Day 5: Gift Wrap!

Day 6: Gift Wrapping

Dress up your gifts with one-of-a-kind wrapping paper!

We created a stamp (tutorial below) and used it to create a fun print on kraft wrapping paper. We like the eco look of the kraft wrapping paper but if you want to glam it up, use color wrapping paper and various color stamps.

Materials:

-Gift Wrap

                -We bought our kraft paper roll at Target for $3 – if you choose a solid color, note that there is less square footage (25 sq. ft) compared to the kraft roll (75 sq. ft) and both are sell at the same price!

-Craft Foam

                -Found at your local craft store and also available at the Dollar Tree.

-Wood slate or block

                -You can use anything that has some sort of height and has a flat bottom.

-Scissors (or x-acto knife)

-Glue

Stamp Tutorial

This technique is similar to the felt Hmong symbols we have been creating except that we are now using craft foam instead of felt.

Step 1: Draw your design onto the craft foam – keeping in mind that you would like a “bubble” shaped symbol of about ¼”.

Step 2: Cut out the symbol using scissors or an xacto knife. An xacto knife will help cut the inner swirls.

Step 3: Next, glue the symbol to the wooden slate.

Step 4: After the glue has dried, it is now ready to be used as a stamp!

Use it on the kraft gift wrap paper to create unique prints of all sorts! And then save it for all different types of projects like scrapbooking, card-making, etc.!