Wrapping presents!

I wish I was getting a present from you Maw! Brown paper with a tartan bow sounds classy - it would look lovel under my tree right now.
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Tomorrow a tin of M&S shortbread plus a card will be going into our GP surgery. It won’t be wrapped ha!

But I want to call in with L’il Miss who is quite apprehensive about ‘seeing the doctor’. (? Why but there you go, what does goes through little minds?). Anyway I think it will do her good to call in with a present and say ‘thank you for looking after us all this year and helping us to keep well’.

Your gifts sound beautifully presented knspol. Is it okay with you if I drop my presents off tomorrow for you to wrap?
Thank you.
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This is brilliant! I haven't seen them and I did my wrapping last week but will use the post Christmas lull to start making an assortment of bags ready for next year! (And I will make some extras for my daughters too as I know they will appreciate them).
Didn't use metalllic paper but now feeling guilty for not being greener!
(I always cut up the previous years cards to make gift tags and I make my own Christmas cards instead of buying them and give a donation to a charity (Alzheimer's this year!)
Just love these ideas from fellow Gransnetters! Thank you all!

Oh bridie54 you brought back memories there mentioning padded cards! Don’t really see them any more. They were of their time weren’t they? Like those huge one layer boxes of chocolates with kittens/puppies on the front and a shiny satin bow over the corner? Sweet reminiscing.

❤️ this thread Maw (can’t you tell I can’t stop posting hehe!).
A nice change to have such an interesting topic. Thank you.

Well I’ve put it off for as long as I can, I set a reminder with Alexa for me to go out to my garden room and wrap at least some of the presents so off I go…???‍♀️

DH did our wrapping today, I do the cards.
I don't like wrapping.

Definitely go for brown paper packages tied up with string!

In the past have used gift bags for within the family so knew I could get them back, and for friends that I knew would reuse them. Sometimes supermarket printed bags for some people if it was a ig thing, so they could be used for other things afterward, don't have to be christmas ones, I've used little doggy pattern ones for example, but Christmas ones can be used for storing decorations
I have used the Japanese furoshiki idea, and was so delighted when the Japanese lady I gave one of the presents to, gave m the cloth back straight away, not cos I liked it but because it felt authentic
It's a great technique, you can wrap all sorts of shapes and sizes with different sizes of cloth

I absolutely LOVE wrapping presents. When I was working colleagues would bring me their gifts to wrap (especially the awkward shapes) and I gradually got it down to a fine art, even securely wrapping things without sellotape or string, a sort of parcel origami!

This year I'm wrapping everyone's presents in brown wrapping paper simply because I've got an awful lot of it. I'll use a variety of washi tapes, string, bakers twine, lace ribbons, satin ribbons (I have over 400 reels), beads, charms and natural ivy and other greenery from the garden. I also make my own gift tags, usually from last years cards. In past years I have used newspapers, handmade paper, left over fabrics and even suede to wrap pressies. I like the sound of the drawstring bags, but I'd probably make my own.

Now, back to my wrapping.... where did I put those scissors
Happy wrapping everyone!

I buy wrapping paper, wired ribbon and tags from Costco and use my ironing board to wrap pressies on. Did all of them last weekend and then popped them into recycled gift bags ready to distribute before we go on holiday this year.

I try to wrap as I buy. I buy new paper or reuse old paper and bags. I quite enjoy the process.
MissAdventure, I think someone on this site gave the tip last year of using an ironing board to wrap presents as you can adjust it to suit your height. I followed that advice this year and it worked for me, and my back.

I have very happy memories of wrapping the Santa presents with my mum when my children were small. Mum and I didn’t always get on but it was the one time that we always did. All Santa presents would be stored in my parents house and a week or two before the big day I would spend an evening or two with mum wrapping each of the children’s presents in different paper. This way there was no evidence of the Santa paper in our house. We would have lots of tea and mince pies and chat about everything and anything. I think she enjoyed the wrapping as much as the kids enjoyed the unwrapping! Not the same now that they are all adults and both my parents have passed on but I look forward new traditions in the future.