Comments on: Wrapping presents without tape or glue

By: jessejesse

jessejesse — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:02:27 +0000

Or you could just use gift bags! Those things can get reused a thousand times.

By: greenautumnphotoandfilm

greenautumnphotoandfilm — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 06:50:44 +0000

Thank you! I just wrapped a couple of packages for our clients and wished that I didn’t have to use tape – not only because it doesn’t look great with tape showing, but also because it isn’t eco-friendly! One google search later and here I am… thanks again

By: :: Good Girl Gone Green » The carbon sleigh track ::

:: Good Girl Gone Green » The carbon sleigh track :: — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:50:30 +0000

[...] Instead of plastic tape try to wrap a present without it. The lovely Beth Terry from My Plastic-Free Life explains how in “Wrapping gifts without tap or glue.” [...]

By: Sosha

Sosha — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:23:56 +0000

Awesome! I’m SO going to do this.

By: Green Garbage Project » The green-wrapping blues

Green Garbage Project » The green-wrapping blues — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:25:22 +0000

[...] some sort of origami-esque instructions for folding paper just so, holding everything in place. The closest tutorial I could find, however, was from Beth at Fake Plastic [...]

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Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:00:42 +0000

[...] Consider wrapping your gifts without tapes. [...]

By: KelseyJoy

KelseyJoy — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:50:00 +0000

I wrap gifts in fabric and use cloth ribbon to hold it all together….no tape necessary! :D

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» Going Green Colourful Threads — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:23:58 +0000

[...] gave me a bag of fabric scraps. I found a bunch of squares that might have been meant for a quilt. Beth’s post about Christmas wrap, and her link to Furoshiki got my creative juices flowing. The result is a smallish kerchief-like [...]

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:23:18 +0000

Thanks for walking us thru this with pictures! Very helpful.

I was looking for this very idea because my dad (who passed away in 2002) use to wrap presents this way all the time. I never learned how to do it, and was just talking to someone about it yesterday. Got me thinking that I should learn it now anyway as a part of his memory.
He would like that.

By: Patty

Patty — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:11:16 +0000

Forgive me if this was already stated but I didn’t read every comment yet. It seems to me taht you whould be able to make a slit in the paper to tuck the flap in and that perhaps it would stay put. I’d also suggest looking into origami techniques if wrapping is necessary.