Every special occasion calls for a nice gift, and yo love to shop for gifts, but you hate to shop for the wrapping paper because it is always pretty expensive, and you are not fond of using gift bags. There are ways for you to save on gift wrapping:

#1. Newspaper.

The best paper to use for gift wrapping is the Sunday paper because there is a separate section that is used for the comics. A fun paper to use to wrap gifts would be the comics, and once the gift is opened, it also provides reading material for whoever gets the gift.

#2. Magazines.

The shiny papers that magazines are made of make a great gift wrapping because they are so shiny. The paper is also of a thicker quality, which makes it ideal for being able to take the folding and tape that will go with wrapping a gift.

#3. Tissue paper.

When a gift is given inside a gift bag, there is usually tissue paper used to help conceal what is inside the bag. The paper is usually folded or crinkled up, but it can be straightened out by just ironing it and reusing it as gift wrapping.

#4. Brown paper bags.

Shopping bags made of plastic are now being recycled in many different ways, and one way to recycle the paper bags are to use them for gift wrapping.  A great idea for a child’s party is to use plain brown paper bags, and then to let the child color the outside of the gift with crayons and markers or to use glitter and even stickers. The gift will look really cute and shiny, and the child getting it will appreciate it even more.

#5. Ask friends for old wrapping paper.

Sometimes people have rolls of gift wrapping paper that they have forgotten about. Once they find those old rolls of paper, they may gift them away, but now is the chance for that old paper to be put to good use. It does not matter how old wrapping paper is, it can still be used as long as it does not fall apart the moment it is touched.

#6. Turn Christmas paper inside out.

People always buy way too much wrapping paper for Christmas, and end up with rolls of it left after Christmas is over, but they do not want to just throw the paper away. The Christmas paper can be used to wrap gifts for any occasion because it can be turned inside out with the white side exposed.  A plain white gift can then be decorated in many different ways to match the occasion like with stickers that say Happy Birthday or whatever else the occasion may be.

#7. Material or cloth.

A creative way to wrap a gift would be to use cloth or material. A really clever way would be to use something like dish towels for a small gift, or even old towels that people are about to cut up and turn into wash clothes or cleaning rags.