Hot Glue for Gift Wrapping

After running out of tape during a Christmas present wrapping marathon I decided to try hot glue. It worked so well I haven't used tape since. Over the years this is what I have found that works best for me: Use the low temperature setting as the high will distort the paper. High temperature works great for thicker paper though (brown kraft paper for ex.).

The low temperature is also great for attaching tags, candy canes, ribbons, ornaments, etc. to the package.

Now here is the best part. If you are truly thrifty and save wrapping paper, the hot glued paper doesn't tear as badly as taped wrapping paper (most of the time it doesn't tear at all!) so there is more paper to reuse.

By Kristine