Christmas Gift Wrapping Craft Ideas for Kids
Posted on December 23, 2011 by Lisa
Christmas Gift Wrapping Craft Ideas for Kids
Discover cute and easy ways of wrapping your Christmas gifts with your kids.
With this simple technique, your little artist can put his own stamp on holiday gifts for family and friends.
Recycle and transform your old Christmas cards into cute, miniature boxes with this clever craft.
A hybrid between a gift bag and a box, this sturdy holiday packaging can be used over and over again.
Who needs a gift bag when you can make a Christmas gift can? This kids’ craft is a festive way to recycle your used cans.
After you and your little baker have made a batch of jam tarts, she can help you create this festive holiday packaging.
Never mind the gift; impress them with the box — a Christmas tree gift box. Painting and decorating this tree-shaped paper mache box is a fun seasonal craft for kids and adults alike. Click here for more Christmas tree crafts.
Perhaps the most instant and inexpensive of gift wraps is in your kitchen drawer: a recycled bakery bag or a brown paper lunch bag. Not only can it make a stylish package for treats like flavored popcorn or gourmet coffee, but also it is great for disguising CDs, cassette tapes or other distinctively shaped objects.
Give inexpensive bags a makeover with this Decorative Gift Bag craft for kids. Add copies of family photos for a personal touch.
Want a special way to deliver a holiday present? Here’s a cute Christmas Tree gift bag that will make anyone jolly. Click here for more Christmas tree crafts.
You can create this cute gift box Santa within 30 minutes and have a perfect packaging for the smallest of presents. Follow the instructions in the link below and use the pictures as a guide to help you. Click here for more Santa Claus crafts.
Made from a clean candy or nut tin, this toy drum is great for keeping the lid on a special surprise–the latest Beanie Baby, for instance, or a bag of shiny new marbles–slated for a sibling or best friend.
In Japan, cloths called furoshiki serve as an elegant and reusable alternative to wrapping paper. Almost any size or type of fabric or fleece — from your craft closet or a store’s bargain bin — will work.
Got a special gift for a special someone? Add the ultimate personal touch: handcrafted wrapping paper. The best part? Your kids take care of the designs … all you have to do is make the photocopies.
Use gold ribbon and heat-set crystals to create a lovely Christmas tree gift bag. Gift bags are an easy way to wrap holiday presents and can be used again and again. Click here for more Christmas tree crafts.
Use a sprig of greenery and paint to give plain wrapping paper a decorative spark.
This felt mitten makes a festive cover-up for a jar of homemade jelly, bubble bath, a chunky candle or even a flashlight.
Create a royal blue box painted with popping white snowflakes as a reusable holiday gift box or lovely storage box.
All it takes is a few candy stripes to turn an ordinary mailing tube into a sweet container for someone’s favorite movie poster, a kite, a family flag or even an ice-fishing pole.
The Burtons of Granger, Indiana, save sturdy store bags throughout the year. As the holidays approach, the family personalizes the bags (and covers any store names or logos) by gluing on old holiday cards.
Create a beautiful Christmas gift box from Sizzix embellished with die-cut mistletoe, ribbons and beautiful paper. Stamp your sentiment and add the recipient on an attached tag for the perfect Christmas package.
Here’s a fun stamping technique for sprucing up an unwrapped box. You can also use it to make your own gift wrap out of a flattened brown grocery bag. All you need is acrylic paint, a paper plate, a pear that’s not too ripe and a paper towel.
With this simple painting technique, your child can take a large mailing envelope (11 by 17 inch works well), give it a little character (a silly snowman, for example), and call it a wrap for a gift book, puzzle, video or box of stationery. Click here for more Snowman crafts.
Create a re-usable painted, Christmas box spelling out JOY instead of wrapping gifts and wasting all that paper!
Warm your spirits and enjoy the gift of giving with this perfect Snowman Gift Bag. Click here for more Snowman crafts.
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