We (or rather our little munchkins) seem to be invited to so many birthday parties and we love a good excuse to get creative and make some wrapping paper. So painting, printing, drawing, sticking, stomping, the possibilities are endless. We love rolls of lining paper from Wilko’s. It’s really hard-wearing and makes for a fantastic quality wrapping paper. I love the fact you can paint on it a lot and there’s no soggy holes or tears.
Here’s a few of our recent endeavors…
SIMPLE PAINTING with a couple of old toothbrushes thrown in
Using regular poster paints (including some rather special gold) Nash and Zori made different marks and patterns.
TOILET ROLL PRINTING and some shooting stars effects
We’ve done toilet roll printing many times before so this time we thought we’d go with a space theme… Munashe decided the triangles were asteroids and the circles were planets. The toilet roll star was a little tricky to create, but with the right number of folds it looked star like. Munashe added his own trails on some of the stars to create shooting stars.
BUBBLE WRAP STOMPING
With Munashe having some daddy time, me and Zori had some stomping fun. This certainly worked a lot easier with just the one child! When I say easier, I think I actually mean cleaner! I wrapped bubble wrap around Zori’s feet and stuck it together with sellotape. I put poster paint on paper plates, choosing colours that wouldn’t end up being a brown sludgey colour. I added a squirt of white to each plate to lift the colours.
Zori had a lot of fun, lots of giggles and smile and requests for more paint. It can get a bit slippy with bubble wrap shoes so if you do try this please bear it in mind. Here Zori had a spectacular slip! It didn’t seem to bother her as she just got up and carried on stomping.
Have you been up to any crafty fun with your little ones this week? I love to hear your comments 🙂  Sarah x
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what a lovely idea, I love the photos of your children making the wrapping paper x #sharewithme
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Thank you x
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such a great idea, we have done this although not the bubble wrap idea, the kids would love that. Linked up after you #kidscorner
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Thanks for linking up…keep creating x
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Love this, so colourful and creative! We often make our own wrapping paper using brown paper and rubber stamps xx
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Creative wrapping paper is the best. I bet yours looks fab x
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Amazing!! Wouldn’t even have thought about the lining paper, what a good idea. And I love the bubble wrap painting! Definitely doing this with my little girl!! Thanks! #kidscorner
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Thanks. I hope your little girl enjoys the bubble wrap!
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What a creative and great project for kids and getting them involved in the present making side of it too. I bet they are so much happier to give presents out with their own master pieces on them. Thank you for linking up to Share With Me #sharewithme
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Thanks Jenny. They do enjoy wrapping up presents, I often get given their own toys wrapped up!
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Love Love these ideas how much fun does that bubble wrap stoming look!! must give that a go with my girls Thanks for sharing on #kidscorner x
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I think I should have had a go at stomping too!
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I love this idea! Esp the bubble wrap my kiddo would love that – not sure the carpets will tho #FabFridayPost
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You should see our carpets…playdoh, glitter, paint, glue…delightful!
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That’s a good idea I think I might give this a go with my little one looks fun x
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Have fun with it x
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I love this hand made idea. Looks like the kids have had some fun making the wrapping too! 😊 Thanks for linking up with me again. #FabFridayPost. P.s. don’t forget to link up the badge. Many thanks. Xx
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Thanks. They do love a bit of wrapping up too. Sellotape everywhere!
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this looks so cute and perfect for Christmas coming up. My son always “gets” the grandparents etc presents from him so this would be a cute way of finishing them off! thanks for sharing! #howtosunday
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I’m sure your sons gifts to his grandparents will look beautiful
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Some fantastic ideas for homemade gift wrap! I love the space themed one, not easy to get a star shape, but it looks really good. The bubble wrap stamping must have been great fun for Zori, another we will have to try some time soon I think.
Thanks so much for linking up to #HowtoSunday 🙂 x
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Yeah lots of fun. I really should make some Christmas wrapping paper soon. You could try the stamping one with red and gold!
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Thanks Jenny. Have fun with the stomping if you give it a go. I’m actually thinking I should do some stomping!
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