Organize Me...Pretty: Decorating Holiday Presents

Many times I go the easy route of not actually wrapping presents. I end up putting them in gift bags with some tissue paper and I am done. This year, I decided to mainly wrap the gifts but things got a little too busy so I didn't get as creative as I would have liked to with my wrapping.

Although I have not been as creative with my gift wrapping, I do enjoy seeing others gift wrapping ideas and am very impressed with what some people do with their presentations. There are times that I honestly prefer looking at the gift rather than wanting to know what is inside of it; it can be too pretty to unwrap.

So, hopefully you all get inspired to be a bit more creative than I was this year. If not, I hope you get a gift from someone else who was inspired to get creative with their gift decorating.

Either way, here are some ideas to get you started.

Wrap the box or gift in pretty ribbon.
Add raffia as a ribbon around the present.
Use felt cloth to create a fortune cookie and put paper or the "fortune" in it to say who the gift is going to. You can even wrap the gift in Chinese takeout menus.
Use ornaments as a secondary gift to put on top of the gift.
Flowers, pinecones or berries can also be added on top of the gift.
Create a snowman theme by using cotton balls. Use gift wrap in a solid color and then glue the cotton balls all over the present and then on the top create a snowman with a hat and scarf.
Continue with a cotton ball themed gift by creating a scene on the gift. You could use the cotton balls as clouds and attach felt patterns on plain gift wrap to make a house, a tree or whatever you want your picture to represent.
Make it a themed present, if the gift is a remote control airplane or car, you can wrap the gift using a road map.
Make a paper fan or snowflakes - just like the ones we created as children - and use it embellish the top of a gift.
Cut out a Christmas tree, gingerbread man or a star from a single color felt paper (use a cookie cutter to get the right shape) and then place on the gift wrap.
Use one holiday themed cookie cutter on top of a wrapped present; just attach it to the ribbon to keep sturdy.
For the grandparents, wrap gifts with their grandchild's artwork.
If you know a hobby that the person the gift is going to enjoys, you can make it unique just for them. For someone who enjoys creating art, attach a paint brush to the top of the present. For someone who enjoys reading, attach a bookmark as the label. For someone who enjoys to sew, add buttons all over the present.
If you want a flashy gift (just add a red ribbon) or you simply ran out of gift wrap, go to your kitchen and get some aluminum foil and use that as wrapping paper.
Another idea if you run out of wrapping paper, wrap your gift using newspaper and just add a colorful bow or ribbon and your problem has been solved. They will think you are so creative, when you simply ran out of gift wrap!
For kid gifts, attaching small gloves to the top of the gift would be a cute idea. You could even add a scarf to use as a big ribbon.
Use a jump rope as ribbon.
As you see the ideas are endless!