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Christmas Wrapping Ideas with Greenery

Every year, when thinking through Christmas wrapping ideas, I try and make my presents coordinated.  This year, I decided to incorporate tree clippings into my Christmas gift wrapping!  I utilized plain, brown wrapping paper and added the greenery for a natural look. 

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Option 1: A Tree

The tree definitely is one of the easier options. 

First, I clipped three small branches, two about the same length and one a little bit longer.  I placed the longest branch in between the two shorter options. 

christmas wrapping ideas
christmas wrapping ideas

Next, I trimmed the greenery around the bottom of the longest branch.  This gave the tree a “trunk”. 

Finally, using my hot glue gun, I glued the tree into place, starting with the center branch! 

Once all the branches were glued on, I cut a star out of white felt.  I then glued the star to the top of the tree. 

christmas wrapping ideas
gift wrapping idea

I decided the Christmas tree alone looked a little boring on my gift, so using white paint and a 2″ Chip Paint Brush, I added a little snow! 

Tree Materials

  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Tree Branches
  • Felt
  • Scissors
  • White Paint
  • 2″ Chip Paint Brush

Option 2: A Wreath

The wreath was one of the easy ones! First, I traced a circle on a piece of cardboard.  I actually used the top of my candle wax melter as it was the perfect size for the wrapped gift I planned to put the wreath on.  I also considered using a coaster, really anything that is a perfect circle will work! 

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christmas wrapping ideas

Next, I cut the circle out of the cardboard & cut the center out, to leave a ring. 

Finally, I glued my tree branches all around the circle until the cardboard was fully covered.

christmas wrapping ideas
wreath

I attached the wreath to the Christmas gift using holiday string.  I then decided the wreath looked a bit boring and added a few red berries to give it some color! 

Wreath Materials

  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Scissors
  • Tree Branches
  • Cardboard
  • Circle Template
  • String or Ribbon
  • Small Berries

Option 3: A Gnome

I love the way this little gnome turned out, I think he adds such a cute and fun look to a wrapped gift. 

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To begin, I drew a triangle on the felt, with a small oval at the top.  This was to create the appearance that his hat was flopping over. Then I cut this shape out of the felt.

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christmas warpping ideas

Next, I cut three branches that fit with the size of the felt hat. I glued the center bench on the gift first, followed by the two side branches.

I decided to add a small piece of string to the bottom of the felt hat.  Then, I glued the hat onto the gift, overlapping the branches slightly. 

Christmas Wrapping Ideas
wrapping ideas

Finally, I glued the gnome’s nose on, followed by a small bead at the tip of his hat. I added the same string wrapped around the gift for a bit more color to the brown paper wrapping! 

Gnome Materials

  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Scissors
  • Tree Branches
  • Felt
  • Beads
  • String or Ribbon

Option 4: A Truck

This one is by far my favorite.  It’s also probably the most complicated! To start, you have to have a printed picture of a truck! I put my picture in a Word Doc and sized it to fit the gift perfectly. 

Christmas Wrapping Ideas

With my truck picture ready, I colored chalk all over the back of the piece of paper.

chalk
Christmas Wrapping Ideas

Then, I placed the paper onto the gift.  I wanted to tape the piece of paper in place to ensure it didn’t move, but I didn’t want the tape to get stuck to the wrapping paper.  So, I placed the tape on my pants a couple of times to reduce the stickiness!  Then, I taped the truck picture in place. 

Next, using a ball point pen, I traced over the outline of the truck. 

TIP: Make sure you do not let your hand lay on the picture or you will transfer a lot of chalk, making it hard to see the outline! 

pen tracing
Christmas Wrapping Ideas

I pulled up my paper and then traced over the chalk outline with a sharpie! 

Finally, I glued a tree branch on to make it appear as if there was a Christmas tree in the back of the truck. 

Christmas Wrapping Ideas
Christmas Wrapping Ideas

Once again, I felt the truck looked too boring! So using my 2″ chip paint brush & white paint, I added some snow. 

Truck Materials

  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Tree Branches
  • Picture of Truck
  • Chalk
  • Pen
  • Tape
  • Sharpie
  • 2″ Chip Paint Brush
  • White Paint

Option 5: A Pinecone

This is the easiest or all the Christmas wrapping ideas and gives such a simple, classic look to any brown paper packages! 

Christmas Wrapping Ideas

I started by first wrapping my string around the gift.  Then, I glued the two tree branches in place. 

Christmas Wrapping Ideas
Christmas Wrapping Ideas

Finally, I glued the pinecone on top of the tree branches, and this gift was ready to give! 

Pinecone Materials

  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Scissors
  • Tree Branches
  • Pinecone
  • String or Ribbon

Looking for more Christmas crafts?  Check out all of our Holiday DIYs here!

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