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This DIY homemade printed Christmas gift wrap activity for kids of all ages, using recycled brown paper, really got us into the festive spirit, and in a small way, we can feel we are making a difference.
This year, as a family of four, we are keen to keep unrecyclable store bought Christmas wrapping paper waste to a minimum, so we had great fun with friends getting messy and being creative, whilst educating our 12 and 10 year olds that Christmas needs to be more homemade, like in the 'olden days' as they call them!
We purchased a 100m roll of recycled brown paper, for £15.00 ( around $20).
Along with some inexpensive poster and acrylic paints, we gathered up our festive stampers and some wine corks and old toy building blocks to print with.
We also used polystyrene pizza bases to make print blocks, by scratching into them with a sharp pencil.
Our 10 and 12 year olds painted and printed for over two hours with their friends and were really experimental - so were the adults. No phones were on, we just listened to music, chatted and had a great time!
Here are some of our finished one metre long wrapping paper artworks!
Some of them remind me of Klimt - it must be the gold and silver metallic paint.
I'd love to hear back from you if you give it a go!
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Happy Christmas all!
Diane
Browse my Teachers Pay Teachers Store for over 100 seasonal detailed resources.
Happy Christmas all!
Diane
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