Wrapping Candle Gifts
Candle gifts are much appreciated by just about anyone. Women, men, and people of all ages adore getting candle gifts for just about every special location. No other gift can be enjoyed extensively and can provide the light, scent, color, and warmth quite the way a candle can. Unfortunately, when giving candles as gifts, you will eventually run into the problem of wrapping your gifts. While candles great gifts, they can present challenges in wrapping. If you give a lot of candles, eventually you may be looking for some innovative or creative ways to wrap your presents. Here are some ideas:
1) Place your candles in a basket along with some other themed presents. For example, if you’re sending a get well gift, add a few packets of instant chicken noodle soup and a pretty mug alongside some citrus scented candles that are sure to be appreciated. Once you’ve done this, you can either cover the basket with pretty wrapping foil and tie it with a ribbon, or you can simply present the basket itself.
2) Add a ribbon. Many high-quality candles come with such beautiful packaging already, that you only need a pretty ribbon in a contrasting color. Art supply stores are a great place to buy ribbons, which are often discounted in January and in the early months of the new year. Buy ribbons in bulk, and you’ll always have the perfect color to choose when you’re wrapping a gift.
3) Try fabric. Pretty swatches of fabric can be found at most fabric stores for only a few dollars. Remaindered fabrics can just cost a few dollars and can wrap dozens of gifts. Fabric has the advantage of being soft and pliable, unlike wrapping paper. This makes it easier to wrap around awkwardly shaped gifts such as candles. For example, if you’re trying to wrap a pillar candle, you can place the candle in the middle of a large square of pretty fabric. Gather the fabric loosely over the candle, leaving soft draping folds. Tie the fabric at the top of the candle or use a pretty ribbon to tie the bundle up.
4) Use Bristol board. Bristol board is much stiffer than wrapping paper, and this can make it actually easier to wrap awkwardly shaped gifts. For example, to wrap a pillar candle, use Bristol board to make cardboard cylinder around the candle. Secure with tape. Using another piece of cardboard or Bristol board, create a small cone. Attach the cone to the top of the candle. This creates an unusually shaped gift that will make it hard for your recipients to guess what the present actually is.
5) Use wrapping paper. Of course, if you are adept at using wrapping paper there’s no reason why you cannot use the wide variety of wrapping papers available today to wrap your candle in. Often, this is easier to do if your candles are already prepackaged in cardboard boxes.
6) Use cardboard boxes. You can buy very inexpensive cardboard boxes at dollar stores, art supply stores, and even in department stores. They often cost only a dollar each. If you’re shipping your cardboard box through the mail, though, make sure that you wrap each candle carefully in some form of bubble paper or fabric to ensure that it arrives without chips or cracks.
