INSIDE: How to make a Christmas door hanger from a holiday gift bag. DIY “Gone Shopping” door hanger-wreath using Christmas gift bag and presents.
There are many things that mark the holiday season – one of them (good or bad, depending on your views) being – shopping. Shopping and shopping and maybe some more shopping!
So as we click away frantically on that “buy” button, this Handmade Holiday craft idea pays homage to this one aspect of the season with a very simple DIY Christmas Shopping Bag Door Hanger.
Put together within minutes, giving you more time to wrap up all those shopping spree purchases!
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How to Make a Christmas Door Hanger from a Gift Bag
You may already have these crafty Christmas shopping bag door hanger supplies on hand. Or, you may find yourself reaching for a box, placed at an unbelievably high height, of your holiday gift wrapping supplies as you teeter totter on a ladder in the garage store room. I guess this is what happens when the husband puts away the Christmas decorations!
Supplies:
– Christmas gift bag (I used one that was 10 x 12″)
– Variety of empty boxes (I scoured my house for boxes to wrap)
– Christmas wrapping paper
– Christmas tissue paper
– Assorted Christmas ribbon
– Scrapbook paper + marker
How to Turn a Gift Bag Into a Christmas Door Hanger
Once you’ve scoured your home for a variety of boxes, wrap each one (I did a total of four) in coordinating Christmas wrapping paper and/or tissue paper. Tie a couple with decorative ribbon.
I stuffed the bottom of the Christmas gift bag with some lightweight kitchen hand towels. (No one will ever know how you got those boxes to stand up!)
Arrange the wrapped boxes within the bag in a layout you like best. You may need to roll a piece of tape to the back of some boxes so they stay in place.
Insert a long piece of ribbon between the two gift bag handles. Use this ribbon to hold the gift bag upright and to secure to your door.
I sketched out a simple gift tag on some holiday scrapbook paper and wrote the phrase “Gone Shopping” on the gift tag. Make a hole punch at the top and insert a ribbon.
Or, buy something pre-made like these large blank gift tag hangers.
how to repurpose gift boxes into diy christmas wreath
Find a visible place to tie the “Gone Shopping” tag onto the gift bag and secure with a bow. If desired, stuff some extra tissue paper around the sides of the gift bag.
What kind of holiday gift shopper are you? Do you love the rush of the crowds or prefer to shop in your comfiest jammies at home? Let me know in the comments.
Other Christmas Ideas You May Like:
- Use holiday fabric to make a modern, scrappy throw pillow
- Save that tin can to make a holiday photo flower vase
- Make a 5-minute Christmas cookie plate using dollar store supplies
- Use mini cupcake liners to make a Christmas tree garland
- DIY foam shapes large scale Christmas outdoor garland
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This is one of those projects where you ask yourself, “Why didn’t I think of that!”. This is so clever and festive! I’m definitely adding this to my decorating list! Thank you for sharing!
Cute idea.
So simple and cute! Love it!
Thanks so much, Amber!
How fun?! This is a really cool wreath alternative!
So inventive and so smart,adorable too. What a fun idea and so festive.
Last year I used a gift bag I got at $tree with reindeer on it as decoration on our 1/2 wall between kitchen and living room. Just carefully cut them out ,strung together and had a decoration.
Enjoyed it more due to being thrifty decoration. Your bag on door must get lots of cute comments,it should. To me is more fun to challenge myself to make something simple into something unexpected and cute. Loved your door decoration so much.
Happy Sunday
This is seriously ingenious! I am heading to Target in a bit and I am so buying Christmas bags to try this now. Thanks 🙂
I’m all for using cute bags for decor — there are so many unbelievably cute ones out there these days! Love this idea! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm — hope to see you there at tomorrow’s party as well:) xo Kathleen |Our Hopeful Home
P.S. Pinned!
This is very imaginative, Victoria. It’s nice to see something beyond the usual wreath idea on a front door, especially during the holidays. Very clever!
What a festive idea and even I could probably make this. Thanks for sharing your Christmas decorating idea with us at #BloggersPitStop and have a great week.
This is such a cute and clever idea!
Such a great project!
Thanks Michelle!
SUch a cute Idea I love the tip for getting present to stand up
Cute idea. I am part of the shop very early crowd. I have the majority of it done in September, as we mostly buy for the grandchildren.
Great idea! Happy holidays!
You come up with some of the best ideas for your wreaths! I love this idea and I am sure I could make one of these wreaths and have everything available at home already!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
This is a fun idea. I am actually going to try it. And I’m a total hustle and bustle get-int-the-crowd shopper. Touchy feely is me. Merry Christmas!
What an adorable idea! I love it! Going to look for some boxes and a bag tomorrow! Cute, cute, cute! Thank you for sharing at Celebrate It!