Christmas Wrapping Ideas

By now, I'm sure most of you have checked out Pinterest and I am addicted to it just like everyone else... no shame here! But, I love when I complete a project that I "pin" and add my own take to it! Here are some photos of a few holiday gifts that I wrapped up this weekend when we shared an early Christmas with some out of town family that we won't see in December.

I used the following items:
 - Roll of Kraft paper from Dollar Tree
 - Red & Cream yarn "super saver" from Wal-Mart
 - a book from Dollar Tree
 - Red Tissue paper
 - toilet paper rolls
 - scrapbook paper cut on my cricut for the tags

{for the tags, you can always get a tag punch at Michaels or Hobby Lobby and use alphabet stickers}

Shame on me, when I found the idea for the pinwheels as package bows, I filed it away mentally, but didn't pin it! So sorry! I used book pages for this, and love the way it turned out. If I had red buttons, I would have added those in for the center. (I used hot glue to secure it all)

A pattern for those of you who have never cut a pinwheel before... (I had to look it up to be sure)

For the "candy" I took a toilet paper roll and put the gift inside. In this case it was earrings, a necklace, and a key chain. I rolled the tissue paper around the tube and taped. I then cut a length or ribbon and tied each end. I measured the length of the tube and cut the book page then just rolled and taped again. I added the monogram gift tag at the end with more cream colored yarn.

Voila! Pinterest inspiration below:

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Happy Wrapping! ;)

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