Window Tote Gift Bag Supplies

Series Summary

Wrapping has been a part of giving gifts for centuries. It makes the act of giving a gift to someone that much more enjoyable because it is allows both the person receiving and the person giving to see one another's reactions at the moment the gift it revealed. This way both parties are privy to the joy instead of only the person receiving. Gift wrapping seems so ingrained in our society that we look forward to days like Christmas and birthdays partially because of opening a gift or two.

In this series you will learn several tips and techniques for not only wrapping odd shaped packages but also creative instruction on how to make your gift stand out among the sea of other presents. This expert will give you several unique gift ideas for family members and friends and guide you on how to make those gifts look great including ways to use ribbon you never thought of before as well as how to use household items to wrap with instead of expensive wrapping paper.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Amy Snively, and I want to show you some fun ways that you can wrap presents with things that you've got on your desk, in your office. It's all wrapping ideas, with office supplies. And we're going to start with this really cute window tote. Using just typing paper and some transparency, a little bit of tissue, and you can wrap a present for a friend, in the office. So if you've got a birthday, in the, happening in the next cube, here's what you need. A piece of colored copier paper, although, you can use white, if you have only that. Or ledger paper, or graph paper. You can use a piece of acetate transparency, that you might use for an overhead projector. I'm using a page protector, that you would slide paper into in a notebook. You'll need scissors, of course, and a hole punch. Some twine, or something like that to use, for the handle. I've got a chopstick here, a pencil will work as well, and cellophane tape. First thing we're going to do, just so that it's ready to go, is we're going to cut the seamed edges off of our page protector. What we need, is a little square of transparent plastic to use for the window. There we go. And we're just going to trim that off. We've got more than enough, to make several totes, so you can whip up a batch of these, with just one of these transparencies. Ready to go. Now, the other thing that you need, is, you need to go into the office kitchen and find a box. You probably don't have any Matzo Ball soup mix in there, but this will work. A Jell-O box works well, a small box of baking powder or baking soda will work. You decide which way you want your tote to be. I'm going to do it this way. And then next, we're going to use this box to form the skeleton of the bag, and then we're going to tape it all up, and put some handles on it, and make it real cute."