HA HA HA IT'S A WRAP.Byline: HOLIDAY CRAFTS The Register-Guard Most of us have been there. We're running late for a birthday party and there's no "real" wrapping paper Noun 1. wrapping paper - a tough paper used for wrapping kraft, kraft paper - strong wrapping paper made from pulp processed with a sulfur solution butcher paper - a strong wrapping paper that resists penetration by blood or meat fluids in the house, so we grab a page of the Sunday comics Sunday comics or "Sunday funnies" is the American idiom for the full color comic strip section carried in most American newspapers. While there are earlier combinations of color, art, and story that historians of the comic strip point to as precussors of the comic strip, the Yellow section to wrap a gift. It's colorful and crafty, not to mention thrifty. Some recyclers have made this a practice rather than an act of last-minute desperation. They routinely save all 52 weeks of the newspaper comics for gift wrapping throughout the year. If you're looking to push that ingenuity a little further, Register-Guard graphic artist Stephanie Barrow suggests a few ways to help you break out of your recycle rut and add a little color and cheer to your holiday gifts this year. She admits these ideas aren't exactly new, but more or less recycled from ideas of the past. All you need are basic crafting skills (don't worry, it's easy), comics, scissors scissors Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends , glue, cardboard and some containers you already either recycle or throw away. You'll be able to add a little ha, ha, ha to your ho, ho ho. Treasure tins: Recycled mint containers could wrap up any number of gifts, but this particular comic makes a perfect parking meter change holder. Comic beads: To use these beads as gift wrapping, we suggest stringing them into a necklace and wrapping them around someone's neckline neckline The line that connects the two lowest points on the intermediate declines of a head-and-shoulders chart pattern. In an inverted head-and-shoulders formation, the neckline connects the two intermediate tops. . Egg ornament pinata: We've given our comic pinata an ornamental makeover by adding a clear window. You can sit and drool over Verb 1. drool over - envy without restraint slobber over hero-worship, idolise, idolize, revere, worship - love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" its contents until Christmas. Comical cones: Wrap up your party plans with this fun way to serve individual treats. Perfect for holiday movie night. Never throw away an oatmeal box: We're not joking around this time. They make perfect gift boxes (comic-coated or not). It's a vase - or a pencil holder: Fill with gifts for your favorite aspiring comic strip comic strip, combination of cartoon with a story line, laid out in a series of pictorial panels across a page and concerning a continuous character or set of characters, whose thoughts and dialogues are indicated by means of "balloons" containing written speech. artist or with dry flowers. |
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