25 Festive Christmas Gift Wrap Ideas
Christmas is coming - soon it will be time to wrap holiday gifts! Do you want to do something different with your gift wrap this year? Here are twenty five festive holiday gift wrap ideas guaranteed to make your gifts look just as special as your holiday season! Many of these gift wrap ideas suggest adding ornaments to decorate your gifts. This can look pretty and be an added gift for the holidays. You can find inexpensive ornaments at Miles Kimball www.mileskimball.com and also Lillian Vernon www.lillianvernon.com. Consider also visiting your local church holiday fairs and even your community's "dollar stores" for some pretty ornaments at very reasonable prices. These gift wrap ideas are ideas to inspire you.
You may decide to use a different color ribbon or paper - and that's great. Or these ideas may inspire you to create your own gift wrap design with objects that you know the gift recipient will love. Enjoy the Christmas season with your loved ones! Stars Gift WrapWrap gift in paper with stars. Tie a gold or silver ribbon (depending on color of stars on paper). Add a star ornament to the top of this gift.
Snowflake Gift WrapWrap gift in Silver gift wrap paper and tie a thick white ribbon around the gift. Add a snowflake ornament to the top of this gift. Nutcracker Gift WrapThe Nutcracker ballet is always popular at holiday time! Wrap gift in paper covered with images of candy and tie with a thick red ribbon. Add a small nutcracker or Nutcracker ornament to the top of this gift. Ballerina Gift WrapWrap gift in silver paper.
Tie gift with a pink ribbon. Add a ballerina ornament, or toe shoes ornament to complete this gift. Angel Gift WrapWrap gift in paper covered with angels. Tie gift with a gold ribbon. Add an angel ornament to complete this gift wrap.
Santa Gift WrapWrap gift in red gift wrap paper. Tie gift with a white ribbon. Complete gift wrap with a santa ornament, or card with santa on it. Fresh Pine Gift Wrap/Fresh Mistletoe/Fresh HollyWrap gift in dark green paper. Tie gift with burgundy ribbon.
Complete gift with small piece of fresh pine/mistletoe/holly tucked under the ribbon. Pine smells wonderful and perfect for the season! Mistletoe is a very romantic addition to a gift. Holly is such a
pretty addition to any gift. Caution: mistletoe and holly should not be consumed by pets.(the Humane Society of the United States has a list of plants that are poisonous to pets - consider visiting this before giving someone a
holiday plant. Visit their website to read article: http://www.hsus.org/ace/11777). Jingle Bells Gift WrapWrap gift in Green paper and tie gift with a red ribbon.
Use a piece of ribbon and place a jingle bell on it and then tie a knot to secure it. Do the same for the other side. Loop this piece of ribbon under the bow of the gift. Winter White Gift Wrap Wrap gift in white paper, preferably a paper with some texture to it. Wrap gift with a thick white ribbon.
Complete gift with white silk flowers, preferably white poinsettia flowers. Red and Green Stripes Gift WrapWrap gift in red and green striped paper. Use a red ribbon and a green ribbon and tie two ribbons around the gift. The bow of this gift should have the two ribbons in it. Red Velvet Ribbon
Gift WrapWrap gift in red gift wrap paper and tie gift with a thick red velvet ribbon.
This is a very elegant gift wrap. Looks great with the jingle bell wrap too. Christmas Stocking Gift WrapWrap gift in gift wrap paper that has presents on it. Tie gift with red ribbon. Add a small Christmas stocking to the top of this gift.
Personalize stocking with the person's name using a fabric pen or a glitter pen. Tin Soldier Gift WrapWrap gift in gold gift wrap paper and tie with a silver ribbon. Add a small tin soldier ornament to the top of this gift. Warm Woolen Mittens Gift WrapWrap gift in dark green and tie with a gold ribbon. Add mittens for the top of this gift, in a bright contrasting color such as pink, purple or even aqua.
Poinsettia Gift Wrap Wrap gift in red or silver paper. Tie gift with red or silver paper, use silver if gift in red paper and red if in silver paper. Top with a silk poinsettia in red, pale pink or even white. Silk poinsettias are also available in metallic colors, great for a metallic gift wrap. Picture Frame Ornament Gift WrapWrap gift in antique gold paper.
Tie gift with dark green or burgundy ribbon. Add a small picture frame ornament to this wrap. Baby's First Christmas Gift WrapWrap gift in paper with Christmas trees on it. Tie gift with gold ribbon. Add a baby's first Christmas ornament in gold or silver.
Candy Cane Gift WrapWrap gift in red and white striped paper. Tie gift with red ribbon. Tuck a big candy cane under the bow of this gift. Cocoa Gift WrapWrap gift in holiday paper. Tie gift with dark green ribbon.
Tuck two servings of cocoa under the bow of the gift. Carols Gift WrapWrap gift in paper with musical instruments or notes on it. Or paper with carolers on it. Tie gift with red or green ribbon. Print two or three favorite carols out on holiday paper and put in an envelope.
Tuck envelope under the bow of the gift. Could add a CD or tape of carol music to this gift. Reindeer Gift WrapWrap gift in paper with santa's reindeer on it. Tie gift with red ribbon. Add a Rudolph ornament to this gift.
Snowman Gift WrapWrap gift in white paper. Tie gift with dark green ribbon. Add a snowman ornament to this gift. Cinnamon Stick Gift WrapWrap gift in burgundy paper. Tie gift with dark green ribbon.
Add three cinnamon sticks to this gift. Toy Trains Gift WrapWrap gift in scenic holiday paper. Tie gift with red ribbon. Add a train ornament to this gift. New Year's Noisemaker Gift WrapWrap gift in a metallic paper with lots of color.
Tie gift with a metallic ribbon, silver, gold or even a metallic colored ribbon. Tuck a New Year's Noisemaker under the bow. Happy New Year!--You are welcome to publish this article in your ezine or on your website. providing the byline and copyright notice remain intact and links are clickable. If you use it, please let me know by sending an email to: mailto:giftwrapgoddess@yahoo.com.
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