Up-Cycle Wrapping - Who Knew Newspaper Could be So Cute.

Up-Cycle Wrapping - Who Knew Newspaper Could be So Cute.

This is the package of Handy Man Handy Wipes all decked out and ready for the birthday party.  To up-cycle newspaper into this attractive packaging you will need.

Supplies:

Scissors

Newspaper

Tape (I used double stick tape)

Recycled box

Our local 'free' paper comes with a yellow cover sheet and the insides are the standard news-white.  One of the full page ads was multi-colored so I used that page for the card. 

Step One:  Choose the sheet of newspaper with an article or photo you'd like to highlight on your package.  Wrap the box. 

Step Two:  Select a sheet of paper to make ribbon.  I wanted my bow to be as wide as the box so I placed the fold of a white sheet on the edge of the box and then trimmed the page to the width of the box. 

Step Three:  Using the trimmed down folded edge of the paper, begin to cut ribbons.  I do this by folding my sheet so that I only have to make about four or five cuts and achieve fairly standardized sized ribbons. 

Step Four:  Begin forming the bow loops.  Open out each ribbon and place a small piece of double stick tape directly over fold. (No double stick. Make a small tape loop and press it over the fold of the newspaper) Fold one end of the newspaper ribbon toward the center fold. 

Fold the other end of the newspaper ribbon to the center forming a second loop. Like so. . . 

Continue making bow loops until you have created all the bow loops you will need.  The bow pictured here contained 7 bow loops. 

Step Five:  Placing a piece of tape at the center of the first bow loop adhere the first loop to the package at the desired location. 

Place the next bow loop perpendicular to the first and then the third on the diagonal. Continue on until the bow is built. 

Step Six:  Using a newspaper ribbon, create a ribbon loop for the center.  Tape to the center of the box. 

 

Step Seven:  I saved a full page multi-colored ad for the card.  Looking over the page, I found a section I wanted to highlight.  I cut a large square from the page and folded it into fourths. Then I cut a small square from yellow paper and taped the small yellow square inside. I wrote my greeting on the plain page inside.  Then I taped my card to the package.