I’ve been on a roll with ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape (no pun intended)! Recently I shared my Stenciled Table Runner and an Aztec Stenciled Step Stool that was a perfect addition to my work room. I’m super excited about todays project. DIY Wrapping Paper. I love kraft paper. I think it’s just so incredibly versatile. One Christmas I wrapped all my gifts in kraft paper, adding the pop of color with embellishments! You can see that here: get your {kraft} on. How about customizing that kraft paper by stenciling it? Yes, please!
(no pun intended)! Recently I shared my Stenciled Table Runner and an 
Supplies:
Roll of Kraft Paper
Scissors
Acrylic Paint (colors of choice)
Cosmetic Sponges
ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape
Keep in mind that this is a project you can wing… DIY wrapping paper means just that. So, have fun creating stripes, patterns, squares, letters or whatever your heart desires using the painter’s tape. There may be some imperfections, but that’s a-okay! Are you ready to get started? Let’s do it!
As you may or may not have already figured out — the secret weapon in our project is ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape. So, once you have your piece of kraft paper cut (based on the size of your gift box), it’s time to do some creating!
Step One: Design
Decide on what design — or you can simply wing it. I’m a wing it kinda girl. I rarely measure, but I think the imperfections give it a little extra homemade TLC. I decided to keep this one rather simple with just a few stripes.
Step Two and Three: Painting
Decide on your colors. For this one, with Christmas just around the corner {shhh. you didn’t hear that from me}, I thought I would go with some red and green.
Paint the entire design using the cosmetic sponges. I attempted using a sponge brush, but it didn’t apply the paint as nicely as the cosmetic sponges did.
Step Four: Tape Removal
Carefully remove the ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape. I used a thinner kraft paper (purchased at the dollar store), so I had to slowly remove the tap to ensure it didn’t rip. The paper got a little fuzzy, but it’s nothing noticeable — again, I think it added a little character.
You’re done! Now to wrap the package.
I love the natural, rustic feel that this paper has! I finished it off with some twine and one of my printable Christmas gift tags. Friends, I didn’t stop there… here’s couple more packages I whipped up.
Here I used my love for the tribal, aztec design and painted it right onto a kraft box I picked up at Micheal’s.
And a little navy blue made this package perfect. I had the men in mind for this one and funny enough — this was the one my husband liked the most. Score!
And one last pick of the three together! I had a blast with this and I hope you’re feeling inspired to create some of your own personalized wrapping paper! So many possibilities.
What do you think?? Easy! Fun! Handmade! I love it!!
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Super clever Kelly! Great idea for my teen too, for her friend’s gifts! 😉
Thanks ladies!! Hugs.
I love how these turned out! I prefer to use brown paper when I wrap my gifts, it holds up better, and is easily recycled – love how you dressed these boxes!
YAY! I’m so glad you like. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great weekend. xo.
Love me some Scotch Blue tape and what a fabulous way to use it!!!! The wrappings looks sort of vintage-y. I love the crisp design and the personalized look! What a pretty present idea.
Thanks Shannon. Thanks for loving on this project! HUGS.
I absolutely LOVE this idea! And the tape is gentle enough so it doesn’t rip the paper when you take it off? I’m seriously going to have to try this for Christmas!
Thanks so much for stopping by and loving on my project. Hope you give it a try. I’m sure you’ll love it! xo.
Fantastic! Simple and yet personal…love it! My family is getting loads of brown kraft paper made awesome!
Thanks Janel! I’m so glad you like it! Thanks for stopping by. xo.
Really creative, Kelly! Now why didn’t I ever think of this?
Thanks Lana! It’s pretty great! Have a GREAT weekend. HUGS.
I love your ideas! I personally really like the wrapping in plain brown paper and then sprucing it up thing- it’s so fun!
You just convinced me that I can totally make christmas presents more fun!! Love it!
Very clever, Kelly.
Love the ideas – I am ALL about handmade wrapping paper too! So budget friendly and the personal touches really make it more special! Pinning! xo
Love it! Kraft paper is so versatile and I love the way you customized it!
I like how these turned out. Nice!
I am a sucker for handmade wrapping! You did a great job Kelly!
Love the wrapping paper. The stripes give it a great punch. Looks pretty simple, pretty quick also, great post.
When oldest son’s 1st baby born I personalized kraft paper by decorating it with his name, baby images, his birth, things like that. I also personalized his onesies. I think dil liked it also. She told me she’d saved the paper and the onesies for his first baby, a while for that one yet. Hope we live to see that as he’s going to college for a specialized science degree so we might be waiting a long time. Maybe that’ll be enuf inspiration to keep us around for longer time.
