Make Your Own Wrapping Paper


This year I have been opting for mainly locally made and handmade Christmas presents. So I thought I would try and make them look extra special by making my own wrapping paper to wrap them in. I also like the idea that by using recycled brown paper as a base I can make a more sustainable alternative than conventional wrapping paper. It was also really fun to do and the children really enjoyed joining in and creating their own wrapping paper designs.

The actual process of creating the wrapping paper was really simple. I just used a rubber stamper and ink pad to stamp on the designs in various different ways. I started off with diagonal lines of penguins but tried lots of other options including rows of penguins with random ones standing on their heads.

I used a very cute hand carved penguin stamp from Skull and Cross Buns, a store on Not on the High Street. They have lots of other options from reindeer to snowflakes and robins. I also got a black in pad but there are lots of other colours to choose from including red, green, silver and gold.

There are also some other great choices of stamps on NOTHS including this pick and mix set of Christmas stamps which could work really well for wrapping paper designs with a mixture of different stamps. I can’t remember where I bough the brown Kraft wrapping paper from but they sell rolls of recycled Kraft paper here.

I also used the stamp to make matching tags for my presents. I bought a pack of Kraft recycled brown gift tags and also some bakers twine for tying around the pressies from the Pulp and Twine shop on Etsy here

Finally fed up with the house getting cluttered up with rubbish plastic, like the sort of toys you find in christmas crackers, I decided to make my own this year. I used the penguin stamp to decorate plain brown blank crackers from Crafty Little Bugs which I can then make up and add my own pressies, perhaps nail varnish or hair clips for the girls and lottery tickets for the adults.

Hope you are having a fab weekend. What have you been doing to get ready for Christmas?

With warmest wishes


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