How to Make Gift Wrap Paper

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Make Gift Wrap Paper

Making your own paper for gift wrapping is simple. You can use almost any kind of paper. Following are some great suggestions.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Paper
Optional: stickers, stamps, pictures, magazines

Step 1

Newspaper and Magazines. Both make wonderful wrapping paper. You can use the comics for both adults and children. Magazines are good for people who love something specific: animals, fashion, nutrition, cooking, etc.
Step 2

Music Sheets. Do you have a friend who is a musician or simply loves music. A few music sheets makes a wonderfully wrapped gift.
Step 3

Tissue Paper. Not only is the good for stuffing in a gift bag, you can triple it up and use it as wrapping. This is best for a small gift.
Step 4

Fabric. A satin or silk napkin gathered and tied with a big satin bow works well for jewelry or more personal gifts. You can also purchase fabric (not too heavy) and use double sided tape.
Step 5

Plain Paper. You can buy rolls of plain craft paper (usually brown or white). This can be used as is or you can add some personal touches such as: stickers, stamps, stencils, pictures, etc.

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sherryeam said

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on 3/4/2009 Very good article. I have bought cute towels and then wrapped up the present in that and tied with a bow. On sale sometimes towels are really low price.