I have a friend who gives beautifully wrapped packages … the outside of the gift is as fun as the inside. I love pretty gift wrap but I’m often totally lazy and end up throwing a gift in a bag. You too?
This week Tate was invited to a birthday party and I was inspired to do something cute with the outside of the gift. I love the way this duct tape gift wrap turned out and had to share it with you.
I wrapped the box in white wrapping paper {a little trick: I often buy cheap wrapping paper and use the plain white inside instead of the outer print} and crossed duct tape over it in two directions. {I love this neon zig zag/chevron print!}
To make the petals of the flower, I tore pieces of duct tape and folded them into thirds.
I made five pieces like that and used a little hot glue to attach them together and hold them in place.
I folded a piece of duct tape onto itself and then cut a circle with a large hole punch for the center of the flower.
The final touch was a little monogram. I traced one of Tate’s alphabet letters onto a sheet of duct tape, cut it out, and stuck it on the package.
I think the present looked so cute! This duct tape gift wrap might replace my toss-in-a-gift-bag approach to wrapping!
What a great idea to wrap gifts! I am one of the ones who throws it in a bag, how boring. I need to start getting more creative like this!!
That is a cute idea and I love the way it turned out. I bet it was the cutest gift there.
I am going to have to get some duct tape! This is such a cute idea!!
Cute, cute, cute! I love all the fun duct tape patterns but couldn’t think of a practical way to use them. This is it!
Randi this is so creative and pretty! Love it!
This is so great! I have to mail a gift today and wanted to use Hello Kitty Duct tape to dress it up without using the entire roll. This is perfect 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing!
Amy*
This is so fun! I LOVE it! I would love if you would share this at my Crazy Cute Party happening right now! I’ve got a totally awesome giveaway that you could win just for linking up! Come on over! ;D