Green Christmas Wrap

Who needs Pinterest when you have my mom?

She is always full of great ideas and always has been.  I appreciate that she wants things to be festive, but she also has a practical side.

One of my favorite ideas from her is her green Christmas wrap.   And I don’t mean the color green; I mean good for the environment green.

She has 10 kids and almost 20 grandkids so that can be a lot of Christmas presents to wrap.  So she (and her sisters) came up with an idea to cut down on the time she spent wrapping gifts.

My mom made fabric gift bags that she reuses year after year.   They are kind of like pillow cases in different sizes.

She can just stick a present inside of the bag and tie it off with a bow.

No tape, scissors, cutting, or finding the right size box.  No paper cuts or glitter on your floor.  No wrapping paper to throw away and no money wasted.

My mom still wraps some presents and uses boxes and paper and bows too.  But the gift bags are especially ideal for odd shaped gifts and large gifts.  And they kind of have a Santa Claus feel to them.

Think of all the money she has saved over the years, not buying wrapping paper.  And these bags fold up nice and flat after Christmas morning.  My mom stores them (and the ribbons) all in a bin and pulls them out year after year.

I love this idea for its thrift and for its goodness to the environment.  I am hoping to find some cute fabric on sale after Christmas and have Elle make me some of my own Christmas gift bags.

Thanks Mom for another great idea!