How are you getting on with the Christmas wrapping? If you are anything like me it will be left until the last minute. It doesn’t have to be stressful though because you can forget about covering the presents in shiny wrapping paper. You can use the excuse that you are helping the environment by coming up with some imaginative alternatives.
IT’S A GIFT
Buy sturdier gift bags/boxes that can be reused or reuse old ones you have received. An even better idea is to make your own gift box out of recycled corrugated cardboard. Most shops throw out heaps of the stuff.
Make your own gift tags by cutting out a shape of your choosing (star, simple flower, heart) from last year's Christmas or birthday cards and punching a hole through it.
Avoid wrapping larger presents. There is no need to cover a large item with loads of paper. If you have a bike for the kids there is no point covering it up because it will still look like a bike!
Start a tradition of Christmas stockings for each person. Little gifts can be put in the stocking without being wrapped. The stockings can be used year after year.
If you are sending presents abroad, make a large pot of popcorn and use instead of bubble wrap.
Use string, ribbon or scraps of wool for wrapping gifts instead of tape. Sticky tape does not biodegrade and can be only used once, whereas string or wool can be used again and again. So can the paper, as it hasn’t been messed up with sticky-tape marks.
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