All of the great sales we’ve seen lately have given us all lots of chances to buy lots of gifts. If you are like me you’ve got some serious gift wrapping in your future. I love wrapping presents! I really do think it is so much fun. I love cute wrapping paper, pretty bows and fun gift tags. I love finding just the right paper to wrap everything in each year. This year I found the cutest paper at Sam’s Club. It was so cute that I climbed behind a shelf and around some Christmas trees to get a roll of it. Even though I love wrapping paper I sometimes think about all of other ways to wrap presents. There are some great ideas out there for DIY wrapping paper.

I started thinking about DIY wrapping paper and there are SO many ideas. Then I looked online quickly and found many more ideas. There are some really fun things you can do to make DIY wrapping paper. I thought I’d share some of my favorite DIY wrapping paper ideas below.

Butcher/Kraft paper
Using butcher or kraft paper is a common DIY wrapping paper idea. The clean looking paper goes with all sorts of bows and trimmings. You can decorate the paper or leave it plain. There are so many ideas of how to dress up this DIY wrapping paper that I could write an entire blog about it. In fact, I think I will!

Newspaper
This paper is very close to butcher and kraft paper. You can do lots with it and dress it up in all sorts of ways. The black and white goes with all kinds of colors and textures. The newsprint can get a bit messy, keep that in mind when using newspaper for DIY wrapping paper.

Comic strips
Using comic strips from the newspaper or comic books can be a very cute way to wrap your holiday gifts. This is especially fun when the recipient of the gift like comics or certain characters from the comic strips. This is a very cute DIY wrapping paper idea.

Maps
Using a map to wrap a gift is a very clever DIY wrapping paper idea. Maps can be colorful and fun and a very classy idea. Think about using maps for the recipient’s favorite place or vacation spot. Use maps that will be a reminder of a destination.

Pages from magazines, books or sheet music
These are more great DIY wrapping paper ideas. If your gift is small enough you can use pages from magazines, books or sheet music. This will make a gift more personal if you wrap it in something that demonstrates the recipient’s favorite something. There are lots of fun things you can do with these DIY wrapping paper ideas.

Fabric
There are lots of fun ways you can use fabric as DIY wrapping paper. T-shirts and pillowcases make fun wrapping paper and can be used again as something else. The DIY wrapping paper even becomes part of the gift. Even plain printed fabric looks great as wrapping paper.

Wrappers from products
This is one DIY wrapping paper idea that was new to me when I searched the internet. Cereal boxes, chip bags, aluminum foil, pizza boxes – you name it and people are wrapping with it. Some of these DIY wrapping paper ideas are probably well suited for kids and teens. It is a great way to recycle and create unique DIY wrapping paper.

Have more great ideas for DIY wrapping paper? Let us know – we love to hear from you!