Wrapping up Gifts

Cookies             

Tissue paper and lace doilies:  Cut coloured tissue paper with pinking shears and line small wicker baskets or wood containers.  Place white or gold lace doilies over the tissue paper and fill with cookies.  Wrap up in cellophane paper and decorate with curls of ribbon.  The cellophane keeps the cookies fresh.  Alternately you can decorate cookie tins in the same way without using the cellophane.

Homemade Preserves

Add a festive touch to your homemade preserves to give away as gifts.  Cut scraps of colourful fabric into circles or use round paper doilies to decorate your jar gifts.  Secure over the jar lids with ribbon, twine or raffia.  Remember always to label your jars.

Make your own Christmas gift boxes

    See giftbag project and use Christmas gift wrap.  Make them early in different sizes using milk cartons, cereal or other carton boxes.  Make gift tags to match.

 

Bottles 

It is sometimes frustrating to try and wrap a bottle to make it presentable as a gift.  Buy dishcloths to wrap the bottle in and secure carefully around the neck with twine and insert a festive Christmas decoration to complete the gift.  Your friends might be surprised at first but will surely appreciate your thought especially if you match the dishcloth to their kitchen colour. 

 

Baskets

Make theme baskets filling them according to your friend's hobbies: for example: gardening accessories including tools and seeds for a gardening enthusiast; cooking aids, kitchen utensils and recipe books for someone who loves cooking; stationery for a student. Check out the Baskets section