Reusable Wrapping Ideas for Christmas

You can make your holidays greener by finding ways to wrap presents and gifts with bags, towels, scarves and other items can be used long after Christmas. What you can do for creating reusable wrapping depends on the amount of time that you have

In an hour you can make a reusable gift bag...

With a simple pattern, some glue or glue gunning and some stitching, you can make a reusable gift bag from paper, felt or from fabric you have around the house.

With a few hours you can make your own shopping bags...

Making your own reusable shopping bags may take a few hours, depending on what method you decide to use. Sewing a bag may take an hour. Knitting or crocheting a bag may take a couple of hours.

With a few hours you can crochet or knit your own shopping bags...

Crocheting or Knitting a shopping bag may take a bit longer a couple of hours depending on your speed and experience level. Grab the crochet hook or knitting needles, some favorite cotton yarn and a pattern and get working.

In a couple of minutes you can wrap a gift in a reusable shopping bag...

Using some simple wrapping techniques demonstrated in the video from the Baggu company, you can turn a reusable shopping bag into a great way to wrap a gift.

or in a scarf, dish towel or fabric...

You can make quick and easy gift bags from scarves, towels or fabric you have around the house. It just takes learning a few tips about Furoshiki an eco-friendly way of wrapping gifts.

In a couple of seconds you can wrap a gift with a purchased bag...

Perhaps the simplest and fastest way to gift wrap is to grab a purchased gift bag like the ones from CMYK (image) and put in the gift item. These make great grocery bags later.

For more ideas on Reusable Wrapping see Reusable Gift Wrapping for a Green Christmas.