Make your gifts (almost!) too good to unwrap with these brown paper gift wrap ideas.
Brown (or kraft) paper wrapping has seen a huge resurgence in the last couple of years. And rightly so! It’s one of the most eco-friendly of all the wrapping papers, incredibly versatile, and looks absolutely fabulous when finished in the right way.
Fill your tree with gorgeous gift creations, worthy of any glam Christmas Magazine front cover, and give your loved one a present that they will really want to savour and enjoy opening.
Here’s our round-up of eleven beautiful kraft paper gift wrap ideas.
1. Snow Spots
Use the rubber tip of a pencil and a white ink pad (or some white poster paint) to create this gorgeous snow scene.
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2. Potato Stamp Designs
It’s so easy to create potato stamps at home. Then grab the kids to help you decorate the paper with various festive shapes and colours. We love the designs above if you need a little nudge to get started.
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3. Lint Roll Christmas Trees
A variation on the potato stamp is this fabulous lint roller stamp. Perfect for decorating larger areas of gift wrap.
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4. Christmas Lights
How fabulously cheerful and festive is this wrapping paper design? An ideal project for getting the little ones involved as they add the lights to the cables with their fingerprints!
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5. Washi Tape Weave
Create beautiful patterns and colourful designs with washi tape weaves. Use your loved one’s favourite colours for extra brownie points!
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6. Keeping it Natural
Embrace the season and keep things authentically green with these beautiful foliage designs. A great way to repurpose any Christmas tree or garland off-cuts.
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7. Reindeer Feet
Make creating your gift wrap a full sensory experience with these reindeer feet faces! We think this would be fabulous paper to use for the grandparents’ gifts!
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8. Have Fun with White Paint
These elegant paper gift wrap designs are all the result of some easy white paint crafting. Add Christmas icons to your creations by painting inside festive cookie cutter shapes.
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9. Washi Tape Christmas Trees
Put your washi tape to good use again with these simple yet striking Christmas tree designs.
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10. Cheerful Reindeer Faces
How adorable are these little reindeer faces?! Have great fun brightening your loved one’s Christmas Day with this Holly Jolly design.
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11. Get Sticky
Raid your children’s sticker collections and see what designs you can add, or festive messages you can create, for your paper gift wrap.
Looking for gift inspiration? Well, look no further! We have a whole host of gift guides ready and waiting for you right here.
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