10 Creative ways to give a gift card
Gift cards are the ultimate holiday gifts for teachers, babysitters, friends and family. Make your little package extra special with creative wrapping.
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Gift card box
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Embroidered felt wrap
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Personalize your gift card by wrapping with felt and adding a stitched initial and a ribbon closure.
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Eat, watch, enjoy
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Inside the felt sleeve (seen above) is a foldout card with three individual gift cards in separate mini kraft envelopes. Each envelope has a teaser clue hinting at what’s inside: “Eat, watch, enjoy.”
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A polished package
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A gift card for a manicure or pedicure looks perfectly polished when presented on a bed of cotton balls with an accompanying bottle of nail polish.
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Have a ball
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This Sports Authority gift card was boxed up with a bunch of foil-wrapped chocolate baseballs and golf balls. Find these plus chocolate tennis balls and soccer balls at the online Bulk Candy Store.
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Shop till you drop
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A high-end gift card deserves classy packaging to match. Make a stylish statement by presenting your gift card in this Clare Vivier leather card case (Neiman Marcus, $50).
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Sip in style
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During the holidays, a whole lot of Starbucks gift cards are changing hands. (They’re our go-to gifts for the kids’ teachers.) When you buy yours, ask for a few clean cups and coffee sleeves to wrap them up in.
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Best buds
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Instead of ribbon, wrap up an iTunes gift card with the cord of a brand-new set of earbuds. A clever card completes the package.
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It’s in the bag
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Use a tiny tote to deliver an iTunes gift card to the lucky recipient. We love the tag’s message: “A little something to carry an iTune!”
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Let the music play
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You never know what little treasures you’re going to find in the Target dollar section. That’s where creative blogger Alexis from Jac o’ lyn Murphy found this mini boom-box eraser — which is perfect for tying onto her wrapped iTunes gift card.
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Quick tip
According to GiftCardGranny.com (an online marketplace for buying and selling gift cards), the most in-demand gift cards come from Walmart, Target and Amazon.com.
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