Cathie Filian, creator and cohost of DIY’s Creative Juice, shares her tricks for crafting unique gift boxes, bags and other embellishments! These projects will cost you a fraction of what you’d spend on the card store stuff.
A Fresh New Use for Your Ziploc Bags
A simple plastic bag and some festive trimmings will give the appearance that your gift is enclosed in a snow globe.
What You’ll Need: 1 Ziploc bag (gallon-size works best), tissue paper, tape, scissors, ribbon. Optional materials: confetti, pinecones, tinsel, and strips of ribbon.
How It’s Done:
1.Wrap the gift in tissue paper. 2. Cut the zipper off of the plastic bag. 3. Insert wrapped gift into the bag, along with the decorative items you’ve selected (ie. pinecones, strips of ribbon, etc. 4. Tie the bag closed using the ribbon.
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