Day 49: Bows for Wrapping

Back in the saddle! Today I made a traditional wrapping bow and a curly bow. Both were simple and didn't take very long to make.
I was able to use pieces of Christmas wrapping paper left over from last year.

For the curly bow I used a rectangle of white and red paper. I folded it in half 3 times and cut it into 1/4 in. strips leaving an inch uncut at the bottom of the paper. Staple the uncut part of the paper so that it is easier to work with.
Using scissors "twirl" the paper strips like you do with ribbon. This is a little difficult because if you pull to hard the paper tears.
After making all the twirls I pulled them apart some to make the bow fuller.

For the traditional bow I cut strips of the blue wrapping paper. 3 long pieces, 3 medium pieces, 2 pieces a little shorter, and 1 small piece.
Taking a strip, hold it with the wrong side facing you. Take the end of the strip and fold it around to the middle making a point (probably best to look at the tutorial pictures for this). Do the same to the other side. Repeat with every strip.
To assemble, stack the pointed strips on top of one another placing the points side by side and tape in place. Start with the longer pieces and work through the second to smallest pieces. Take the last piece and fold it into a loop. Staple. Place in the middle of the stack.

These took less time to make than it did to write about it. This is a good project to keep in your back pocket to use up all your wrapping paper left overs. Pin It