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Valentine’s Day Wrapping Paper DIY

January 30, 2020 By Linda 10 Comments

Valentine’s Day Wrapping Paper DIY – Easy Homemade Wrapping Paper Tutorial.

Valentine Day Wrapping Paper DIY - Homemade Wrapping Paper Tutorial for Valentine - Heart Wrapping Paper Made with Heart Stamps.

I like to wrap.

I know, I know. That sounds crazy.

And it’s wrap with a “w.” Not an “r” … πŸ˜‰

But I really do enjoy it. And when I say it, I mean the whole process …

Valentine Day Wrapping Paper DIY - Homemade Wrapping Paper Tutorial for Valentine - Heart Wrapping Paper Made with Heart Stamps.

… the picking out the paper (or, in this case, the designing of the paper). The picking out of bows and ribbons and tags (or, in this case, improvising with baker’s twine and a heart cookie cutter).

Valentine Day Wrapping Paper DIY - Homemade Wrapping Paper Tutorial for Valentine - Heart Wrapping Paper Made with Heart Stamps.

There was a time (long ago when we were still a two-income family) when the neighbor’s children sold wrapping paper for a school fundraiser. And I would pour over that catalog.

For hours.

And I would place a big, fat, expensive order. Each and every year.

I may even have a few wrapping remnants from those big, fat, expensive orders somewhere in my basement! Ha!

Valentine Day Wrapping Paper DIY - Homemade Wrapping Paper Tutorial for Valentine - Heart Wrapping Paper Made with Heart Stamps.

But now that we’re a one(ish) family income I look for much more frugal ways to wrap and present my gifts. And using what I have (brown packing paper, heart stickers, baker’s twine and acrylic paint) I decided to make my own for Valentine’s Day …

How To Make Valentine’s Day Wrapping Paper DIY

Materials*

Brown Packing Paper

Foam Heart Stickers

Wine Cork

Matte Acrylic Paint (I used Red, White, Pink, Gray)

Gold Paint Pen

Baker’s Twine (optional)

*some affiliate links included.

Start with brown packing paper, foam heart stickers and a wine cork.

Make a heart stamp using two foam hearts and wine cork.

Dip homemade stamp in paint. Dab/stamp off excess. Apply to brown packing paper.

Outline some hearts with gold paint pen.

Add an arrow.

Valentine Day Wrapping Paper DIY - Homemade Wrapping Paper Tutorial for Valentine - Heart Wrapping Paper Made with Heart Stamps.

Use a heart cookie cutter to outline a piece of your homemade wrap. Cut out heart, punch hole and use as gift tag.

Valentine Day Wrapping Paper DIY - Homemade Wrapping Paper Tutorial for Valentine - Heart Wrapping Paper Made with Heart Stamps.

Wrap with baker’s twine or ribbon. You’re choice!

Valentine Day Wrapping Paper DIY - Homemade Wrapping Paper Tutorial for Valentine - Heart Wrapping Paper Made with Heart Stamps.

And that, my friends, is what you would call a wrap! πŸ™‚

Wasn’t that fun?

Have I turned you into a wrapping — and wrapping paper — fan like me?

Pin It!

Valentine Day Wrapping Paper DIY - Homemade Wrapping Paper Tutorial for Valentine - Heart Wrapping Paper Made with Heart Stamps.

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Comments

  1. Pat M. says

    January 30, 2020 at 9:15 am

    What a great idea. I’m not particularly crafty, but even I could do this. (I’m better with hammer and saw than glue and little bits of craft supplies) I do try at the holidays to cut down on waste (and cost) when gift-giving and have switched to plain papers and yarn bows and ties. My dil is always happy with me since she IS a crafter and snatches up everyone’s pieces of yarn for her crafting stash.

    Thanks for posting this simple but effective way for those of us who didn’t inherit the craft gene to shine as though we did.

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  2. Karinbob says

    February 3, 2020 at 5:47 pm

    Turned out adorable! I will have to remember this when I wrap the grandkids Valentine gifts.
    Karin

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    • Linda says

      February 4, 2020 at 8:36 pm

      I love that you get Valentine gifts for your grandkids! I’ll need to remember to do that when (or if) I ever have grandchildren!!! My kids are still very young adults so I’m not rushing them! πŸ™‚

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  3. Allyson says

    February 4, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    Your gift wrapping turned out so cute ~ pinned! I like using Kraft paper to wrap with also since it offers so many color options for accenting. Visiting from Tuesday Turn About.

    Reply
    • Linda says

      February 6, 2020 at 5:34 pm

      Thanks! I love the craft paper too especially since it seems to last forever!!! I’m pretty sure I’ve had the same role for a decade! πŸ™‚

      Reply
  4. Jo (A Rose Tinted World) says

    February 7, 2020 at 10:12 am

    This is such a good idea! So economical and so much better for the planet. Like the person above, I have had a roll of brown paper for the longest time!

    Reply
    • Linda says

      February 7, 2020 at 10:01 pm

      The person above is me! But yes I agree let’s work to give our kids and grandkids and great grands a fighting chance!!!!

      Reply
  5. Michelle Meyer says

    February 10, 2020 at 12:03 pm

    Hi Linda, love your Valentine’s Day gift wrap. I’m so excited to feature it tomorrow at the Tuesday Turn About Link Party. See you there!

    Reply
  6. Debbee says

    February 11, 2020 at 5:23 pm

    Linda, what an adorable, heartwarming project! Pinned!

    Reply
    • Linda says

      February 12, 2020 at 5:45 pm

      Thank you so much! And thank you for that pin!!! πŸ™‚ Linda

      Reply

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