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Green Wrapping Paper

Wrapping paper is pricey. You can make your own, save money and get a chance to be creative.

Decorating paper bags is fun and simple.

1. Paper Bag Decor

Plain grocery bags are fun to decorate. You can use apples or potatos and stamp them.

To make stamps, you’ll need:
- an apple or potato
- a permanent marker
- sharp knife
- paint

Cut the apple or potato in half. Draw a design on it. Keep this simple. Then with a share knife cut around the design removing the extra potato or apple, so that only the design is left.

Take the “stamp” and dip the design in paint and stamp away on the brown paper. You can add glitter and more to spice up the wrapping paper.

2. Newspaper and catalogs

Wrapping a gift in the colorful Sunday comics is old-fashioned and economical. You can also contact your local newspaper and ask if they will give you the end of the paper rolls. These are blank ends of the newspaper rolls that are thrown away after each printing. You can decorate this as you would the paper bags.

Use the pages of catalogs. You can tape together pages from a fishing magazine and give that to a fishing enthusiast for example.

3. Old maps

Gather your old maps and use these to wrap packages. These are fun and especially great for the traveler.

4. Recycle bows

Be sure to use bows from one year to the next. They last a long time. Also think about other things you can decorate packages with like seashells, twigs, dried flowers and more.

Making your own gift wrap says you care and is a great way to go green.