How to Make Hanukkah Gift Wrapping Paper

Hanukkah themed wrapping paper is widely available in stores, but gifts can be much more personal and thoughtful when using handmade wrapping paper. Wrapping paper for Hanukkah gifts is easy to make. Traditional designs include dreidels and menorahs, but use your imagination and the designs are endless. Whether you are a scrapbook or stamping aficionado or a child showing his creativity, your wrapping paper will be unique and fun to make.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Rubber stamps or potato and knife
• Cookie cutters
• Stamp pad
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Stickers
• Newspaper
• Markers or crayons
• Glitter glue
• Large brown grocery bags

Make Your Own Hanukkah Gift Wrapping Paper

1. Spread newspaper on your table or other working surface. This will protect your table from marker and glue stains.

2. Find the seam on the side of a large paper grocery bag.

3. Use scissors to cut down the seam to open up the bag. Remove the bottom of the bag as well.

4. Turn the paper so that the plain brown side is facing up.

5. Place a Hanukkah themed cookie cutter on the brown paper and trace inside it with a pencil. You can buy cookie cutters in the shape of dreidels, Stars of David and menorahs in most kitchen supply stores.

6. Repeat the tracing process until your brown paper is covered with outlines from the cookie cutters.

7. Color the traced shapes with markers or crayon. Traditional colors for Hanukkah are blue and white.

8. Use a glitter glue pen to further decorate your Hanukkah gift wrapping paper. Outline the shapes you have colored with glitter or make other sparkly designs on your paper.

9. Stamp your wrapping paper using rubber stamps and ink. You can also cut simple designs into half a potato and use that as a stamp. Individuality is what makes your paper personal and unique.

10. Add Hanukkah stickers if desired. Most children like holiday stickers. You can find Hanukkah stickers are most greeting card stores.

11. Allow your Hanukkah gift wrapping paper to dry completely before wrapping gifts with it.

Tips & Warnings

• If you need a very large sheet of wrapper paper, you can buy plain brown paper in rolls with which to create your own wrapping paper. Most office stores carry this product. You may also want to experiment with plain white paper or textured paper.
• Making wrapping paper is a great craft for kids, but make sure an adult cuts the paper. Keep sharp scissors out of the reach of children.