Brown Bag Wrapping Paper
February 8, 2008 by Joshua Johnson
Filed under Arts & Crafts
Have you ever seen the wrapping paper they always seem to use in films set before 1950 or so? Doesn’t it look suspiciously like the brown paper bags you can still get in grocery stores? (You do have to ask for it now, I think.)
I love presents wrapped in the stuff because it is understated and makes the present the focus.
All you have to do is cut the bottom out of the sack, then cut along the edge or seam up the side of the bag. Now wrap.
If you want to, you can use some twine or hemp as ribbon and make it look very old fashioned!
Brown paper is a great way to go! Many Christmas’s I use the brown paper, pull out the markers or crayons, and decorate it…. sometimes I even draw something that is an obscure hint to what’s in the package…… family seems to like it.
I’d never considered the crayons and markers.
Great addition to the post. Thank you so much for the ideas!