Upcycling Christmas for Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gifts

These are some ways we have up-cycled our Christmas wrappings into Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts.

These are some ways we have upcycled our Christmas morning wrappings into Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts.

• When wrapping presents, have a shoebox or two nearby--if you have a small piece left over that will be hard to save, wrap the top or bottom of a shoebox.
• When gifts are open, save the larger pieces of wrapping paper to use to wrap boxes.
• Save the tubes from the wrapping papers and cut into "paper holders."  
• Wrap with leftover or scrap paper.
• Use wrapped shoeboxes as "gift boxes."
• Ask your family and friends to wrap your gifts in shoe boxes--reminding them to wrap the lid and bottom separately.
• Bows and ribbon can be used and carefully removed.
• If you are doing the wrapping you can put a bit of scotch tape under the bow so when it is removed it does not tear the paper.

We are always looking for ways to up-cycle for our Operation Christmas Child shoebox packing to help us be able to send more.