Custom Search      Home Spring & Easter Crafts Summer Crafts  Autumn Crafts Christmas & Winter Crafts  Paper Crafts  Wood Crafts  General Crafts  Kids Crafts  Fabric & Sewing Crafts  Greeting & Birthday Cards  Craft Patterns  Craft Tutorials 1   Craft Tutorials 2  Jewelry Crafts  Craft Recipes  Felt Crafts  Paper Craft Tips  Tags  ATC  Kids Rainy Day Crafts  Recycling Crafts Newsletter  Picture Gallery   Contact  Sitemap  Links   Summer Crafts - Recycling Craft - Decoupage Fun with Wrapping Paper Once you discover a roll of wrapping paper with a design you just adore, nothing in your home will be safe anymore. It is so easy to alter wood, metal, plastic and other items into decorative objects to match your decor. Also consider recycling and decorating items you would otherwise discard such as cans or other containers.   Copyright: All patterns, pictures and text found on Craftideas.info are property of this website and may be only printed out and used for private or non-commercial purposes. It is not permitted to use them on the internet or in any other publication. For these projects, you will need: - wrapping paper of choice - boxes, recycled clean cans, containers, tea   lights, glass nuggets - just about anything out of wood, paper,   plastic or metal - decoupage glue from Plaid - paint brush - ribbon matching paper - craft glue - sponge brush (for applying decoupage glue)   Instructions: Below you will find more examples of finished projects using this technique. The instructions are basically the same for all projects. You will first cut your paper to fit the item you wish to decorate. Apply glue to the item using the sponge brush and adhere the paper slowly and accurately to the item. Make sure the end of the paper overlaps the beginning. While the glue is still wet, the paper may look wrinkled at first. You can wet your fingers with a little bit of glue and press your fingers over the paper gently to elimate the wrinkles. Once the item is wrapped and the glue somewhat dried, add a coat of glue over the paper to seal the item and to give it a matt finish. This is the decoupage glue used for this project. This small box got a face lift and is now great for storing small items in your closet or to use as a gift box. Even tea light candles can be altered into decorative items for the coffee table. Glass nuggets are always easy to decorate. These can be used to decorate scrapbook pages or even as refrigerator magnets. This was a coffee can found in a dollar store. The design on the can was not attractive at all. Now it is fresh and summer looking. A matching green ribbon was wrapped around the lid of the can to hide the paper seam. This was a can of cookies. Once the cookies were all munched, the can could have landed in the garbage. But now it is a decorative container to hold whatever you need it for. A ribbon is glued to the side of the lid to hide the seam of the paper. More Summer Craft Themes Summer Crafts for Kids Summer Fabric Crafts Summer Wood Crafts Summer General Crafts All Occasion Greeting Cards and Birthday Cards Summer Paper Crafts Maritime Crafts 4th of July Crafts Next Craft >>> Decoupage Fun with Wrapping Paper More Paper Crafts Beaded Flower Charm Candy Bar Gifts Decopatch Paper Maché Fish Decopatch Paper Maché Turtle Decoupage Fun with Wrapping Paper Graduation Gift Idea - Good Luck Booklet 1 Graduation Gift Idea - Good Luck Booklet 2 Graduation Gift Idea - Good Luck Booklet 3 Paper Mache Fish Wall Decoration     Custom Search

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