Mod Holiday Gift Wrapping Ideas

Add some modern flair to your holiday packages with handmade embellishments like inexpensive jewelry findings and (free!) printable ornaments.
Paper ornaments on red and white gifts

Red and White Gift Wrapping

Add some modern flair to your holiday packages with this handmade wrapping embellishment. Jewelry findings and cardstock make for a fun and unique addition.

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Materials Needed:

  • 24-30 snowflake-like jewelry findings (check the jewelry aisle in your local craft store)
  • white spray paint
  • 5 yards elastic string
  • double-stick tape or glue stick

Paint Jewelry

Spray-paint both sides of jewelry findings according to paint manufacturer's directions.

Painted Jewelry

Painted Jewelry

Spray-paint both sides of jewelry findings according to paint manufacturer's directions.

Attach Jewelry to String

Attach jewelry finding to elastic string using a simple slipknot starting at one end and working all the way down. Push a loop of string through the hole in the finding from the back, and then run the end of the string through the loop on the front. This will allow you to move the finding along the string as you wish. Leave plenty of space between the findings for attaching cut-out ornaments.

Threading String Through Jewelry

Threading String Through Jewelry

Attach jewelry finding to elastic string using a simple slipknot starting at one end and working all the way down. Push a loop of string through the hole in the finding from the back, and then run the end of the string through the loop on the front. This will allow you to move the finding along the string as you wish. Leave plenty of space between the findings for attaching cut-out ornaments.

Cut Out and Attach Ornaments

Print and cut out ornaments and backs (templates in the materials list). Leave just a bit of white showing around the line on the ornaments for the best look. The backs can be cut on the line. Using double-stick tape, sandwich the string between the ornament and the back. Do not attach directly to the string. This will allow you to move the ornament up and down the string as you wish.

Placing String Between Double-Stick Tape

Placing String Between Double-Stick Tape

Print and cut out ornaments and backs (templates in the materials list). Leave just a bit of white showing around the line on the ornaments for the best look. The backs can be cut on the line. Using double-stick tape, sandwich the string between the ornament and the back. Do not attach directly to the string. This will allow you to move the ornament up and down the string as you wish.

Attach to Gifts

When your string is finished, wrap around gifts placing the findings and ornaments where you like. Cut the string where necessary and tie a double knot on the bottom of the gift.

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