the creative process behind the actual wrapping of the gifts themselves. Each year I dream up a few fun and unique ways to dress up my packages. Whether it's creating my own hand-painted gift wrap, or adding bits of festive flair to them, I love seeing the recipient's face light up when they receive one of my creations. Check out the 5 easy peasy ideas below to add a little pizazz to your gifts this year and don't forget to download the free printable Merry and Bright Christmas Gift Tags!
I love dressing up plain gift wrap with unexpected items to better coordinate with my Christmas themes each year. Geometric patterns are so in right now so I created my own using by painting wooden diamond shapes in bright colors and then simply hot glued them to the top of a pink wrapped gift. Your guests could even save them and repurpose them later, so it's technically a gift within a gift!
You don't have to be a perfect artist to create your own whimsical wrapping paper. Creating your own gift wrap is a cinch and takes only a matter of minutes to go from ho hum to a masterpiece. Starting with fadeless orchid bulletin board paper, paint simple Christmas trees in colors to match your theme and then add a free printable Christmas tag, tied up with gold ribbon and a spray painted wreath, and viola! You've been transformed into the giver of the prettiest gifts on the block!
Looking for a twist on the traditional ribbon wrapped gift? Paint wooden beads in colors to match your decorations and then string them onto gold baker's twine instead! Kick it up a notch by adding a pretty faux leather tassel and a free printable Christmas tag and you'll be gifting in style!
One of the easiest ways to dress up a paper package is to wrap it with string! Or in this case, colorful baker's twine! You can create this fun look in a snap by simply wrapping twine around the gift a few times for each color and then embellishing it with some DIY holly leaves and berries. Using the printable holly template, cut a few leaves from scrapbook paper and then hot glue the paper onto the gift. Finish by adding a few small pink pom poms for the berries!
This colorful confetti design took seconds to create by simply painting short brush strokes in all my favorite colors onto plain white bulletin board paper. Once the paper dries, wrap up your gifts, and tie them up with a bow! I added a gold jingle bell as a nod to the saying on the cute printable tag for one version and tied a spray painted wreath with pink ribbon to another.
See the complete Merry and Bright Gift Wrapping Party along with how to make your own Paper Lantern Christmas Ornaments and grab the recipe for a Pomegranate Blackberry Spritzer to celebrate the holidays!
