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Upcycled Holiday Wrapping with Stendig Calendar

December 19, 2018
Holiday wrapping using a Stendig Calendar

Halfway through this year I realized I was missing a huge opportunity. I had thrown out a few months of my Stendig wall calendar. What was I thinking? This was perfectly good paper I could use for crafting. I thought the calendar paper would work great as wrapping paper

Holiday wrapping with a Stendig wall calendar.

The black and white colour scheme is my favorite. This year I wanted to make my wrapping extra thrifty! I’d rather spend money on gifts than the fancy wrapping. I decided to check out the Salvation Army Thrift Store to see if could find some wrapping toppers and ribbon. I very lucky to find both. It is amazing what people thrift. I found matching ornaments, bells, and ribbon on a very low budget.

Holiday wrapping with thrifted ribbon and a Stendig calendar

Wrapping gifts is one of my favorite holiday activities. I put on Christmas music, spread out on the floor and go to work! Making a mess is part of the fun! I make the biggest mess I possibly can.

Holiday wrapping with a Stendig wall calendar.

For tags, I ended up going to the dollar store to see if they had any options. I found great round black tags that worked perfectly. To update them slightly I switched out the beige string for the black and white string I had in my craft kit. It was a very affordable upgrade but made a huge difference.

Thrifted holiday gift toppers and Stendig calendar wrapping

COST OF STENDIG CALENDAR WRAPPING

  • Black and white paper: Free (Stendig Wall Calendar)
  • Ribbons, toppers, ornaments: $10 (Salvation Army Thrift Store)
  • Tape: $2.99
  • Black gift tags: $1.25 each (6 per pack – I bought 4 from the Dollar Tree)

TOTAL: $17.99

I ended up wrapping about 20 presents so it worked out to only 89 cents per gift. I think that is pretty good considering the cost of wrapping paper now . 

Thrifted ribbons and Stendig calendar wrapping an easy holiday DIY
Thrifted ribbons and Stendig wall calendar as wrapping
Stendig calendar wrapping holiday diy
Stendig calendar wrapping with thrift store ribbon

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  1. Logan says

    December 21, 2018 at 8:27 pm

    Oh my goodness, I literally cannot even begin to explain how much I love this idea! Such a great way to reuse a wall calendar! Plus, the black and white theme is sooo chic! Literally might do this next year.

    xo Logan
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  2. Tijana says

    January 3, 2019 at 12:10 pm

    Hey Logan, it was a really affordable option and easy to dress up with any gift topper you like! Tijana

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