unique gift wrapping ideas
Something you may or may not know about me is that I love wrapping presents! All of my friends and family members know that any gift that comes from me will be intricately wrapped. I’d like to think I’m a good gift-giver, but my specialty is definitely my gift wrapping. 😊 My favorite part is seeing how excited the recipient gets. I love how much they admire the wrapping before even getting to the gift!
I wanted to share a few of my tips and tricks for unique gift wrapping with you!
Furoshiki
My favorite way to wrap gifts? I love using fabric to wrap gifts - aka Furoshiki! You can use leftover fabric you have from a project, I’ve even seen people use old t-shirts, sheets, and even tea towels! If you don’t have any scraps you can always purchase a reel of burlap fabric and use this to wrap presents every year. It feels super cozy & looks great under our tree. 😄 I’ve seen people use old t-shirts, sheets, and even tea towels!
How To Wrap with Fabric: Video Tutorial Here
Cut a square piece of fabric & lay it on a surface in a diamond shape
Place gift on top of the fabric in a square/rectangle shape
Bring one corner of the fabric under the gift box & tuck in
Take the opposite corner of the fabric and wrap it around the gift
Fold in the remaining two sides and tie them together on the top of the gift
The bottom flap will hold itself or you can pin it
Craft Paper Wrapping
Wrapping gifts with craft paper is a super classic and timeless look! I love customizing the craft wrapping paper with stamps. This woodland stamp set from Anthropologie can be used to create different patterns on the craft paper. It adds a personal touch to have “designed” the wrapping paper yourself. Bonus: you can use the stamps year after year to create custom paper!
Gift Toppers
The gift wrapping isn’t complete until you’ve added the toppers. Am I right?! I love using ornaments & ribbon to finish off my gifts. Choose individual ornaments that remind you of the person or find a set of ornaments you love to use across all of your gifts! Ribbon truly ties the whole gift together. For a classic look, you can’t go wrong with velvet ribbon! For a woodland nature-based look, I love this boxwood ribbon! There are so many options when it comes to gift toppers. I shared some of my below to give you some inspiration, click the photo to shop!
Put Gifts in a Stocking
Last year for my mom, I put all of her gifts into a stocking & gifted her the entire thing! Typically, we only think of using stockings in our own homes but my mom absolutely loved getting her gift in a stocking.
This year, I’m planning to buy stockings for a handful of people on my list & use it as a “gift bag” to hold their gifts. As a fun bonus, they can use the stockings in their decor in the future! Here are some of my absolute FAVORITE stockings this year. There are so many good ones!!
Favorite Stores for Gift Wrap
My Favorite Gift Wrap
Can you tell how much I LOVE wrapping gifts? Fun fact: some of my friends and family who don’t like wrapping gifts will bring them over for me to wrap! LOL. It’s so fun for me and totally worth it when I get to see the way they admire the wrapping! I hope this inspires you to try out some unique gift wrapping ideas this year.