Like many, you may find yourself with lots of Christmas wrapping paper left over after the gifts are wrapped. Some people use plastic storage units to keep paper until the next year. This is quite economical, but one can also find many other uses for Christmas themed wrapping paper throughout the year.
First off, when you are taking down the tree, you can use wrapping paper to wrap delicate items, and to provide cushioning between ornaments. This can help quickly use leftover paper. Also, when you open up your Christmas ornament boxes next year, you will have festively wrapped ornaments, which is often appreciated.
If your wrapping paper pattern is on one side only, it can be ideal for a number of children’s crafts throughout the year. It can be used on its plain side as wrapping of boxes for dioramas, or school projects. Also the patterns may work well with children’s projects. Winter scenes could be cut out and used in collages about the seasons, or in numerous other applications.
Some wrapping paper is so pretty, it’s difficult to part with. If the paper illustrates a particular scene, you can cut out a small portion and frame it, either for next Christmas, or for year round use. Alternately, scenes on wrapping paper can be inspiration for next year’s Christmas cards. A pretty scene can be pasted onto a plain card, making the card unique, and saving you money. This is also a nice project for kids when the next year’s Christmas season rolls around.
Some people shred their wrapping paper and use it at the bottom of gift baskets. Paper made of gold, silver or green works very well for Easter baskets. Also,it can be shredded and used to protect items you have to ship.
Wrapping paper rolls provide lots of craft opportunities and play opportunities. Children may enjoy practicing fencing with the long rolls. Alternately, the rolls can be cut to varying lengths for building robots, providing wheels for cardboard cards, or in many other kid’s crafts. Check with teachers at kids’ schools to see if they have any use for these craft materials too.