Need some last minute gift wrapping ideas?
Pull out your old magazines, girl, because I know you are just like me and hold on to those dang things "just in case"! Well, the time has finally come. Nah, nah, Big Guy!
Use a page of print to wrap your gift, then make this quick and easy gift bow GGCAA taught me how to make from a colorful magazine page. For this example I used a magazine photo of a giant ice cream cone!
Recycled Gift Bows
Scissors or paper cutter
I used my handy dandy paper cutter to cut 9 strips of paper 3/4 inch wide:
Next, I sized them as follows:
Leave 3 strips at this length.
Cut 1 inch from the end of 3 strips.
Cut 2 inches from the end of 2 strips.
Cut the remaining strip to a length of 3 1/2 inches.
Now, begin to form figure 8's from all the strips except the shortest. Staple them to hold. *(I had a momentary brain fart during this step, but I finally got the hang of it. Just keep looking at the picture.)
The last strip will be glued to form a small loop.
Now, nest those babies! Begin with the largest figure 8's like this, placing a dot of glue between the layers:
Go ahead and layer the remaining 8's, largest to smallest then staple the whole lot together in the center:
Using a dot of glue, slip the loop you made from the smallest strip into the center:
Check out what you can do with an old homework paper and an ink pad. You're so clever!
Want some more ideas?
Try dressing up a paper lunch bag with scrapbook paper and ribbon.
Wrap yarn round and round plain brown craft paper wrappings, like ErinEverAfter:
Wrap in a square of reusable fabric, like Chewingthecud:
Or weave this amazing paper gift topper like PaperCrave: