Budget Valentine’s Day Gift Wrapping Ideas

Valentine's Day gifts are all about celebrating your unique love. Your friendship is one of a kind, and so should your gift presentation be. Here's a handful of romantic ways to tell your Valentine how much he means to you.

Eggy Gift All Over Your Face

Buy large plastic Easter eggs (found at party stores year round). Cut up two-sided Valentine's Day wrapping paper into small squares. Then use glue to adhere this collage of wrapping paper bits on to each half of your Easter egg. Place your jewelry or love poem inside the decorated egg, then seal it. Put the final touch to your budget Valentine's Day gift wrapping by tying a silk ribbon around your egg.

Stylish Gift Tag

Many garments and shoes are sold today with beautiful leather or cardboard tags. To create a budget Valentine 's Day gift tag, glue Valentine's gift wrapping paper over such a tag. Or scrape off its lettering with a knife to create a distressed surface . Then write in the name of your beloved with a glitter marker and attach your love tag to your Valentine's Day gift with a silk ribbon.

Leafy Jewelry Gift Wrapping

If you're giving your Valentine jewelry or a watch, why not display it in an earthy setting? Buy a large silk leaf at a craft store. Pierce earrings through the leaf for a unique gift presentation. Or roll the leaf and slip it through the band of a watch or bracelet. Then write a Valentine's Day greeting card with a glitter marker on another silk leaf, which you can roll and tie with a ribbon.

Valentine's Day Ornaments

Turn your Christmas ornaments into love missives. Buy alphabet stickers or use an indelible marker to write the name of your beloved on the star that ornamented the top of your Christmas tree. Or print a photo of you and your Valentine and glue it to a Christmas ornament. Use a silk Valentine's Day ribbon to attach your budget Valentine's Day gift wrapping ornaments to the top of your present.

Matching Card and Gift Wrapping

Create an expensive looking gift combo this Valentine's Day all for the price of one roll of gift wrapping paper. First wrap your gift. Next, glue a sheet of printer paper to the back of a sheet of wrapping paper. Once dry, cut the paper into a heart shape to create your very own custom greeting card. Then roll the heart and tie it with a pink ribbon.

Poetic Gift Wrapping

Choose a flexible, beautiful table placemat to create a stunning poetry roll that will look wonderful on top of your Valentine's Day gift. Find the perfect Valentine's Day poems online and print out your favorite. Next, crinkle the page and dip it in strong tea for 15 seconds. Carefully unwrap the paper and let it dry. Now glue your scroll-like poem over the placemat, which you can then roll and tie with a Valentine's Day ribbon.

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