10 Crafty Ways To Recycle Wrapping Paper
With the holidays coming next month, there’s going to be mountains of used wrapping paper in homes everywhere. Here are a couple of ways to recycle some of that wrapping paper into fun and attractive craft projects.
1. To create an easy-to-make greeting card, just fold a large rectangular sheet of wrapping paper in half once, and then in half again. Write a message on a small, colored sheet of paper and attach to the front of the card.
2. Gift tags can be made by following the Greeting Card instructions, just by starting with a much smaller sheet of paper.
3. Wrapping paper is perfect for origami. Origami Gallery offers hundreds of patterns for you to try.
4. If your child has a box of art supplies, cut the wrapping paper into manageable sizes and offer it to him or her for use on the next project.
5. Durwin Rice, in New Decoupage, recommends saving bits of wrapping paper for future decoupage projects. Because wrapping paper is so thin, it is ideal for this type of craft.
6. Wrapping paper also works well in collages. It makes a great contrast to natural materials, metallics and plain colored papers.
7. When my kids were younger, and money was extremely tight, I used sheets of old wrapping paper as wall decorations for their rooms. I just cut out 8″x10″ rectangles, fit them into old dollar store picture frames I had in the basement, and hung them up.
8. Glue used wrapping paper glued onto cardstock to make pretty bookmarks. Creativity Portal offers a free 2″x8″ template.
9. Larger sheets of wrapping paper can be used to cover picture frame mats. This link provides complete instructions.
10. It may not be a crafty idea, but the most obvious way to recycle wrapping paper is to reuse it as a wrap for smaller gifts next year.
Tip: Avoid using wrapping paper for scrapbooking. Since wrapping paper is generally not acid-free, it may start to turn brown after just a couple of years.
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Love your ideas for recycling wrapping paper! Always seems like such a waste to throw away those pretty wrappers after they have been torn from the gift. Thanks.
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Excellent ideas! I love recycling things. Helps us put into good use old and somehow “useless” things.
Paper crafts have been very popular for a while now. Most children begin making paper crafts in school. The teachers usually start the child out with very simple paper crafting tasks. This usually involves giving the child a number of color options and as well many shapes of construction paper to work with. Many teachers typically give the child many suggestions to start with, but every child is encouraged to show their own creative imagination on their crafting paper project.This kind of disciplines and crafts can be very stimulating for parents. Many, utilize the paper crafting material for decorations, by putting all of them in a present container or even using them as gift wrap. While some utilize them for an American preferred pastime called scrapbook.