Make a Gift Card THE BEST Present with These DIY Wrapping Tips

Look, I get it — sometimes you feel like giving a gift card is the easy way out.

It’s hard to shop for people, but it also feels so dang impersonal to just hand over a store-branded gift card.

Show the people on your list that you’ve put some thought into their gift with these thoughtful and creative ways to present their gift cards!

 

 

 

1. Snowglobe

• Hot glue the gift card, standing up, to the inside of the lid
• Add some cute Christmassy decor to the inside of the lid
• Fill the jar with water and glitter
• Attach the lid and add some cute decor to the outside of the jar such as a ribbon or a gift tag

 

2. Ornament

• Gather some festive scrapbooking paper or colorful felt
• Cut paper into an ornament shape such as a ball, gingerbread man, candy cane, etc.
• Attach some ribbon or string so that you can hang the card
• Adhere the gift card
• Hang it on the tree

 

3. Pretty Card

• Use 2 pieces of pretty scrapbooking paper
• On the back side, use a bowl to trace 2 circles per each piece of paper
• Cut out circles and fold each in half
• Overlap each piece on each other and glue a square piece in the middle to secure them
• Adhere the gift card inside (and write a sweet note!)
• Fold it up as you would a box where the last flap gets tucked under
• Tie it up with ribbon and deliver

 

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