how much cellophane will i need for hampers?

nicolax

hi there, ive had a search for this but couldnt find anything

im doing hampers for christmas this year, but am struggling to work out how much cellophane ill need to buy

i am doing 4 hampers, with a plastic shoe box being used as the basket for each one (so not too big!) and then maybe wrap a couple of flannel reindeers in cellophane too

does anyone know roughly how much cellophane id need to do all this? have been looking on ebay and most people sell them in eithr 5m, 10m or entire rolls!

any help would be greatly appreciated! this is my first time doing hampers so am lil unsure, but quite excited bout making them all up!!

thanks

Emmamumof2

For my hampers I usually use 1.5m ish but it depends how much you want to fan out the cellophane on the top - I bought a whole roll and just kept it in the loft ready for the next lot! 10m would be easily sufficient for 4 though!

nicolax

thank you very much this is the first time ive done hampers so still a little unsure with bits! really getting into making them up though!

thisuseridistakenagain

id guess a meter per shoe box, with scrunching room on the top. and half a meter for a generous reindeer wrap.

homemademummy

I wrap mine from the top - so the smooth side is at the top and tape at the bottom and sided and don't fan the cello out and use a big red bow on top.

I bought 2m for 2 hampers last yr and have about a meter left!