The holidays are here, and it is time to wrap those gifts.
So start eating cereal!
And save the empty bags. Wrap your gift in colored tissue paper, insert it in the plastic bag and tie with a bow. You could customize with Sunday funnies, draw on the outside and use any kind of ribbon — maybe a reusable hair band for a child, a headband for an athlete … you get the idea.
Goldfish crackers have a beautiful silver bag (just wash it out and/or wrap up your gift to avoid any leftover grease rubbing off on your present inside).
The possibilities are endless … and oh so frugal.
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[...] I tried to give some new incentives here with posts on super cheap-n-easy gift bags and on taking the plastic out of shipping. (Speaking of the latter, I’ve noticed that several [...]
Gift-wrap free holidays « Cheap Like Me added these pithy words on Dec 13 08 at 3:32 am[...] egg CSA pickup is on Tuesdays, so we were out of eggs by Tuesday morning. (I often use these for gift bags, but I have way too many accumulated right [...]
What’s in your garbage? | Cheap Like Me added these pithy words on May 12 09 at 10:13 amI thought for sure you were going to say pillow cases!!! Wrap bigger gifts in those with a ribbon and you are good to go. Have fun!
erin added these pithy words on
Dec 14 08 at
8:19 pm
I don’t know … I think my daughter’s breakfast trash is cheaper than a pillowcase! But it’s a good argument for grabbing random pillowcases at yard sales, thrift stores, etc. They’re also a great way to store quilts, blankets, sets of sheets, etc. in the closet … which you can’t do with cereal bags.
Cheap Like Me added these pithy words on
Dec 14 08 at
10:24 pm
