Primark brings back ingenious money-saving Christmas item

Primark has brought back a shoppers' favourite - Christmas bags that can also be used as wrapping paper.

The brown and red striped bags are given to all customers when they shop at the store during the festive period. According to many shoppers, the bags are thick enough that they can even be used to safely wrap packages to send through the post.

One shopper, Fiona Spriggs, wrote on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group on Facebook how she was already making smart use of the bags. She said: "Free wrapping paper and gift tags made out of Primark bags."

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Another Facebook user wrote: "What a brilliant idea! Two uses out of one item and can be recycled after that’s a win win!"

For those who may be concerned about ruining the bags while trying to use them as wrapping paper, do not worry, the bags come equipped with instructions so anyone can reuse them, Hull Live reports.

The carrier bags are marked with instructions showing how they can be reused (Primark)

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.”

So shoppers can easily make use of the bags, Primark posted a YouTube video last Christmas, demonstrating how they can be used to wrap up gifts.

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