Ruly Green Wrapping Tip: Reuse Children’s Artwork

I always like to look for creative and recycling-oriented gift wrap ideas.  Last year, my tip was to take wrapping paper you don’t particularly like or that is not holiday themed and wrap your gifts with the back/plain side of the paper facing out.

Having used up all my wrapping paper, this year, I needed a different tip. I first looked for something that we had too much of.  That was simple…..children’s artwork!  With two prolific artists in my house, we generate around 25 drawings per day.  We of course save the best ones in a scrapbook but what to do with all the rest?  We repurposed them as beautiful wrapping paper!  I strap a couple of pages together with clear backing tape to make a strip of the right size and wrap the gifts.  Smaller drawings can be used for gift tags.  I feel it honors the artwork to give it a last hurrah before it is recycled or thrown out.

The result is a personalized and unique gift!  One gift recipient (who you will not be surprised to hear is a mother herself) actually wondered whether the wrapping was the gift itself!  She carefully undid the wrapping and wanted to frame it!  We were honored.