holiday wrapping with paper bags

Last year it was book pages and this year I am using recycled brown paper bags for my gift wrap! Never underestimate just how far a brown paper bag will go in your holiday wrapping!

I've put together some VERY simple and easy ideas to inspire you to use brown paper bags in your wrapping-

Any brown paper bag will do- I used a couple of Whole Foods bags.

Use a white out pen and doodle all over the surface.

Use it as gift wrap.

Use the handles of the bag as a ribbon and bow.

Use a sharpie and a white out pen to draw or doodle all over the surface- I drew snowflakes all over.

Use to wrap your gift,

and add some fun ribbon to top it off.

Create flower gift toppers.

Cut out a circle

add hot glue to the middle and scrunch it up to create dimension.

Layer circles on top of each other and then use scrunched up paper to the center of the flower.

Add to the top of your gift.

Play around with different shapes and sizes of flowers.

I used lots of triangles and layered then on top of each other

and added scrunched up paper to the middle.

The possibilities are endless - get creative and challenge yourself to put those brown paper bags to use!