I love giving gifts. In fact, gift-giving is my main love language. There’s nothing I love more than picking out the perfect, thoughtful gift for a friend or family member. The gifts I choose are special to me and (I hope) to the person receiving them, so I want them to look special too! Below are 7 easy and unique gift wrapping ideas to help you make your gifts extra special this year.

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#1 Embellish Plain Craft Paper

To create wrapped gifts that are inexpensive, but that look creative and unique my go-to is always plain brown or white craft paper. I love applying handmade touches to individualize each piece.

You can easily create a patterned wrapping paper like this using a stencil, stamps, chalk markers or paint!

#2 Tie up Gifts with Ribbon or Twine

Pretty gift wrapping is all in the details. Ribbon or twine adds beautiful and texture and style to your gifts. The black and white ticking stripe ribbon I used here is from my favourite source for ribbon. I used some black and white baker’s twine and plain white ribbon leftover from other projects as well.

#3 Add Gift Charms

Once I have my gifts wrapped up with paper and twine I always add a “gift charm”.

Gift Charms could include things such as the following:

• brass bells
• ornaments
• flowers
• greenery
• candy
• mini photo
• edible treat

Rose gold bells leftover from decorating the Christmas tree make the perfect sparkling charm and are a nice contrast to the matte brown paper! I also “borrowed” some sprigs of greenery from my faux cedar garlands hung around the house. I love adding a spring of greenery to a gift. If it’s fresh it smells divine and if it’s faux it will last longer and can be reused. It’s a win either way!

#4 Use Photos & Art

I added this free Christmas tree printable from one of my favourite bloggers Julie Blanner to the gift below. It gives it an extra bit of interest and festive flair! You could also add a family photo or something more personal! It’s like giving two gifts in one!

#5 Try Gift Bags

For objects that are irregular shapes or are otherwise awkward to wrap I like using gift bags. Plain brown lunch bags work well for smaller items. You can simply punch two holes side by side in the top of the bag using a standard hole punch and tie the bag shut using ribbon or twine. It’s also a simple way to attach the tag! Easy and time-saving if you have a large group of presents to wrap!

#6 Be Environmentally Friendly

I’ve been trying to find ways to make the holidays more environmentally friendly at our house. For example, these reusable cotton drawstring gift bags are an easy way to cut down on waste. These ones are from one of my new favourite stores Pi’lo. They are classic and neutral, which means easy to incorporate with any style of decor. I expect we will use them for many years to come! For more ideas for a holiday season without waste check out How to Wrap Gifts without Wrapping Paper.

#7 Use Gifts as Decor

One last tip… when your gifts are all wrapped why not store them in a pretty basket or find another way of displaying them as part of your decor? They’ll be doing double duty until it’s time to unwrap!

I hope you enjoyed these unique gift wrapping ideas! For more Christmas inspiration check out my Holiday Home Tour.

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