Creative Wrapping Paper

I was talking to my friend the other day and one of her co-workers was celebrating 30th birthday. My friend was trying to think of a creative way to wrap her birthday gift which was a bottle of wine and a Happy Birthday vinyl banner. She laid the bottle of wine on the flat vinyl banner and rolled it to form a tube (similar to a Tootsie Roll®). She used the ropes, which come with a new vinyl banner, to tie off both ends. What a great multi-purpose idea to wrap the birthday gift! The vinyl banner was hung on the cubicle wall and I'm sure her co-worker received many "Happy Birthdays" on her special day!

What creative ways can you share to reuse a vinyl banner?