A couple of years ago we came up with an idea to wrap Christmas presents
that didn't kill trees. I love wrapping Christmas presents and my family has
always gone overboard wrapping everything in the house that belongs to somebody
so they can give it to someone else, so wrapping paper has always been
precious. We usually spend more on it than on the presents. I remember as a
kid saving our coins and walking to the store all happy because we had enough
for another roll of cheap wrapping paper. Saving wrapping paper for a whole year
in a house that is full of curious rambunctious kids and is already crowded to
the point that we don't really have room for lots of clothes each, let alone
used wrapping paper from last year, gets hard - so it always drives me nuts to
see all the wrapping paper go away or even get recycled, besides it takes all
the fun out of the hyper chaos of Christmas morning to say "be careful to not
rip the wrapping paper". If I ever had to say that, I might as well not bother
to wrap up my old shoelaces tied in beautiful knots - it would take all the fun
out of it! So we ended up desperately wrapping presents in things like the cut
off legs of worn out pants that were stretchy and Christmas colors. This
actually worked so well that I think, you could make some stretchy wrapping
tubes that you tie on each end with pretty ribbon, and sell them to people to
wrap Christmas presents in year after year. I know that people use bags over
and over again to avoid the wrapping paper, but they don't quite give the "giant
pile of Christmas presents under the tree" feel, they are too easy for babies to
peek in or pull your presents out of whether you want to peek or not, and they
too get torn up around here...
It would be fun to make these out of old clothes. Ideally they are so easy
to make even I can make them and I don't sew. But making and selling them
locally would also be good for those who couldn't or didn't want to. Strong
solid stretch velvet colors work best and aren't see through when they stretch
like other stretch cloth and they look like royal gifts! If you are selling
locally or need new material:
sparkly tulle (yes, you will probably get sparklies everywhere):
I just sew a strip of tulle by each end to tie into a bow.
sparkly tulle (yes, you will probably get sparklies everywhere):
I just sew a strip of tulle by each end to tie into a bow.
stretch velevet
through
Fabric
Bravo (grouping them so you can maybe save on shipping):
Or Fabric Exchange:
Or if you want to spend more money and be fancy with beautiful glitter
(ShavaliFabric):
Stretch Velvet White With Silver Glitter
Stretch Velvet White With Silver Glitter
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