Kite Craft using Gift Wrapping Paper

Here is a gift wrapping paper collage and a Kite craft that you can make by upcycling the gift wrapping paper that came with presents. Don’t you just hate throwing away all that prettiness?

I always store gift wrap to reuse later. You know how kids love the boxes more than what it holds? That holds true for the covers and bags too! My children love gift wrap. May it be paper or plastic, it is fun to decorate and even more fun to crinkle it to make noise!

We have use it in a variety of ways like kids craft or reusing to wrap smaller gifts. I’ve even used it to make an origami box. With kids in the house, we are always discovering more ways in which to use these to learn or play.

As part of a monthly challenge, I’ve joined a group of bloggers this year to play around with recyclable and reusable materials. We are calling it Project Recycle. Every month we choose a material and then we play around with our children to make crafts or do activities involving the chosen material. This month, we are using Gift Wrap. I’ve included the links below of what others have made using it but here is what we did.

Kite Craft Using Gift Wrap and Paper Punches

January is Kite season in India, so we chose this theme.

My children have been crazy about my flower punch set that I got a last year. We are always looking for more ways to use them so this is what we did. I got my 3yr old and 8 year old to make a collage using these flower punchers and wrapping paper.

This activity is pretty simple to put together and you don’t really need to give your child instructions. Let them use their imagination to make their own art. Of course, you will need to supervise this activity because there will be use of scissors and punchers among other things.

I had two toddlers working with me on this along with my 8 year old and I have to tell you, it was not stressful at all. (Okay so the 2 year old has a mind of her own and she was more interested in the tools than using them but…) We all sat down working with our own material and I guess that minimized the need of sharing.

That’s my tip there: Let them have their own stuff. Toddlers cannot share and this isn’t the time to teach them that. 🙂

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Here is how to make a Kite themed collage using gift wrap and flower punches.

Gift Wrapping Paper Collage Using Flower Punch

What you need:

Gift wrapping paper in whatever material you have.
White Glue or Elmer’s glue (This disappearing purple one is good)
Scissors (This is good for both right and left handed kids)
Flower or any kind of puncher in various designs (this kind)
Any other material like buttons or yarn to decorate.
Color markers sketch pens color pencils etc.
Card stock or Cereal box card to hold it all together.

Activity:

Cut out large squares of gift wrap to make it easier for your children to work with.
Show them how to punch. You can teach them to cut out shapes with the remaining waste.
Cut out different Kite shapes with the gift wrap.
Assemble it all on the card. We used a cereal box card.
Get creative and decorate.
You can frame it or hang it up as it is.