Reusable Gift Wrap, Furoshiki Style
During my Plastic Free Christmas extravaganza last year, I struggled with a gift wrap dilemma because wrapping gifts (typically) requires tape, which is obviously made of plastic. My solution was reususing old gifts bags, as well as some very ineffectual origami. It wasn't pretty.
But this year, I'm going to make gift-wrapping into a cultural experience by using the Japanese art of Furoshiki to wrap my presents. If I do it correctly, my gifts will be beautifully surrounded by colorful pieces of cloth that I can reuse next year.
Interested in attempting Furoshiki yourself? Check out this helpful video.
Additional Resources
Wikipedia page on Furoshiki
An illustration of different Furoshiki methods
But this year, I'm going to make gift-wrapping into a cultural experience by using the Japanese art of Furoshiki to wrap my presents. If I do it correctly, my gifts will be beautifully surrounded by colorful pieces of cloth that I can reuse next year.
Interested in attempting Furoshiki yourself? Check out this helpful video.
Additional Resources
Wikipedia page on Furoshiki
An illustration of different Furoshiki methods
Comments
I've received several simple cloth bags this year that are the "use it again" style. One person even did a simple kids one for a crayon gift for my kid's birthday!
I'm going to be excited to pass them along to friends for the holidays.
I use plain paper bags and doodle designs on them, if I have some, or the comic pages from the newspaper and use cotton twine string instead of tape.
Kel
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