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Every Christmas I cringe at the amount of wasted paper that lies around the Christmas tree after the opening of the presents. Over the years I have tried out different ways of wrapping presents so I don’t have to add to the waste. Here are some ideas:

-       Cloth – use old scrap material, you can buy old cloth from second hand stores or even cheap dresses with funky patterns and cut out the sizes of cloth you need.

You could wrap one gift in another gift like a scarf or a tea towel, a shower curtain, or a reusable shopping bag!

-       Colourful string or yarn.

-       Old tins, wicker baskets, jars, mixing bowls (line them with fabric or paint them)

-       Old newspapers, old paper bags, boxes, pages from old magazines or comic books!

Even the plainest paper looks great with a nice ribbon tied around it. And for ribbon you can also innovate. Use string or elastic bands, or simply make the bows out of old cloth as above.

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