Holidays & Occasions Christmas Christmas Gifts 12 Wrapping Items To Keep In Stock This Holiday Season Now is the time to stock up on wrapping essentials. By Rebecca Jones Rebecca Jones Rebecca Jones is known for her work in the education, personal finance, and commerce writing fields. With over 15 years experience in writing coaching and education, she expertly shares her knowledge in a teacher/learner format to help readers and learners save time, gain insight, and grow their own knowledge of subject content. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on November 29, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email In This Article View All In This Article Get Organized First Stock Your Wrapping Center Choose Good Tools Add Finishing Touches We independently research, test, review, and recommend the best products—learn more about our process. If you buy something through our links, we may earn a commission. Photo: Getty Images The holidays and the gift-giving season are upon us. Unlike Santa though, we certainly don’t have a host of elves helping us with that list, wrapping all those gifts, and delivering them. What we do want is to be prepared during the season, especially when it comes to wrapping the gifts we enjoy giving. The best way to ensure that packages and presents are pretty is preparation. Having the right wrapping items safely stowed, ready, and waiting for all our gifting needs can truly make or break the season for us. We’ve curated a list of all the wrapping essentials you’ll want to keep in stock. A well-stocked holiday wrapping supply reduces stress that might come up and replaces it with merry-making all season long. Get Organized First Designate and claim your wrapping space. Having a designated space where you can collect all your wrapping supplies is essential to saving time and staying organized during the holidays. It’s as simple as claiming some space in a closet, or even designating a “wrapping room” in your home if you have extra space. Then you can begin stocking your space. Clear Wrapping Paper Storage Container Amazon Available at Amazon Corralling and storing the many assorted holiday wrapping paper rolls in one place is easy with this Clear Wrapping Paper Storage Container. Holding 14-20 rolls, it can stand up in a closet or corner, or it can even be stowed under a bed for easy and prompt access. Price at time of publish: $10 Compact Organizer for Ribbon Amazon Available at Amazon Tape and ribbons and bows, oh my! Sorting through all the spools can be daunting when trying to locate the ribbon you need, but keeping them tucked in this Clear Compact Organizer is just the ticket to keeping the Christmas wrapping assembly line moving. Ribbon, scissors, tape, and tags can be easily stored, visible, and accessible during wrapping. If you happen to need more than one, you’re in luck: they’re easily stackable.Price at time of publish: $25 Stock Your Wrapping Center The most essential item you need to have on hand (and plenty of it for gift-giving) is sturdy wrapping paper. You know the thick, sturdy kind. The type that doesn't bunch up when you go for that swift, non-stopping cut. Here are our top picks, suited for various people on your list. Hallmark Cute Reversible Christmas Wrapping Paper For Kids Amazon Available at Amazon This Cute Reversible Christmas Wrapping Paper features the best holiday prints for children’s gifts. Festive trees, bright snowflakes, Jolly St. Nick himself, red and white striped candy canes, and whimsical penguins. All the good girls and boys will be delighted before tearing into this fun paper.Price at time of publish: $15 American Greetings Christmas Coloring Paper Amazon Available at Amazon Those little elf hands are just begging to help. So nurture that enthusiasm and put it to work for you. Keep a few of these rolls of Christmas Coloring Wrapping Paper on hand for your children to color with crayons, markers, or special pens. Then they can help cut and wrap Grandma’s gift. Coming in a pack of three with three different designs, Grandma is certain to be swooning over the wrapping masterpieces the children have created. Price at time of publish: $15 Hallmark Vintage Christmas Wrapping Paper With Cut Lines On Back Amazon Available at Amazon Let’s face it. When tackling all the holiday tasks that come our way, we need help. And lines to help us make a smooth cut on the back of pretty paper are no exception. We’ll embrace the useful grid lines on this Hallmark Vintage Christmas Wrapping Paper with open arms. After all, we want the lines to end up straight and the measurements correct the first time. Price at time of publish: $14 Hallmark Plaid Wrapping Paper Bundle Amazon Available at Amazon Nothing signals the season more than colorful plaid. Red, green, and blue plaid, this wrapping paper has holiday warm and fuzzy written all over it. Gifts are at their finest when tucked into this sophisticated wrapping paper.Price at time of publish: $17 Choose Good Tools A good tradesperson knows that their work is only as good as the tools they have on hand to work with. This season, choose to work with the best tools of the trade to avoid any holiday headaches and save more time for making merry. The Original Little ELF Gift Wrap Cutter Amazon Available at Amazon A smooth, swift, non-stopping cut of the paper, with no bunching makes wrapping easier and faster when cutting your wrapping paper. Be sure to check out the Original Little Elf Gift Wrap Cutter, as seen on Shark Tank. Reviews are promising for this handy paper cutting gadget that fits over a sleeve of paper and cuts it without even unrolling. If it saves time and results in a smooth cut, then we’ll take the win this holiday season. Price at time of publish: $16 Fiskars 8 Inch Multipurpose Scissors Amazon Available at Amazon If you just prefer the traditional, simpler route when it comes to cutting paper, then these sharp shears will work for all your wrapping needs. Be sure to have a pair (or a couple) of Fiskars Multipurpose Scissors on hand. The bright orange handles make them easy to spot, and truly the best for that long, swift, straight cut. Price at time of publish: $13 Scotch Gift Wrap Tape Walmart Available at Walmart Securing your gift boxes, wrapping paper, and bows begins with this Scotch Gift Wrap Tape. Since you know you’ll need plenty while assembling and wrapping boxes, the bonus here is that it comes in a pack of three. So stock up! And give your gifts that smooth finished look with good tape. Price at time of publish: $9 Add Finishing Touches Ahh…we welcome the end of the gift-wrapping process when we arrive at the last step of adding ribbon, or a bow, and tag. Here are the best items for finishing out your holiday stash. Raffia Matte Ribbon Nashville Wraps Available at Nashvillewraps With 43 colors to choose from, this Raffia Matte Ribbon, in red and green, is the ribbon you want on hand for your holiday wrapping needs. Each spool is 100 yards, which means this ribbon will last you for holiday seasons to come.Price at time of publish: $5 Self-Adhesive Holiday Gift Tags Amazon Available at Amazon This roll of 600 Self-Adhesive Holiday Gift Tags may get you through the next five holiday gift-giving seasons. With plenty of room to write the receiver’s and giver’s name, these tags are functional and festive.Price at time of publish: $10 12 Pack Christmas Gift Bags Set Walmart Available at Walmart Sometimes the gift is just too wonky to wrap, so be sure to have a stock of gift bags on hand for those hard-to-wrap gifts. This 12 Pack Gift Bag Set comes with four designs in three different sizes. Price at time of publish: $16 Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit