10 Gift Wrapping Ideas for a Budget-Friendly Christmas

Fabric crafts can double as packaging that the recipient can keep. You can use a festive dish towel or a handmade knit scarf and wrap your main gift with it as you would with normal wrapping paper. This saves money on ordinary wrapping paper while you sneak in an extra, fun gift as the packaging. It's also a green wrapping techinique because it helps you avoid throwing away paper.

Paper grocery bags can make a wonderful Christmas wrapping idea that are also better for your budget and the environment. To use a brown paper bag for your Christmas wrapping endeavors, simply cut the bag along its creases on one side and on the bottom, so you're left with one long, continuous sheet of paper. Use this sheet as you would normal wrapping paper, and feel free to add fun bows to complement the brown paper. This Brown Paper Packaging Tied Up with String craft is a great example of this sort of Christmas craft idea.

Another way to use brown paper grocery bags for gift wrapping ideas is to create your own design using stamps. You can have a load of fun using a stamp of your choice and placing it in rows on the paper. When you're all through, you've got a lovely pattern on your hands that's unique and merry. This Hand-Painted DIY Gift Wrap is one of many options for this type of Christmas craft.

For an extra special way to show you care this holiday season, these Secretly Cheap DIY Gift Boxes are a fabulous and merry option. This Christmas craft utilizes to-go boxes to create a festive presentation for a DIY Christmas gift. It saves you time and money when you use simple, everyday objects like to-go boxes to wrap your presents in.

These Sugary Sweet Gift Wrappings are a great example of how to use brown paper bags to wrap your Christmas presents in. This recycle craft is not only good for the environment, it can create beautiful packages that your recipients will adore. It's hard to believe that simple paper bags could look so jolly.

Use these Upcycle Can Gift Containers to show your friends and loved ones your Christmas spirit this year. A recycle craft never looked so merry than these tin can crafts. What's great about these is they are made from everyday materials, yet they look better than store-bought. You won't be disappointed with this Christmas craft idea.

Get your creative cap on with this Personalized Holiday Gift Wrap Christmas craft. You'll love using this super creative gift wrapping idea to make your own masterpieces. It's another way to add flair to your Christmas gift wrapping without breaking the bank.