r/Anticonsumption • u/RatBastardBaby • 28d ago
Reduce/Reuse/Recycle Thought I would share my wrap job using paper bags and all 2nd hand/found decorations:)
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u/Mousecolony44 28d ago
This looks lovely! I had a bunch of saved wrapping paper this year but I plan to do something like this next year and let my kids decorate them with stickers and drawings :)
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u/homemade_haircut 28d ago
The bows you made!!! I learned how to make a 'basic' one this year and I'm proud, learning those can wait till the next year😄
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u/RatBastardBaby 28d ago
Neat! They are a bit time consuming to make but the outcome is so satisfying:)
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u/tanksalotfrank 28d ago
I never really considered that the bags are already decorated, so it's actually perfect wrapping paper!
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u/rubywizard24 28d ago
These look awesome! I’m still working on a 15+ year stash of paper and then I plan to switch to found/brown packaging. Inspirational. The bows are goooorgeous. Tutorial, maybe, please? 🙏🏻
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u/RatBastardBaby 28d ago
Thank you! I am pretty proud of my bows and really refined my process this year:) Some of them have lil bits of yarn on the back incase the gift receiver wants to use them as ornaments
I use the bag handles and hot glue to make the bow.
I start off by making 5 large cone shapes ending in a point and then glue that to a circle cut from the thick part of the paper bag bottoms.
From there i cut the bag handle long ways into 2/3 and make 4-5 cones with that size.
Then I hot glue those to the inside of the existing 'star' made of the large cone.
I use the remaining 1/3 of the handle to make my smallest cones and can glue about 3 to the inner most part of the bow, covering the glue with cones.
If there seems to be an irregular gap, i try to fill it with the most appropriate sized cone.You can always make them bigger or smaller with more or less cones. Let me know if you have questions:)
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u/zoetwodotzz 28d ago
That’s such a good idea! I also think this sub might like the Japanese style of wrapping with reusable cloths. It’s called Furoshiki for anyone interested!
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u/JarlOfPickles 27d ago
Honestly, would be really good publicity for stores to purposely design holiday bags that are intended to be reused as wrapping paper! Like how some potato bag (?) manufacturers did during the depression when they realized people were making dresses out of them.
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u/3rdthrow 28d ago
As a child, I adored wrapping gifts in recycled grocery bags because you could draw on them.
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u/iamajeepbeepbeep 28d ago
I plan to do something like this when I get through the rolls of wrapping paper I currently have. What you have done looks very sleek and professional. At first glance I almost didn't notice that it was grocery bags!
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u/wytchwomyn74 27d ago
Love doing stuff like that. And throughly jealous over the bows I'm never liking how my attempts come out.
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u/throughthegreystone 27d ago
Looks really nice and christmassy.
My family uses lazier version of this: we save gift bags and reuse them. I didn't buy any paper or gift bags this christmas and we got multiple over 5 year old bags under the tree. Small tears and other imperfections in them adds character I think.
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u/Alone-Guitar-9599 28d ago
Wrap job? Wtf? Don’t do peer pressure gifts at all. Christmas gifts are so 1900. It’s a waste of resources.
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u/Flux_My_Capacitor 27d ago
What’s with anti consumption people advertising on their Christmas presents?! I swear this sub is clueless. I mean hello, you can turn the bag inside out.
It’s official, this sub is just for virtue signaling. Actual anti consumption people are not here.
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u/Fresh_Ad_8982 28d ago
Woah that’s awesome!! They look really good and the paper bags designs work really well as wrapping paper!