When I give gifts I usually use kraft paper that I’ve personalized for the person, what they do, what the occasion is, things like that. Making the stripes with the tape will be a great new technique. Happy week Kelly
Thanks so much JaneEllen! Appreciate you stopping by and leaving love. Have a great weekend. xo.
I LOVE to create my own wrapping paper but haven’t used painter tape before! I will be doing that. Thank you!!!
What a wonderful idea!
I am going to have my little one happy as can be helping me out with this idea
Thanks!
This is so much fun! I love how these packages came out. Beautiful!
Super cute! I love making Kraft paper look awesome for wrapping!
LOVE! Thanks for sharing! Such a great idea and adds a peronal touch!
What a great idea!! I would love to design paper for gifts. How fun! Thanks for the idea. 🙂
Thanks Deanna! I’m so glad you like. xo.
Beautiful post! I am a craft paper freak and am excited to try your painting technique!
Thanks so much for stopping by Malia! Give it try. I’m sure you’ll LOVE it. Have a great weekend. xo.
love this- wouldn’t it be fun for older kids to help out with!? xo
Genius idea! I’m going to do this for our gifts this Christmas for sure 🙂
This is super cute, perfect for Christmas!
Kelly, this is such a great idea! Thanks for sharing and pinning!
Thanks so much Cindy! Appreciate you stopping by. xo.
This is such a genius idea!! I love the look of packages wrapped in Kraft paper – these painted lines really take it up a notch! They look super easy to do too! Thanks!
I love what you have done. You should come show off your creativity at our link party.
Such a doable and pretty idea! Thanks for sharing!
Such a simple and yet so thoughtful way to package gifts. Looks so sweet, friend!
Super cute…love it Kelly. I will have to remember this!
Super cute and pretty packages!
Thanks so much! Have a great weekend. xo.
Wow- the possibilities are endless! I love how your designs turned out! So pretty!
So cute! Great idea. -Michele @ Neat Little Nest
I love to use Kraft Paper to wrap gifts and this is such a great idea for livening up the wrapping.
Such a great tutorial! Thanks for sharing. I definitely want to try this this year!
Jeanine
LOVE!!! So creative. I would love if you would share this at Modern Cottage Monday a new link party at Curate | by Carrie Corson:)
Love these! I want to get creative with all of my wrapping for the grownups this year (since the kids could care less what the package looks like!) and I’m totally adding this to my arsenal of ideas! I’m especially loving the chevron pattern!
Great idea! I use brown paper to wrap my Christmas packages already, and this is another simple, but elegant way to make it unique!
This is fantastic – I have some birthdays in the next weeks and will wrap the gifts in this way. thank you for sharing, Daniela
It turned out so great! Love the colors and designs you came up with. I think I may go all kraft paper this Christmas.
What a great idea! Very unique, yet not hard to do – love it! I’m visiting you today from the Manic Monday linky party, so glad to have found you! 🙂
Thanks so much for stopping by Andrea! xo.
I love these, I am so addicted to wrapping! This is cute and easy, I posted another wrapping idea today. It’s not quite as simple but it is cute and unique! Check it out if you get a chance.
http://momprojects.com/dish-towel-gift-wrapping/
This is a wonderful idea! Love unique wrapping ideas. I believe the presentation of the gift is just as important as taking the time to choose the right gift and a WOW presentation can make even an inexpensive gift seem FAB!
Thanks so much for stopping by and loving on my project! Enjoy the rest of you week. xo.
This is such a clever idea and so simple. I love how your finished wrapped presents turned out!
I found out that my dollar store carries kraft paper… so, I may just forgo all other wrapping paper for a while. Kraft paper is my favorite anyway. I am thinking white paint, its my favorite combo with kraft paper.
What a great idea! I’m always on the lookout for gift wrapping ideas, so thank you! Pinning!
Wow, you got a lot of comments!!! All I’ll say is, I like the color palette you decided to use. The blue especially looks awesome on the brown. Also, that particular olivey shade of green with the bright red.
Very current. 🙂
Love how these turned out! Will be trying this! http://suburbsmama.blogspot.com/2013/10/sunday-linky-30.html
Love this idea! I love using kraft paper for Christmas presents! This is such a cute way to personalize them all! Thanks for the idea!
I love this idea. What a great way to make wrapping paper really special and cheap. Thanks for sharing on Thursdays Treasures. Please be sure to link back! This will be a feature.
Great idea – cute AND frugal! My kinda project! 🙂
I love this idea I just wanted to let you know I featured you on the Block Party tonight