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Use Furoshiki to Wrap Black Friday Gifts

furoshiki packagesWhen the dust finally settles and it's time to wrap all those great deals you snapped up in the Black Friday frenzy, consider the Japanese art of furoshiki. There are lots of suggestions to use fabric as a wrapping for gifts but, how exactly do you keep the gift in the fabric?

Japan's Ministry of the Environment made it quite simple to figure out. To encourage people to return to the traditional usage of furoshiki to carry items and reduce the dependence on plastic shopping bags, the Ministry created a handy guide with directions on using furoshiki to hold various objects.

If you don't get enough ideas there, DIY Life has a pretty comprehensive post on the many uses of furoshiki with links to video demonstrations and additional resources. It might not be a great solution for say, a bicycle, but it would be great for books and other easy to wrap items.

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