Here are a few ideas for unique ways to wrap gifts:
- Take a used cardboard paper towel tube and place a rolled up t-shirt inside. Roll the paper towel holder up in tissue paper and tape the paper together. Place small strands of ribbon on the ends and curl with one side of your scissors (figure A).
- Use a regular brown paper lunch bag and place gift inside. Fold over the top edge of the bag and put punch 2 holes at the top with a hole punch. Feed one end of ribbon through one hole (figure B) and the other end of ribbon through the second hold. Tie the ribbon in a knot and trim the ribbon.
- Purchase small brown coffee bean bags from your local grocery store --they are the perfect bags for gifts of candy, sunglasses, cassettes, etc. Cut a design out of a regular sponge and dip it in some acrylic paint. Take the sponge with paint and stamp a design onto the bag (figure C).
RESOURCES :
Kids Country: Crafty Gifts to Make for Children
Model: 1570760624
Author: Susie Lacome and Myra Coles
(December, 1996)
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Trafalgar Square Publishing Co.
Website: www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com
Fun with Paper: 50 Great Papercraft Projects for Kids to Make
Model: 1842151398
Author: Marion Elliott
(June, 2000)
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Southwater Publishing (The Manning Partnership Ltd.-- Imprint of Anness Pub)
Phone: 0-1225-852727
Fax: 0-1225-85282
The Colossal Book of Crafts for Kids and Their Families
Model: 1884822576
Author: Phyllis Fiarotta
(September, 1997)
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Black Dog and Laventhal Publishers
New York , NY 10011
Phone: 212-647-9336
Fax: 212-647-9332
More Incredibly Awesome Crafts for Kids
Model: 0696206919
Author: Carol Field Dahlstrom, Editor
(August, 1997)
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Meredith Books Corp.
Website: www.meredith.com
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