Primark has brought back its popular Christmas bags that can double up as wrapping paper or can be used for sending presents through the post. The brown and red striped bags are handed over when you shop at Primark during the festive season - but the design also makes them perfect for wrapping presents when you get home.
And shoppers say the bags are thick enough that they can be used to safely wrap packages to send through the post
Shopper Fiona Spriggs wrote on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group on Facebook to say that she was already making use of the bags: "Free wrapping paper and gift tags made out of Primark bags."
Others agreed that they have already used the bags for wrapping gifts and parcels.
One wrote: "What a brilliant idea! Two uses out of one item and can be recycled after that’s a win win!"
The carrier bags are marked with instructions showing how they can be reused as wrapping paper.
Last year one shopper posted a video of her bag of Primark goodies, but said: “Primark really pushing their paper shopping bags as wrapping paper! That really gives off vibes as ‘cheap b****rd’.”
But user @Angelsfeartogo tweeted said: “Well done Primark for an ingenious idea!!"
@LotusRising21 wrote: “Primark wrapping paper is like cheap embossed wallpaper… it’d be better used lining the inside of a rabbit hutch or as a handy firestarter #xmaswrappingfail”
@SarahTeaRexx posted: “Maybe I will actually try and use the @Primark bag as wrapping paper. My cats: or we can rip it up and use it as a bed.”
Last Christmas, Primark shared a two-minute video on its YouTube page demonstrating how the bags can be used to wrap gifts.
