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Tips for Wrapping Christmas Gifts

1. Make a morsbag – these can be used as an alternative to Christmas wrapping – or as a gift in its own right. Morsbags started a campaign to make your own bag out of left over or no longer used materials and to date they report that over 8000 have been made! Some 'pods' of bag makers have been handing them out to supermarket shoppers. Fabulous idea! Have a morsbag party!

2. Why not use old newspaper as wrapping paper? It can make those pressies under the tree more interesting, especially if the paper is related to the person or gift. Use string instead of sticky tap, this makes the paper easier to recycle or re-use. Tip sent in by Green Oil

3. Use cloth wrapping paper! Get an old sheet or tea towel, and use it like paper. Paint or dye it if you like. Use string, and it can be used again and again.

4. Save brown wrapping paper, large envelopes or other packaging on any item you have received and re-use it on your gifts.

5. Use last years paper that you have saved or re-use from presents you have been given if you get some before Christmas.

6. If you do buy wrapping paper ensure it is recycled and/or Fair Trade and that some proceeds go to charity.

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