How do you wrap your gifts?

[KellyMarie]

I hate store bought wrapping paper, I love using brown paper!! I use cloth ribbons to wrap them up in and sometimes if time allows I stencil designs on the paper.
I take glues stick and draw designs on the paper and then shake glitter on it, I stick foam cut outs...just whatever I think will be cute.

Does anyone else wrap with brown paper?

Country Living Magazine has a great slideshow online with some really cute gift wrap ideas:
Country Living

[wendy1214]

Wow- you are ambitious! I get my wrapping paper so cheap, that is what i use. We also have "Santa" paper that si only used for the kids gifts! I spend an evening locked in a room wrapping- Luckily I was able to get most of it done this weekend when Marty had the kids at his parents! My older girls still like to be surprised, and because we have a 4 yo, still "act" like the y believe. Makes Christmas all the better!

[KellyMarie]

Mymom always said that even the cheapest gift would mean so much more if presented with love....many Christmases we had to go way cheap with the family and so I always took my time to "present" the presents as beautifully as I could

[Jeanne]

I get my wrap at target when it is 90% off.
I wrap on Christmas eve, I need to rethink that as I age I need to sleep!

[KarrenOliver]

I do use store bought paper, but I don't use bows. Got tired of those things getting smashed all the time, instead I buy cutouts at Michaels that are Christmasy. There are trees, gingerbread men, candy canes, etc. They peel and stick and I write their name on with a fine point sharpie.

[Rasha]

Aww Kelly that sounds adorable. Natt loves to wrap them in old newspaper, specially like the comics, I think its cute.

I usually wrap them in store bought just cause I find it cheap or whatever... however we have done like plain paper and made bows and such.

Love the site you listed Cute ideas!

[KellyMarie]

I have done comics before!

[flower_mom]

DH is wrapping presents right now...Not as good as mine, if I do say so myself, but hey...gives me a minute to be on here!

Kelly - Love your idea except the glitter - I despise glitter...just gets everywhere...