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How to Make Unique Wrapping Paper

December 2, 2009 by Madison Pados Leave a Comment

Butcher paper! Who would have known! Traditional, store-bought wrapping paper can be very lovely, but expensize. Why not try to make your own using Butcher Paper! Wrapping paper that you embellish yourself adds a truly special touch to any gift package.

Butcher paper! Who would have known! Traditional, store-bought wrapping paper can be very lovely, but expensize. Why not try to make your own using Butcher Paper! Wrapping paper that you embellish yourself adds a truly special touch to any gift package.

Things You'll Need

Brushes * Ribbons * Rubber Stamps * Acrylic Paints * Crayons * Fabrics * Glue Guns * Hot Glues * Acrylic Paints * Scissors * Markers * Brown Or White Kraft Papers * Colored Pencils * Colored Pens * Ink Pads * Markers * Colored pens * Rubber stamps * Crayons *

Grab Your Roll of Butcher Paper

Use brown or white kraft or butcher paper to wrap your gift. Place a sheet of kraft paper onto a flat work surface. Embellish the paper using rubber or sponge decorative stamps, with a stamp pad or paint from a shallow tray. Keep stamped designs evenly spaced, and allow paint to dry thoroughly before using the paper to wrap a gift.

Decorate

Use decorative stamps on plain brown or white boxes. Simply decorate the box with the stamped design of your choice. Allow the paint to dry thoroughly and decorate the box with ribbon and a bow.

Get The Kids Involved

Let your children draw pictures on white kraft or butcher paper using crayons or colorful markers. They can use this paper to wrap their own gifts to friends and family

Recycle!

Recycle plain or colorful gift tissue paper and use it to wrap a gift. Decorate tissue paper with silver or gold stamped designs and tie it off with a matching metallic ribbon. Use this option for small, delicate gifts.

Get Creative!

Use stamps to decorate the plain, white tissue paper used in most shirt boxes.

The Fun Continues

Use fabric to wrap your gifts instead of paper. You can find inexpensive fabric scraps in the remnant bins of most fabric stores. Try wrapping winter holiday gifts in velvet or velour. Use coordinating metallic ribbon to embellish your packages.

Making Your Gift Special

Wrap your gift in a fabric that serves as a gift itself. For instance, use scarves, towels, cloth napkins or tablecloths instead of wrapping paper.

Tips and Warnings

Use a brush to paint paper and boxes with freehand designs – if you have the patience and talent to do so. Use gold, green and red paint to decorate your holiday wrapping paper. Iron recycled tissue paper, using the lowest setting, if the paper is excessively wrinkled or creased. Explore all available trimmings for your packages. Plain ribbons are nice, but don't limit yourself to those. Use glue instead of tape when wrapping a package with fabric, and allow the glue to dry thoroughly. Place a weight or heavy book onto the glued areas, if possible, to hold them in place while drying. Don't tape or glue fabric wrapping that is also a gift itself. You'll need to secure the wrapped package with a ribbon alone.

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About Madison Pados

Madison is a prolific writer who has been contributing to ModernMom since 2010. She has 4 children and has taken a long hiatus from her 'real job' as an educational psychologist to spend more time with her kids. She loves cooking, organizing, exercising, traveling and stealing a little me-time when she can.

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