DIY Gift Wrap- working with what you have

I love wrapping gifts, but it's not all that uncommon for me to be scrounging for the paper at the last minute.  Problem: girl's birthday party gift and 5 rolls of Christmas paper Solution: wrap it inside out!

Some wrapping paper has a grid on the back as a cutting guide, but my penguin paper had a plain white backing.  So I wrapped the package in the backwards paper and dressed it up with a couple strips of scrapbook paper and some handmade bows.

Since the gift recipients were so young I didn't think they would care about a card so I used the plain paper to my advantage and wrote it right on the package!

This traditional gift bow was made with How About Orange's tutorial found here. Instead of a magazine page (which she uses in her tutorial) I used a coordinating scrapbook paper and cut it in to larger strips for a larger bow.  I ended up only using 7 of the 9 strips from the tutorial since mine were wider than hers.  So don't be afraid to experiment and just use her directions for a technique guide (satin ribbon would also be a great material for this!)

The larger bow is made of vintage pattern paper.  I cut a small stack of about 5 inches by 7 inches then folded them like a fan and secured with two staples (it's just like making a pompom but only fluff one side).

Secure to your package with a loop of packing tape.  I also added a small paper coil made by cutting a square of paper into a coil and rolling it up.


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