my handmade christmas – wrapping paper

One of the things I wanted to do this year at Christmas was decorate some wrapping paper instead of just buying the usual roll of printed stuff. So I ordered some different colours of card twine and bought some brown parcel paper. And then I set to work. I tried to use things I already had in the house for decoration. So I kept it low cost, simple and tried to use recycled things wherever possible.

I had some off-cuts of branches from our Christmas tree. So using the twine and some small pieces of branch, I curled them round to form a bit of a wreath.

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Then I created a few other different designs:

A circle cut out from some wrapping paper and then stuck to some branches.  Very simple to do and would also look great with some vintage fabric or wallpaper.

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One for the kiddos – I cut out an old Christmas card Santa and then just stuck it on. This is one to do together with kids for their friends presents. It gives them a lovely personal touch.

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And then how about this, using a tree ornament, you can stick it down and pass it on to someone else to hang on their tree.

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All fun and easy to do! Thanks for reading. Have a great day everyone. x

6 thoughts on “my handmade christmas – wrapping paper

  1. This is beautiful and such a lovely, simple idea. I also use brown paper year round and this year I’ve been decorating my Christmas parcels with wool and dried oranges. I like to use a bit of nature instead of all the glitter. Your leaves work really well. x

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