The fact that I don’t tend to buy the gift more than a day in advance may have something g to do with my problems, but the fact is, the times when I need a wedding gift, baby shower gift, etc are so few and far between I’m never prepared.
This past weekend I attended a baby shower and picked up a box of diapers and Bumbo Seat tray the day before.
I have NO bags for that combination! We also have nothing but Christmas and Birthday wrap, and the latter was a scramble to find the day before my daughters first birthday last weekend!
My solution? I grabbed one of the plastic table cloths from the dollar store off of the table for the birthday party, folded it into four, and wrapped!
I cut them out very quickly and taped them to the box. I also used the portion that read, “congrats.”
Those travel wipe samples included a newborn diaper in each, so they became my “bow.” I also decided it needed a real bow and a way to cover the awkward gap where they all fanned out. I made an awesome bow (which I learned from Ashlee) and placed the “congrats” sign inside to cover the space.
Perfect!
At least until my little one helped pull it all apart a couple times!
By the way, did I mention what else I did last weekend?
Bye bye 8 inches! You won’t be missed! You will go to someone who can love you much more than I ever could!
What a great idea, It always seems like such a waste to use reams of wrapping paper (with a carefully sellotaped join of course!) You can use a whole roll on a big pressie and not everyone reuses paper like I do (bit of a joke in our house, I’m not a miser, I’m saving the planet one present at a time)
Inexpensive, effective, easy – what more could we ask of our gift wrapping!
SO clever! And super cute wrapping for your gift. I will have to keep this in mind next time I’ve got an enormous and/or awkwardly shaped gift to wrap!
I am the same way…I have an abundance of gift bags, but I never think to fit my gift to the right bag until the day of the party. Great, cheap wrapping idea! Hopping over from Tater Tots and Jello party.
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