Aren’t these presents so cute?? Save yourself some money by saving all your Sunday newspaper comic’s and using them for wrapping presents later. They are especially cute at birthday parties for kids. Just add some accessories like bows + ribbon and you have yourself a fun wrapped present.
You could add ribbon, raffia, buttons, flowers, and I have even once tied on a little McDonalds toy to the bow with ribbon to add to the “comic-look”.
Using the Comics as wrapping paper is a great way for you to save a little money + its great for the environment too.
What other ideas have you found for thrifty wrapping paper?
About Karrie
Food is my love language. But so is saving money. So I like to combine the two a lot and make thrifty make ahead and freeze meals to save time. Because life is busy, and freezer meals can come to the rescue for all of us. And yes, they actually CAN taste good. Read more...
Comments & Reviews
Julia says
The bows you chose really made the packages look chic! Great job!
Kendra says
Make the wrapping part of the present! I just went to a baby shower and wrapped the present in a solid pink blanket tied with a matching ribbon. For another shower I put everything in a basket that can be used as a diaper caddy. For girl’s bday present, I decorated a purse size colored tote bag with puffy paint and filled it with the gifts.
You can use any bag, box or blanket/clothing to hold the gift and then there really is NO waste or useless garbage!
Maggie says
I love to save tissue paper, but as you all know it doesn’t ever look the same after kids pull it out of the gift bags – so, I put it through my shredder (it’s not a cross-shredder, just straight long pieces) and it’s a great filler for gift bags.
Megan says
I have used mailing paper (plain brown paper) or you could use paper bags, cut apart. Sometimes I add ink stamping to make it more interesting.
Keep any interesting packaging to reuse, I once bought wine from a small winery and the paper wine bags had a nice pattern and I used it to wrap some smaller presents. The elastic bows that come on things like candy boxes or tea samplers are great to reuse.
At the after Christmas sales I try to buy at least one non-Christmassy paper like a solid color or a gingham pattern to wrap presents all year long.
MB says
I like to “repurpose” the kids art work for their grandparents gifts.
Kimberly says
so cute! I have 3 boys who love to color so for smaller gifts I use their old drawings and doodles. we also cut the drawing down and glue them to cardstock to make cards
Jenny says
LOVE IT!
Karrie says
I love all your ideas! I would have never thought to use tulle as gift bag stuffer, but I am sure I have tons of it in the garage from working on a wedding for a family member awhile ago.
Oh and Abby, you bet! I would love to have you feature my comic presents post anytime.
Amie says
A few things I like to do are
Use left over fabric pieces –
Make bags out of fabric – pillow cases – or even t-shirts are fun
Let kids stamp – draw or paint on plain paper – At Christmas my kids enjoy stamping with sponge stamps on paper in red and green paint
Kira says
Growing up we did this, my older brother mostly, and he was known for having the “cool comic” wrapping paper. I look back and wonder if those mom’s just felt sorry for us not having real wrapping paper. Nowadays it is awesome, and even cuter with a little decorative touch, not my mom’s thing.