How to recycle leftover wall paper

Believe it or not, I love to wallpaper, and I have a trash bag or two full of leftover rolls, when I measured incorrectly. Being too lazy to return the stuff, I've found other creative uses.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• leftover walpaper
• creative thinking
• "waste not,want not" mentality

1. Wallpaper, with a vinyl sheen is just perfect for cupboard liners. You can wipe up spills--or replace cheaply.

2. Because of it's tough-to-tear characteristics, wallpaper with flat texture can be used to wrap huge gifts. (Last Christmas, I used some pine cone wallpaper to wrap my son's new guitar case)

3. I'd never spend money on pre made book covers, or try to cut paper bags to fit schoolbooks. Wallpaper is cute, and easy, and if they object tote design, I just turn it inside out--and it's a plain cream color.

4. Maybe you've been lured into buying pricey wallies to decorate a wall or a toybox. I just look in my treasurebox, and find rolls full of wallies (when cut carefully off the roll, with SHARP scissors)ready to wet, glue and use.

Tips & Warnings

• In tough financial times, we need to do (and teach to do) with what we have.
• You may meet resistance from school aged kids. A trip to a wallpaper store, may produce an odd lot roll of or "Hannah Montana" a favorite sport paper for a dollar or two.