My last in this series of holiday-related roundups, gift wrapping! Now that you have all (most?) of your holiday shopping and making done, it's time to wrap those gifts, and it would be awesome to put a little extra crafty energy into this part. So I've found a variety of ideas for the paper, boxes, bows/toppers, etc to inspire!

Bugs and Fish blog has a ton of fantastic holiday crafting posts, including seven great gift wrap ideas! I love the decorative names...

 

...vintage stamps...

 

 

...and faux bois with the brown paper leaves! (See them all under the gifts tag.)

 

 

Sister Diane of Craftypod did a tutorial on her DIY Alert blog for reusing old wrapping paper by weaving it into cool new boxy paper:

 

 

Kayte Terry shows us how to make potato printed giftwrap on Craftstylish:

 

 

 

Christine of Eye Pop Art gives us a super detailed tutorial on making gift bags from envelopes:

 

 

Amy Stultz on Scrap Jazz shows us how to make gives bags:

 

 

I really love Moogsmum's versions of those bags, using recycled paper!

 

 

Kelly on livejournal points out the Japanese technique called Furoshiki that uses fabric folding for some gorgeous results:

 

Yogibird on craftser shows us how to decorate simple gift boxes with paint, patterned paper, and assorted decorative items:

 

 

Heather Bailey is super generous to give us a free pdf pattern for this gift-card box!

 

 

Dollar Store Crafts points out this cool takeout-style gift box made from a fleece scarf:

 

 

Inspired Ideas shows us how to make these amazing walnut boxes, great for packaging small gifts!

 

 

Cathie Filian explains how to make your own ribbon bows to decorate your boxes:

 

 

Sally Converse-Doucette from Craft magazine makes these duct tape bows to spice up her gifts:

 

 

Creature Comforts blog has a how-to for this rad recycled plastic bag bow:

 

 

Zakka Life blog shows us how to use mizuhiki cord to adorn your gifts:

 

 

Cathy Callahan on Craftstylish shares this idea of using a flower loom to decorate your wrapping:

 

 

Design*Sponge posted a bunch of gorgeous wrapping concepts, like this one that uses black labels cut into different sized circles with craft punches:

 

 

And lastly, Indie Fixx rounded up some great indie papers for sale - buy them to support indie artists, or browse the pictures to inspire your own creative wrapping!

 

 

 

Now getting wrapping, and show us your creative results in the forums!