Fun Gift Wrap Ideas for Birthday Gifts
When considering gift wrap for birthday gifts, there is an endless supply of options. Rather than choosing a standard, bland wrapping paper, why not try something less traditional? Here are some wrapping ideas that the gift’s recipient will love!
Order Personalized Gift Wrap
There are multiple companies on the internet that offer custom wrapping paper. Designs can range from family portraits to a specific phrase. Matching bows, ribbons, and imprinted gift boxes can also be ordered in matching or complimentary colors. Don’t be confined to obvious motifs! Choose images or text incorporating an inside joke or a special memory.
Make Your Own Wrapping Paper
For crafty people, creating wrapping paper at home can be simple. Taping the pages of a beloved book together can make for a unique gift covering. Using glossy photos from a coffee table book or a magazine can also add color. A little patience and clear tape is all that’s required to fashion some fun, imaginative paper from scratch. Colored pencils, markers, and stickers can also be used to embellish the paper. If possible, get nieces, nephews, and grandchildren to help decorate the packages for the honoree. Should the gift be for someone who is a parent, plain butcher paper with their child’s hand prints on it will be received with delight!
Consider Fabric and Yarn
If the gift recipient enjoys textile crafts, make the wrapping part of the gift! A gorgeous skein of lush wool or a few yards of delicate silk wrapped around the gift is environmentally friendly and thoughtful. For quilters, fat quarters can contain small gifts and come in a wide variety of coordinated colors and types of fabric. Matching the textiles to the specific hobby of the gift recipient will make the unique wrapping all the more special.
Go with Quirky
Bizarre wrapping materials such as bubble wrap, burlap, or the comics section of the local paper can all be used as wrapping material. A brightly-colored throw blanket or shawl can also be used. If the gift is intended for a child’s first birthday, a receiving blanket, onesie, or novelty diaper can work. For those who are workaholics, plaster the gift with to-do lists. For larger gifts, making a checkerboard pattern on the box with post-it notes can be fun. This is especially true if the birthday party guests are encouraged to write well wishes on them.
Wrapping presents doesn’t have to be boring. By using an unusual method or material, a gift can stand out from those wrapped in drab, traditional paper. Use some imagination and the unconventional gift wrapping is sure to please!
