Instead of spending a fortune on store bought Christmas gift boxes this festive season, why not try this inexpensive alternative? It will definately take you more time when wrapping presents, but the personal touch can make the end result worth it.
In the run up to Christmas, save any old shoe boxes you have, or any other boxes that have a base and a seperate lid part to them. Choose some good quality gift wrap that suits your budget and co-ordinating gift ribbon.
I usually cut a rectangle of paper to cover the inside base of the box and one for the lid to make sure the inside of the box looks as good as the outside. Cut extra large pieces wrapping paper and wrap the lid and base of your box seperately, making sure the paper covers the full depth of the box on the inside.
Add your gift and tie the box with your co-ordinating ribbon, perhaps using one of the tutorials below to make an extra special bow or ornament to decorate.
Shoe boxes are much sturdier than gift boxes so they can hold heavier gifts, or be used for multiple smaller gifts. And if you tie you box with ribbon instead of taping the lid on, it has the added bonus that the recipient can reuse the box next christmas.
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Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Monday, 25 October 2010
Quick Tips and Tricks for Presents if you Have Sneaky Kids that like to peek!
Do you have children (or adults) who just can't resist searching for their gifts in the weeks before Christmas? They'll squeeze, shake smell the parcels in the hopes of finding out what's inside before the big day. Perhaps they will even peel back a corner of the wrapping paper to take a peek? Do they always find your secret hiding places? If so then this tip is for you. It does work, I have personally used it successfuly in the past.
Gather together some random junk items; small empty boxes, strange-shaped existing but forgotten toys, old jars, cardboard inserts from toilets tissue rolls, basically anything that is not a present and won't be missed for a few weeks. Wrap them in Christmas paper and label them to the particularly bad offenders, then place them under your Christmas Tree exclaiming that you have given up on hiding the presents this year as they always get found!
I have wrapped anything from stones, to old individual portion sized cereal boxes filled with sand (for some added weight) to existing but un-listened-to CDs, one of my own sweaters, and much, much more. It worked, the kids were fooled enough to do all their poking and prodding with the fake gifts and never once thought to look elsewhere for their real gifts!
See more gift ideas here or go to the zazzle gift finder.
Gather together some random junk items; small empty boxes, strange-shaped existing but forgotten toys, old jars, cardboard inserts from toilets tissue rolls, basically anything that is not a present and won't be missed for a few weeks. Wrap them in Christmas paper and label them to the particularly bad offenders, then place them under your Christmas Tree exclaiming that you have given up on hiding the presents this year as they always get found!
I have wrapped anything from stones, to old individual portion sized cereal boxes filled with sand (for some added weight) to existing but un-listened-to CDs, one of my own sweaters, and much, much more. It worked, the kids were fooled enough to do all their poking and prodding with the fake gifts and never once thought to look elsewhere for their real gifts!
See more gift ideas here or go to the zazzle gift finder.
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