Green Holidays - Green Gift Wrapping

With the holidays rolling around, you all get excited and kind of forget about going green. This doesn't just pertain to holidays we all celebrate, this also includes celebrating birthdays; I consider my birthday as my own personal holiday! You CAN have green holiday gift wrapping if you just take the time to think about what you are doing and asking yourself how eco-friendly you are being.

It doesn't matter what the occasion is, you can wrap gifts in a lot of different and beautiful ways and still stay green. Some examples are:

• Buy gift wrapping made from recycled paper. There are more and more stores devoting sections of gift wrapping to include recycled wrapping paper.
• Save boxes that collapse, bows, gift bags, ribbons, and tissue paper.
• Use green materials from around your home to wrap gifts. Try wallpaper leftovers, old sheet music, old posters, old maps, fabric remnants, pillow cases, or scarves. These can be especially meaningful if you can tie in the gift with the type of wrapping you use.
• Clothing can be tied in a bundle using a silk ribbon.
• If the gift comes in a large box, forgo the use of yards of wrapping paper; just put it under the tree on Christmas Eve and cover it with a pretty blanket or throw.
• Many stores have festive bags for each holiday; just stuff some tissue paper in the top of the bag to conceal the gift and use the store bag as your gift bag. Presto, green holiday gift wrapping!
• If you are giving household items, simply wrap a bow around it or put a bow on it and hide it near where it will be used. Then the gift recipient can have fun finding the gifts as they go around the house that day.
• Small gifts such as jewelry can be hidden in the tree and the recipient can search through the tree to find it. (Just remember where you hid it!)
• You can employ this same 'treasure hunt' approach for birthday gifts too.

Buy gifts that don't have to wrapped at all such as gift certificates, gift cards that are either from a favorite store; or make it even more personal by giving a gift from the heart such as baby-sitting or pet-sitting privileges for the recipient, the offer to teach them something you excel at and that they have always want to learn about, a date including dinner and tickets to a show, or even granting them a special favor.

Green holiday gift wrapping doesn't have to hard if you just use some common sense and your imagination!

Source : ezinearticles.com