Eco-Friendly Gift Wrap Ideas

This holiday season is all about being eco-friendly. But it's not just the gifts that should be environmentally green! Packaging and gift wrap make for a lot of waste. So here are some DIY gift wrap ideas that put recycling front and center.

1. Eco Friendly Mailers in Navy Vines, $9 from Terre Mum

2. Bridal Wrapping Cloth (Furoshiki), $20 from New Hope Bags

3. DIY Eco Friendly Favors - 10x Lime Green Mini Jute Bags, $25 from The Secret Garden

4. Eco Friendly Gift Tags - Little Green Bird (10), $4 from A Hue of Duck Egg Blue

5. Recycled Paper Gift Bows, $4.50 from Sapling Handcrafted (Make It!)

6. Round Tags Sold in Set of 28, $5 from Papier Lapin

7. Gift Tags for Going Green, $3.75 from Through the Woods

8. News from Far Away - India Gift Bag, $8 from Cloudberry Land (Make It!)


More of a do it yourself-er? 

LEH Project, originally uploaded by ivy style33.

1. Stamp homemade paper envelopes made from recycled computer paper then tie off with a bow.

Eco friendly Gift Wrap - Brown and blue, originally uploaded by sygnetcreations.

2. Use fabric envelopes for wrapping books and flats. They can be re-used again and again.

simply wrapped, originally uploaded by lilfishstudios.

3. Use a vintage belt buckle in lieu of a bow with some fabric ribbon. The recipient gets two gifts in one.

Bows & Buttons, originally uploaded by spottedsparrow.

4. Make handmade bows from recycled paper and buttons.