7 Gift Wrapping Ideas With Brown Paper

Gift wrapping with brown paper doesn’t need to be a hum drum affair.

Plainly wrapping your gift without any embellishments makes it look cheap, even if you have the latest iPad hiding away in the gift box.

You need not give your gift the traditional Christmas gift wrap either.

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7 Ways of Wrapping Your Gifts with Brown Paper

The humble brown paper or brown Kraft paper and some craftiness is all you need. 

Below are  some brown paper gift wrapping ideas that will transform your gifts into ones that will impress your family and friends.

1.Basket Weave

One impressive method gift wrapping with brown paper is to simply place a basket weave pattern on your gift. Very easy once you have your materials ready.

Tools needed 

• A4 Paper Card (two different colours)
• Scissors or Paper Trimmer
• Glue

Instructions

1. Cut strips of paper at a width of 1cm  each.
2. Glue two strips together at the tip to form a longer strip
3. Repeat the process until you have 4 long strips for each colour
4. Lay one colour vertically and weave with the contrasting colour.
5. Move each strip closer together and glue on your already wrapped present. Make sure the weave pattern is entered on the present.
6. Glue all the strips together, tip to tip.

2. Paper Fan

One of many gift wrapping ideas or  easy tips is to simply place a centred paper fan on your gift. Gives your gift or present a very elegant look.

Tools needed 

• A4 Paper Card
• Scissors or Paper Trimmer
• Glue
• Craft hole punch

Instructions

For the Paper fan

You will need  a square cut paper of any size. Preferably, paper that is not thick or brown paper

1. Mark 1cm intervals and draw out lines
2. Fold on the 1cm marks, inwards and outwards.
3. Fold in half and glue the insides together.
4. Glue it on the present making sure it is centred.

For border strips

1. Cut 4 strips of A4 paper at a width of 1.5cm  each.
2. Glue two strips together at the tip to form a longer strip
3. If you have a hole punch, punch designs on the strip.
4. Wrap around the vertical and horizontal edges of the gift (assuming it is a square or rectangular shaped present
5. Glue all the strips together, tip to tip.

3. Garlands

This is one of many brown paper wrapping ideas that is a classic and is sure to wow. Some contrasting coloured tissue papers and the rest of the tools is found around your home.

Tools and Materials needed

• Tissue papper
• Scissors
• Sticky tape
• Print out of the garland design (actual size)

Instruction

1. Print out the design of the garland. It should be the same as the length of the cut tissue paper
2. Measure out how long and wide you want the garland on the gift. (on the top or wrap around)
3. Cut your tissue paper into the width and length. (In gift pictured, it was 10cm by 55cm)
4. Repeat for a different coloured tissue paper
5. Fold the tissue paper to used for the garland into half, quarter, one-eight and so on until it is relatively the size of the printed garland.
6. Lightly glue the printed design on the folded tissue paper and cut out the design.
7. Glue the plain cut tissue paper on the gift, then open up the cut strip and glue directly on the tissue paper creating a contrasting garland effect.

4. Butterfly Effect

Tools and Materials needed

• Tissue paper or recyclable wrapping paper
• Scissors
• Glue

Instruction

1. Simply cut out small rectangular strips
2. Twist to make a butterfly and glue all over the gift
3. You can make it as sparse or as dense you like

5. Fruit and Foliage Effect

You can go for the natural look. Use dried fruit slices, dried leafs, dried orange peel or slices.

Tools

Glue gun

6. Painted Parcels

As brown paper wrapping ideas go, this one is messy and fun. Find a paint brush or preferably roller and get creative.

Tools & Materials

• Acrylic paint
• Paint roller or brush

7. Paper Crafting

This is paper craft central. A simple parallel cut is the centre-piece. You can then add your own ideas for extra decoration.

Tools & Materials

• Piece of red paper 11cm by 15cm
• Piece of green paper 10cm by 14cm
• Hole punches of any shapes
• Glue gun
• Pencil
• Ruler

Instructions

1. Fold the red paper in half
2. Draw a line from corner to corner
3. Cut neatly on the drawn line
4. Make parallel angular cuts from the folded to edge 1/2cm away from the raw edges.
5. Unfolded the paper.
6. Take the green paper and repeat steps 1-3
7. Take the green triangle and glue at the centre of the box
8. Glue the red triangle on the green.
9. Punch out shapes of various sizes and glue all over your gift

We hope you are inspired to try out some of these brown paper wrapping ideas when next you are giving a present.

So instead of the usual fancy wrapping paper, you now know how to impress by gift wrapping with brown paper.

In the mean time, here some diy craft ideas you might like

Diy christmas paper stars

Paper frills

Woven paper baskets

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