How to Make Your Own Wrapping Paper

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By Jerrie Dean
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Sunday Comics for Wrapping a Gift.

Sometimes wrapping a present can be as expensive as the present. Here are some frugal ideas to help save you money on wrapping Christmas gifts.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Grocery Bags
Sunday Paper
Baskets
Material
Raffia, cord, twill

Step 1

What's in here?

Paper bags can be more than entertainment for the cat. At the grocery store ask for paper instead of plastic. Open up the paper bag and flatten it and have your child draw a picture, put on glitter, or have them add stickers. Use a potato as a stamp and cut a star in it, then use food coloring as the dye and stamp the paper bag with a star. Or try a cookie cutter as a template and draw with a felt pen. However you decorate it, after you are done then use the bag to wrap your gifts.
Step 2

I thought I saw a mouse?

Save the boxes when you buy your groceries in bulk, and wash and reuse any plastic container that have a lid, such as butter or coffee containers. Shoe boxes are a perfect size for all types of presents, just spray paint them, to get rid of the logo.
Step 3

You can have it as soon as I read Garfield.

Start saving the comics from the Sunday Newspaper and use that to wrap presents. Add some cotton twill or raffia and you have a very retro, homemade looking gift.
Step 4

Where's the bag?

Large trash bags are less expensive than custom plastic bags made for larger purchases. Choose a white color and add stickers to make it more festive. Then you can use what's left for your trash.
Step 5

Mom!!!

Last years outgrown Christmas pajamas or red pillow cases can be recycled by cutting the material to size with sheering scissors so that the material doesn't fray and tying together with raffia. You can also put the present into a box or basket and cover it with the material. This is especially nice when you are giving homemade food as a gift.
Step 6

I'm using this right now!

You may find that you have a lot of paper bags that came from department stores. You can reuse them, by cutting them open and cutting off the logos and then laying them flat and ironing them. It will have a great crinkly old fashioned look to it.