Did you know that there is a 25% increase in the amount of garbage we dispose of around the holidays? And most of it is packaging and wrapping paper. According to an article in The Atlantic (12/22/12) we spend $2.6 billion annually on wrapping paper. Wasteful!
Cloth wrapping has been used in traditional cultures for over 1,200 years and is still used today by many wise parents. Furoshiki is the ancient art of cloth wrapping from Japan which is elegant, practical and eco-friendly. In Korea it's called Bojagi and is often silk or hemp patchwork cloth.
Another advantage is that different shaped gifts are easier to wrap with cloth. Here are some ideas:
We love how simple and beautiful cloth wrap is. And your wrapping becomes another gift or can be used year after year.
Playsilks are especially beautiful as wrapping because of how luminescent and shiny the colors are. Plus, after the gifts are open the children can play with them!
Our starter set of silk wrappings is available here.
Leave a comment about your ideas for reusable gift wrapping below and enter to win a Holiday Gift Wrap Set!
Two winners will be chosen 11/14/18.
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I love the reusable aspect of these gift-wrapping silks. It gets my imagination going to think of all of the future gifts they will wrap. I am certain that these will be a hit, and that they will ignite the imaginations of the recipientes of my gifts wrapped in silk. Plus, I will be extra proud to present gifts wrapped in real silk!
My grandparents used to reuse the comics papers to wrap our presents and we loved it! We were always careful to not tear them so we could read them later.
I love the reusable aspect of these gift-wrapping silks. It gets my imagination going to think of all of the future gifts they will wrap. I am certain that these will be a hit, and that they will ignite the imaginations of the recipientes of my gifts wrapped in silk. Plus, I will be extra proud to present gifts wrapped in real silk!
We keep presents to a minimum. We like to keep things simple so that the kids use their imagination. I can already see my kids eyes lighting up when they see their carefully selected gifts wrapped in such beauty. I imagine my daughter using the silk ‘wrapping’ to tie bows on the tree, the bed posts, the chair rails etc…. I would love the opportunity to see what else her and my son come up with on Christmas morning! They have January and February birthdays and I’d be willing to bet they’ll reuse the silk wraps to wrap the gifts they will have for each other.
The reuse and no waste goes right along with the qualities and values I’m teaching my children every day.
We use recycled brown paper bags, news papers, or packaging from online orders. For larger gifts we have used table cloths or tapestries. This year for my daughters 3rd birthday we had enough playsilks to wrap her gifts in them! It was beautiful & she loves seeing her silks put to use in a new & unique way. Now she of course wants to wrap all of her friends gifts in them as well!