Wrap your family and friends’ presents without buying new wrapping paper and you'll be doing two great things: Helping the Earth by not throwing away so much and making your friend feel special by creating a one-of-a-kind gift. Here are some ideas for wrapping gifts for your friends and family.

• Cut the bottoms off of paper grocery bags to make craft paper that you can then decorate with markers, paint or stamp designs.
• Cover a coffee can with paint or paper and glue on beautiful items from nature like shells or leaves.
• Reuse wrapping paper from gifts you've received.
• Tie strips of leftover fabric around the gift.
• Use the colorful comics page from the Sunday paper.
• Make the wrapping part of the gift. For example, put two movie tickets in a popcorn bowl or roll a certificate for a swim center in a beach towel.

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