Gifts Tips
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Hide presents in your stored luggage.
Make Christmas more exciting by placing a small present to the side of each plate at your Christmas Eve dinner to set the mood for Christmas Day.
Have your children create gift guides to assist yourself and other family members when purchasing gifts. They can glue pictures from store ads so everyone knows exactly what they desire.
Perk up your space with pothos. It is a houseplant that thrives even in low light and with little water. It is almost impossible to kill.
For unique gift wrapping, place gift in a clean, empty paint can. You can paint or decorate the can and fill with shredded paper.
Stock up on baby shower gifts at the end of a season when clothing is on sale.
Reuse brown paper bags as sturdy wrapping paper for packages and gifts. Just cut down the side and remove the bottom. Place the writing on the inside when wrapping.
Reuse greeting cards by cutting the picture side into a creative shape, punching a hole in the top and using as a gift tag.
Store wrapping paper in a pantyhose leg to keep it from unrolling or becoming dusty.
Store wrapping paper supplies in a shoe box. Include scissors, tape, blank note cards, some ribbon and a pen. Include flat all occasion wrapping or store near rolls of paper.
Give your presents a more professional look by using double-sided tape when wrapping them.
If you have received a gift basket, save the basket for creating your own gift basket for someone else.
Wrap an oddly shaped gift by placing in a pillowcase and tying the top shut with a ribbon.
Save the wishbone after eating a turkey. Clean it, dry it and later attach it to a gift as a fun "extra wish."
Turn a photo album into a homemade recipe book. Put the recipe in one slot and a picture of the finished product in the next. Makes a great family keepsake or gift.
For a creative and fun gift, buy some mini bread loaf pans and make bread. Give the recipient the pan with the bread inside and include the recipe for future use.
If your garden or fruit trees have been bountiful, can items such as apple butter or salsa and give as gifts throughout the year. Friends and family will be happy to share in your bountiful harvest.
