​Christmas in July Day 14: Create a Gift Wrapping Station

Today, gather all your wrapping supplies into one place.
Your Christmas wrapping station might be a box, basket, drawer, crate or bag. It doesn’t need to be fancy. It just needs to keep everything together.

Include:
• Wrapping paper
• Gift bags
• Tags
• Ribbon
• String
• Tape
• Scissors
• Pens
• Labels
• Tissue paper
• Cellophane
• Cards
• Gift card holders
• Small envelopes
• Finished mini tags

This one step can save time, money and frustration in December.

When everything is in one place, you can see what you already have. You won’t accidentally buy more tape, more tags or more gift bags because you can’t find the ones from last year.

Cheapskates tip: Put a small note in your wrapping station listing anything you truly need to buy. Keep it short and only buy those things when they are on special.

​Week 2 Wrap-Up

By the end of Week 2, you should have:
• Four handmade Christmas cards
• Recycled tags from old Christmas cards
• Three gift card holders
• Decorated paper gift bags
• Handmade wrapping paper
• Ten mini gift tags
• A Christmas wrapping station

That’s a lot of Christmas preparation without a lot of spending.

The beauty of this week is that every task helps twice. It uses up supplies you already have and prevents extra spending later.

Your gifts do not need designer wrapping. They need care, thought and a little preparation.

That is what makes them special.

Cheapskates Club reminder: Budget Christmas wrapping does not need to look cheap. With scraps, brown paper, old cards and a little creativity, you can create beautiful Christmas wrapping for just a few cents.