Hunger sharpens the wit. And now you will say, and what will this have to do with the title of the post: how to make your own wrapping paper? The truth is that it is a bit exaggerated but it is true that when it is a time of crisis and we have to think about how to save on the gifts of this Christmas, we must unleash our imagination.
I propose some ideas for make your own wrapping paper, of which you can be inspired or copy for the gifts of this Christmas.
Kraft wrapping paper decorated with colored moles
It is very simple to do, you only need kraft paper and round colored stickers (you can use some more Christmas colors for the occasion) and some esparto rope for example to make a bow to the gift. Here is the tutorial with step-by-step photos: Projectwedding
Wrapping paper with the face of Rudolph the reindeer
Your children will love this homemade wrapping paper. Draw the faces with a marker and put a red nose using a pompom. Visit Kandeej to see the tutorial with photos.
Wrapping paper with washi tape
The washi tape is in fashion for several reasons, the first is that it is very simple to use and there are hundreds of varieties of colors and drawings. Decorating with washi tape is an easy way to make beautiful crafts with children. In A spoonful of sugar designs they show us how decorate wrapping paper for christmas with washi tape, very easy and with a spectacular result.
Wrapping paper made with scanned dies
I love this wrapping paper. The idea is super simple and the result is wonderful. You just need to have colored ribbons and drawings and a scanner. You put them all together one below the other and scan them. Then they are printed on white paper and a beautiful wrapping paper remains. In this case it is very little Christmas but you can take items that your son has for home for the occasion. Here you have the tutorial with photos.
Wrapping paper decorated with prints made with potatoes
We have already seen several times how to make stamps with potatoes, this time The perfect pear pair teaches us how to make wrapping paper decorated with Christmas trees made with a potato stamp.
Homemade Christmas wrapping paper with little houses and small trees
On the Design Sponge design website they teach us with a step-by-step tutorial how to make this nice wrapping paper. With circular cuttings hooked with glue we make clouds and snow, with green triangles, Christmas trees and with a red square and a black triangle, a Christmas house.
More papers with stamps made with potatoes
You can also make stamps using a potato and a cookie cutter. This idea of Red tedart with the car is very cute and although it is not very Christmas, if you use Christmas cutters and red, green and white colors, you can have a very original paper.
Kraft paper with stamps
If you have stamps of drawings or shapes, you can print kraft paper with a little ink. Recently I discovered this website where you can buy thousands of precious stamps to decorate your papers, books, letters and whatever you want. There are some beautiful Christmas stamps. When I have done my papers I teach them because they are worth it. In The Cheese Thief you will find a small tutorial, but come on, stamping is so simple that it can be done by up to a 1 year old.
If your child is still a little boy, you can decorate all these papers with them, the most certain thing is that he will not even remember when he is going to open the gifts (the truth is that he will be so excited that he will not even think about it). With older children, I recommend that you go carefully and do not leave evidence of crime in the sight of everyone.
Although now that I think about it, when I was little, I remember thinking how it was possible for Santa to wrap his presents with paper from the toy store next to me. I don't know if he wanted to play dumb or just didn't get to go deep. The point is that it is better that you pretend to wrap the gifts as if you were an elf from the Santa Claus factory or a Magician, so the illusion factor will be greater for your children.
