Which camp do you fall into? Gift bags or gift wrap? \u00a0As a child I loved getting gifts covered in wrapping paper and tearing into the paper to see what was inside. \u00a0It was a thrill to hear the paper shred and discover what lay waiting behind that magical paper. \u00a0As I got older I stopped tearing the paper apart on my gifts.<\/p>\n
Instead, I very carefully peeled it away from the gift, trying very carefully not to tear it so that I could use it again in the future. \u00a0My mother was always very grateful for the extra paper. \u00a0I folded the paper up nice and neatly in a pile and handed it to her once we were finished opening all of our gifts.<\/p>\n
You can do the exact same preserve and reuse idea with gift bags, and a lot easier too. \u00a0You don’t’ have to worry about paper tearing or opening something ever soo carefully so you don’t put added wrinkles in the paper. Unless you crush your gift bags they are easy to reuse. Simply fill the bag again and you’re ready to go! You might have to add more tissue paper, but I even reuse that in my house. \u00a0I have a big box of tissue paper that I’ve collected from all of the gifts we’ve received and I just pull it out to stuff the bags as needed.<\/p>\n
Reusing our gift wrap and gift bags is just one of the ways I save money for our family. So my question to you is, do you reuse gift wrap or gift bags? And which do you prefer?<\/p>\n
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Which camp do you fall into? Gift bags or gift wrap? \u00a0As a child I loved getting gifts covered in wrapping paper and tearing into the paper to see what was inside. \u00a0It was a thrill to hear the paper shred and discover what lay waiting behind that magical paper. \u00a0As I got older I … <\/p>\n