Make Gorgeous And Unique Holiday Gifts With These 15 DIY Wrapping Paper Ideas

The day after Thanksgiving is the official start of holiday shopping season. You’ve probably started thinking about your gift purchases (or maybe you already bought everything on Cyber Monday), but have you started thinking about the presentation? Stand out from the crowd of red and green presents this year and create your own gorgeous wrapping paper. If the receiver is afraid to open the gift and ruin your design, you’ve succeeded.


1. Use doilies instead of gift tags for a simple but elegant design.


2. No gift wrap around? Doodle a bow onto a plain gift box.


3. This scented gift wrap tutorial takes festive to a whole new level.

Read the tutorial here.


4. Use a map as gift wrap for friends who love to travel.


5. Glue pom-poms to plain paper for a fun, textured gift wrap.


6. Add an ethereal wax paper bow to your presents.

Find out how here.


7. Wrap a textured material around a rolling pin and cover it in paint. Roll it over plain paper for a colorful design.


8. Personalize packages with a photo accent.


9. Add a glitter accent to brown paper with a pair of scissors.

Get the step-by-step here.


10. Recycle old magazines into fluffy and fun bows.

Get the instructions here.


11. Make holiday light gift paper with finger paints.


12. Make potato stamps and decorate white paper using colored ink pads.


13. Using black paper and white paint pens, make gifts look like a chalkboard.

Check out the tutorial here.


14. Make delicate plaid wrapping with translucent tissue paper and an iron.

Click here for the how-to.


15. Use paint and soap to make one-of-a-kind bubble print wrapping paper.

Check out the instructions here.


(via Mashable)

Basic wrapping paper just doesn’t cut it anymore. Share if you’ll be customizing your gift wrap this year.

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