Sometimes giving the actual gift is a hard task to do. When someone asks for a fish, you can’t exactly wrap up the little buddy and place him under the tree until Christmas day. So giving a stand-in gift can be a fun way to give the person something to open and not have to worry with air holes and potty breaks.
How ever you choose to present the present, the wrapping can be just as special. Martha Stewart and the little elves working for her have come up with these amazingly cute little gift bags.
http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/holiday-gift-bags
When I say these bags are little, I really mean it! They measure about 2” x 2” x 1” and have lots of patterns to choose from. It suggests using wax twine for the little bags but I use curl sheen ribbon and it’s really pretty. I use a glue stick to glue all the paper parts to each other and hot glue to glue the handles on.
Little gifts are really neat. Maybe it goes back to our childhood cubbyholes, being able to tuck little things into little spaces. How pretty would it look to have little gift bags tucked all over the tree?
Think of the special things you could put into the bags—hugs and kisses, special time, candy, jewelry, photos…lots and lots of smiles! They make lots of things in miniature, too. Just imagine how much you can put in such teeny tiny bags…
Extra Idea?
Why just give them the money when you could fold it in a unique way?
http://members.cox.net/crandall11/money/
This site is full of fun ways to fold money!
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