DIY gift wrap

Instructions:

• Choose your designs, such as repeated words, symbols, dots, lines, and swirls. Even if you don’t have the best handwriting or if you have no artistic ability, I promise the repeated images/words look very cool when it’s all wrapped.

• You can play around with different sizes or see how mine turned out: With smaller wording, you can really read the text well, though it takes longer. The taller text makes a grand statement, and I like the use of blank space with larger words.

• Measure the size of paper you will need per your present and cut the right size.
• I chose to write on my paper at an angle, but you can feel free to play around with this.
• Start writing or drawing! Have fun with it – don’t worry about making it look perfect.

• When you’re finished, adorn your adorable gifts with twine, bows, ribbon, etc. I finished mine off with homemade gift tags stamped with the recipients’ names or initials, which will double as little ornaments.

My gift wrap designs:

Think of your own ideas for designs, and you can personalize it to fit who the gift is going to. I’ve also done this for a baby shower gift and wrote the words “I’ll love you forever I’ll like you for always as long as you’re living my baby you’ll be” and tied a small stuffed animal with a big ribbon.

Here were some of my choices for last year’s presents:

• Swirls
• Hearts
• Christmas trees
• Ho ho ho Merry Christmas
• Lyrics to Oh, Holy Night
• Walking in a winter wonderland
• Buzz your girlfriend…woof!
• Ginny bells (a play on Jingle Bells for my daughter’s name)
• I believe
• I like to smile, smiling’s my favorite!

You can also have your kids help you with designs, use paint, and colors! How would you customize your wrapping paper?