| Gift wrapping can be a great outlet for your creativity, | | | | markers or yarn. In addition, red will come in handy for |
| if you have the materials and supplies you need to | | | | Valentine's Day gifts, and green can be decorated with |
| work your magic. But if it's something you leave until | | | | soft pastel-colored egg stickers for a wonderful |
| the last minute, only to discover you can't find the | | | | Easter gift. |
| scissors, you're out of tape, or you only have a small | | | | Keep a hole punch available at your station to punch |
| amount of curling ribbon left, it can make for an | | | | holes in your gift cards and tags. A round hole punch |
| exercise in frustration and futility. Consider setting up a | | | | can be found in the office and school supply section of |
| gift wrapping station in your home and avoid this | | | | any store, and crafts stores have shaped hole |
| last-minute stress, not only during the holidays, but for | | | | punches available in their scrapbook departments. |
| any gift-giving time of year. | | | | Specialty scissors can add a nice touch to any gift, |
| Holiday gift bags with handles are a quick and simple | | | | and can also be found in the scrapbook department. |
| fix and come in assorted sizes that will fit everything | | | | Stickers can be found there as well. They're a fun |
| from the smallest jewelry box to the bottle of wine | | | | way to decorate plain gift bags, tags and paper, or |
| you're taking with you to your sister's Christmas Eve | | | | can also double as tape when wrapping gifts |
| dinner party. Clear, colored or printed cellophane or | | | | depending on their size. While there, you might also |
| cellophane bags also work nicely. Wrap around a | | | | want to look at their rubber stamps. Some |
| coffee cup filled with holiday candies or a tin filled with | | | | holiday-themed stamps and some red, green, silver |
| fudge for a festive touch. | | | | and gold ink stamps are a great way to embellish plain |
| Colored tissue paper can also make any gift seem | | | | wrapping paper, gift cards, or tissue paper wrap. |
| more festive. Collect several colors to use when lining | | | | Curling ribbon is affordable and simple to use, since it |
| gift boxes or bags, to cushion delicate items, or even | | | | can be curled with the blade of a knife or scissors. Be |
| inside cellophane bags. It can easily be jazzed up with | | | | sure to leave a nice length on your gift in order to get |
| holiday themed stickers, or a bit of spray-on adhesive | | | | nice, loopy curls on the ribbon. |
| and some sprinkled glitter. | | | | Last but not least, be sure your wrapping station is |
| And though there's many great decorative Christmas | | | | equipped with plenty of both single- and double-sided |
| wraps available, try to keep an adequate amount of | | | | tape. Have both adhesive-backed and regular gift tags |
| solid color wrapping paper available as well. This can | | | | available, as well as colored pens, markers, a ruler and |
| also be easily embellished with glitter, ribbons, raffia, | | | | a measuring tape. |