If you are looking for alternative, easy and inexpensive ways to wrap Christmas gifts, you are in the right place! The good news is that you don’t need to spend a lot to buy a trendy paper: with the colorful rolls of crepe paper you can easily create truly original gift boxes! Here are 5 great ideas for wrapping gifts with crepe paper.
If traditional gift wrapping papers have tired you, now is the time to show off your creativity, using alternative methods that still guarantee excellent results.
In recent years, fashion has imposed the use of recycled paper and recycled materials, in line with a lifestyle less marked by consumerism. And this trend has fully invested every aspect of our life, making us reconsider, as allies, some cheaper materials, which in the past we have set aside at the bottom of the drawer.
But now it’s time to reopen it and dust off those jealously guarded rolls of crepe paper, waiting for their future use. That day has come: yes, because with the rolls of crepe paper Yes they can to achieve gods gift packages really fantastic!
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Besides being cheap and easily available, crepe paper has a huge advantage over traditional gift wrapping paper: being a lot mouldable, it is practically perfect for who it is novice and not familiar with the art of packaging.
So if you are looking for easy and alternative ways to wrap gifts Christmas, you are in the right place: here are 5 ideas fantastic for making unique and original Christmas packaging.
1. Traditional package
Let’s start with a simple but very classy idea: a traditional square package with red bow. To enhance the packaging, choose strong colors such as purple, yellow or dark green, which in contrast to the red of the tape will certainly not go unnoticed!
To seal the package use the double sided tape, because compared to traditional scotch tape it will have a greater hold e will disappear between the various flaps of paper. If you want to add an even more glamorous touch to your package, make some greeting messages Christmas with stamps in ink.
2. Packet with weaves
Crepe paper can be used both to wrap the package and to create alternative decorations that are very easy, but of sure impact. If you want to embellish a solid color gift card, or want to add a pop of color to brown wrapping paper, create a intertwining with long crepe paper strips colored:
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- Starting from one end of the paper roll, cut about 4 centimeters: you will get a long rolled strip, which you will need to create the base of the intersection.
- Arrange the first two strips on the package, closing them on the back with the double sided tape, or with a staple (being careful not to tear the strip).
- Once the procedure is finished, go to horizontal stripes, alternating their passage first below and then above the two vertical stripes.
- By following this procedure you will have obtained a very refined alternating weave, which you can embellish further with a rosette colored or with a floral decoration, always made with crepe paper.
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3. Curled ribbon
Another very original decorative idea is the curled ribbon closed by twine. There crepe paper lends itself particularly well to this game of curls, but if you want to obtain a more accentuated transparency effect you can use the tissue paper, which is also very easy to model.
In both cases, making a curled ribbon is really easy: that’s enough to cut a long strip of paper e to achieve of the small folds, creasing the paper. There is no need to be precise, on the contrary! The effect will be all the more natural, the more the curl will be imprecise and deliberately careless.
To hold it steady on the package, pass a long piece of twine or a ribbon in the center of the curl is close with a bow. If you want to give an even more original touch to the package, pass the remainder of twine inside two colored buttons: they will be the touch of class!
4. Floral decoration
Instead of the usual cockade red on top of the package, why not make one in the shape of a flower? If it seems too difficult, you will have to change your mind soon! Here’s how to do it:
- Cut it a square of crepe paper e fold it in half twice.
- Crease the square in a triangle is cut the shape of a petal using the central vertex of the triangle as a base: you will get a flower with several petals.
- Repeat the operation for others 5 times and sew among them i petals, with a point in the center that you will stop with a knot.
- Model the petals to get one composition very full and 3D floral paste the flower on top of the package using hot glue.
5. Irregularly shaped packages
When i presents they are boxless and have irregular shapes or cylindrical, crepe paper is an excellent ally to pack them flawlessly.
THE candy packets they are very easy to make and allow you to indulge yourself with decorations; uses ribbons and cockades for a classic and refined package, while the felt decorations and the twine will give the package a nicer and more original impression.
Crepe paper gift packages: images and photos
Do you need more creative ideas for making gift packages with crepe paper? Take a look at the gallery: you will find many other ideas to personalize your Christmas packages.
