4. An eco-friendly way of making packets would be too pick up advertisement pages from newspapers or magazines and mix and match them to make a collage.

Sprinkle it with coloured, shimmering gold dust, trim it with broacade ( just a little please, do not make it too jazzy)and your Diwali gift wrapper is ready.

5. For gifting dry fruits make use of wicker baskets you might have. Touch them up with a little varnish and randomly run colourful brushes dipped in colourful paint.

Paste some dry flowers on the basket, tie a ribbon on the handle and you have a lovely basket ready.

Once you get started on the gift wrappings, ideas will automatically start flowing and you will be surprised at your own innovation. The satisfaction it brings to your heart when you see the gift wrapped in your own creation, is of course, beyond words.