It's wrapping season! Creative DIY Kraft Gift Wrapping Inspiration

Kraft packaging products are a customer favourite during the holiday season. 

We've taken a number of our plain everyday kraft bags and boxes and using a few basic items like paint pens, ribbon and twine to turn them into creative holiday gift wrapping.

 Sources:  Photos by Heidi Lau Photography. "Naughty and Nice" Pose Cards by Love Lettering. Toy wood camera from Little Rose & Co.

Here's a great excuse to print some of the photos you have been storing on your phone or computer and customize your gift wrapping for someone special.

This magnetic gift box features a photo that is held in place using a striped ribbon and finished off with a fresh piece of cedar and decorative tape.

Here's a close up showing how the photo was sliced so that the ribbon could be inserted. Decorative washi tape is not extremely sticky so we used two sided tape to hold the cedar and washi tape in place.

Using a white paint marker a wreath design was drawn onto this paper shopper to create a "frame" for a photo.

The photo was cut out as a circle and attached to the bag using 3-D foam tape to give it a little more dimension.

Looking for an interesting way to package hostess gifts? These simple paper lunch bags are a sweet idea and can be created to look like home of your hostess.

To make your own village of houses you will need kraft paper lunch bags, a pencil, paint marker, a hole punch and twine. Fold the top of the bag as shown and punch two holes so that the twine can be added later.

We used a pencil to first sketch out an outline and then followed up with the paint marker to complete the house design.

Once the drawings are complete, the bags are ready to be filled and tied up using baker's twine as shown.

Find these paper shopping bags, magnetic closure gift boxes and paper lunch bags in our stores and online all year long.

Stay tuned for more holiday DIY gift wrapping inspiration using kraft packaging supplies.