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Great Gift Wrapping Idea.

15 years ago

A friend of mine has 2 daughters.. Every year at Christmas she wraps each person's gifts in a different color. Usually the same paper, too. One is all green, one red, one blue and so on. She doesn't put any tags on them and they never know which color is theirs until Christmas morning. Kinda smart, don't ya think??

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cynic
15 years ago
I like that idea! Just don't forget the color code! :)

That way the kids have to shake, sniff and weigh *all* of the presents instead of just the ones they know are for them!
OklaMoni
15 years ago
yeah, we always coded our presents too. Makes distribution easy as well.

However, we used wrap with designs, just a different wrap for each person.

Moni
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glenda_al
15 years ago
We used to always wrap a few gifts with the comic section from the newspaper.
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15 years ago
Until my kids left home, we never put the gifts under the tree until after they went to bed on Christmas Eve. How else can Santa take credit for our work? LOL Seriously though, it's just a habit we didn't stop until just a few years ago.
oldgardener_2009
15 years ago
That sounds like a great idea, and it would be pretty too, when they're all together under the tree.
kacram
15 years ago
My Mom coded our tags....
with numbers, letters, or names like Mickey and Goofy, Daffy, etc!
dotmom
15 years ago
What a good idea!
Georgysmom
15 years ago
I've been doing the same thing for years. It's much easier to wrap all the presents for one person and not have to worry about gift tags. My tags always fell off and Christmas morning someone would be opening a present, I'd get a glance at what was in the box and grab the present and say wait here and grab another gift for that person while giving the partially unwrapped gift to the rightful recipient. The kids would all laugh...it was just part of
Christmas. Once I decided on the one paper one person idea, there were fewer mishaps.
jannie
15 years ago
I've used the colored paper idea for my two kids for many years. I use the color of their birthstone. DD1 = July=red and DD2 = September= sapphire= blue. I don't need to buy those to/from labels. and there's no fighting over gifts.
joann23456
15 years ago
Yup, I do the same thing.
ciele
15 years ago
That is a good idea!
blitzyblond_protege
15 years ago
by the time I came along in 1967, DM had been color coding presents for three years. My second Christmas, I could run & meddle then, Her and Papa decided not to put the presents under the tree until I went to bed; brother didn't bother presents. My DB took the lights apart when no one was watching, but he left the gifts alone. 8D l.marie

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