Saving money on gifts doesn’t have to just include the gift itself. Check out these money saving ways to wrap gifts for less.

* Wrap gifts in a fabric, drawstring bag.

* Buy and reuse gift bags that don’t create wrapping waste.

* For boxes with removable lids (like shoe boxes), wrap both the box and the lid so that the paper is not torn upon opening, and the box can be reused by the recipient. Use ribbon the close the box instead of stick-on bows that tear paper.

* Save used gift wrap and reuse it next year.

* Decorate an unwrapped gift with reused ribbons or dried grasses and flowers.

* Use a knit hat to wrap a gift, or a pretty dishtowel, a flour sack, or a bandana.

* Use old calendar photos to wrap smaller gifts, or how about an old map? Use blueprints, grocery bags that you’ve decorated with fruit or vegetable prints, or the comics section.

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