How to Wrap Your Presents “Green” this Year with Recycled Items from Around Your House

Having trouble purchasing even the recycled wrapping paper? Or, down to only one present and out of wrapping paper? There is no end to the fun and creative ways to use recycled items around your house to package or wrap your present in. Go green, go recycled, go inexpensive!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• scissors
• tape

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   Before you purchase shirt boxes to wrap your presents in consider the tons of fun and creative items lying around your house. Small clothing or jewelry items can be packaged in toilet paper or paper towel rolls. Use recycled coffee or powered drink mix containers for easy gift giving; just cover writing with colored paper and stick a bow on them! Even old VHS boxes make a great way to protect and confuse the recipient.

2. 

   Wrapping paper options abound within most households. Left over fax paper, left over wall paper, saved foil pieces, pages from your child’s color book, old art that didn’t make the keep forever box of mementoes, craft foam, paper grocery bags, there is no end to what you will have laying around to wrap up your gift.

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   If you don’t have any of the above, think beyond standard paper. Some items I found around my house include; bubble wrap, inside of potato chip bag, deer corn sack, batting, extra filter for a pump we no longer use, left over piece of insulated wrap. What’s in your garage or attic?

Tips & Warnings

• Some of these items may require a stronger tape than scotch tape to hold together adequately.