Using Cloth gift bags as wrapping material offers many benefits. Not only are the bags inexpensive to make (especially with discount fabric or boldly colored sheets and blankets from thrift stores) but they are easily stored and reused. Fabric does not tear or scuff as easily as printed gift bags making it possible to reuse one year’s fabric bags for countless more years.
Eco-Friendly Cloth Gift Bags for Inexpensive Christmas Décor
Bold fabric colors make a decorative statement under the tree. The most frugal will use whatever fabric she can find but those with a flair for home décor might create bags to match their existing room and holiday decoration colors.
Recyclable Cloth Bags Make Gift Wrapping Fast, Easy, and Fun
Cloth bags are great for wrapping bulky or oddly shaped packages which defy the logic and folding skills of the best skilled wrapper. Cloth can hide the shape and size of the gift and defy the guessing shake and prying eyes of Christmas spoilers. Parents with several children can even assign one fabric color to each child, making the gift sorting a breeze.
Cost Effective Use of Reusable Cloth Gift Bags
It might seem that taking extra time and expense to make cloth bags is wasteful when giving them away as part of a gift. Wouldn’t free newsprint be cheaper? Cloth bags made from fabric on hand would be virtually free while those made from purchased fabric would vary in cost. Generally, if fabric can be obtained for a dollar a yard or less, bags can be made for twenty-five to fifty cents a piece. This is cheaper than paper gift bags, comparable to the cheapest quality wrapping paper, and offer the added bonus of being used over and over.
How to Ensure the Reuse of Cloth Gift Bags for Future Wrapping
While it is rude to request wrapping paper and gift bags be returned from co-workers or friends once the gift is opened your family will no doubt pile up the cloth bags and hand them over, grateful to not have bags of wrapping to trundle to the curb. And for the friend or relation that takes a shine to your hand-made bag all the better: they will no doubt reuse the cloth sack in any number of ways, helping their own pocket book and saving our planet’s resources as well.
Christine Silva - Christine is a Stay-at-Home-Mother of three children under the age of 6 working feverishly to maintain the appearance of order, calm, and ...
