Did you know you can make your own gift wrap with a few office supplies? Try these creative ideas using simple, inexpensive materials.
Updated November 2024
It’s amazing what you can do with a little creativity. For example, you can create your own gift wrap using just a few common office supplies. Items like mailing labels, tape, Post-It notes, and stickers from the stationery store are likely already on hand and work great!
And who doesn’t like to decorate a wrapped gift? We think decorating the wrapping is just as fun as giving the gift!
These gift wrap ideas all start with plain wrapped packages so do that first. Once you wrap your gift with paper in the color of your choice, try one of the ideas below.
Make Your Own Gift Wrap with Office Supplies
MATERIALS
- Bulletin board paper (the kind teachers use), or easel paper, butcher paper, or brown kraft paper
- Post-it notes
- Office stickers (like dot stickers, labels, and hole reinforcement stickers)
- Washi tape
Decorate with Labels and Stationery Stickers
Use mailing labels to decorate gifts. Some ideas include a candy cane (cut them into strips and apply in a candy cane design), a cityscape (cut into different heights and widths and create a cityscape, complete with marker-drawn windows and doors), zig-zag designs(cut zig-zags through the center of labels. Apply to a package singly or side-by-side with a gap in between), or words (write bubble letters on the labels to make names or seasonal messages).
Use dot and circle stickers and tape to decorate gifts. Try a Christmas tree (apply strips of washi tape to create a tree), a holiday wreath (apply circle stickers in a wreath shape), or a bunting (cut mini labels in half and apply each half along a drawn line to create a holiday bunting).
Interactive Gift Wrap Ideas for Kids
These next few gift wrap ideas are a great way to make the gift a bit more interactive before it’s opened. These are best for gifts that will be under the tree for a while before opened.
Tape a coloring page or drawing prompt to the top. Kids can color or draw before gifting or, if giving to a child, tape a few crayons or markers to the top and let the recipient fill in the picture.
Or you can add a drawing invitation to a gift with DIY eye stickers. Draw irises on circle stickers and add an invitation to “Draw the Face.”
More Fun Ways for Kids to Decorate Gifts
Use cupcake liners to make a snowman. Glue white cupcake liners in a snowman shape (trim them to different sizes if you like), then decorate with pens or markers.
Or decorate your gift with a string of holiday lights. Draw curving lines across the package then use fingerprints and a stamp pad to create the colored lights.
What do you think? Want to make your own gift wrap with a few items you have around the house? Which ideas do you want to try?
More Gift Wrap Ideas
- How to Make DIY Wrapping Paper for Kids
- 13 Ways to Reuse Children’s Art
- How to Make an Artful Bunting
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