Have you recently caught yourself thinking, “There’s a Trader Joe’s hack for everything”? Well then good because, yes, there is — and I’ve got another one for you. And it’s free!
If you’ve somehow managed to avoid waiting until the last minute to finish your holiday shopping, congratulations (and also, how?)! But if the realization that you forgot to buy wrapping paper has dawned on you, then this Trader Joe’s hack will speak to you. Art Card Paper Box
First posted to the Trader Joe’s Wins Reddit page on December 5, Reddit user carawins offered up the tip of a (holiday) lifetime: Trader’s Joe’s paper grocery bags make excellent gift wrap, and if the reaction was anything to go by, they’re right. Immediately after posting, the page was flooded with positive comments and, at the time of this article’s publish, had 495 upvotes, with tons of people sharing they’d done the same in past years or planned to this year.
The “trick” is to use the grocery brand’s winter-themed paper packaging as gift wrap by cutting the bag open at all of its creases so you’ve got as much surface area to work with. You can cut off the handles or add them back on afterward, as Reddit user SideStreetHynosis pointed out, and add a little more personalization by adding Trader Joe’s checkout stickers to level up your gift-wrapping game. (You could also get super creative and use the Trader Joe’s mystery bags as wrapping paper this year, too.)
Brown Kraft Bag To be completely fair to everyone who has been doing this for years, the suggestion of using Trader Joe’s (or any brand’s) paper packaging as gift wrap isn’t exactly a brand-new or revolutionary idea. It is, however, really cool to see people conti