Design your own wrapping paper

How to transform plain paper into unique gift wrap

You’ve purchased all your Christmas gifts and now they just need to be wrapped. Gift wrap on the roll is available in all sorts of colours and patterns, but it can’t compare with unique wrapping paper you’ve made yourself. Below we show you a few examples that we especially love. You can achieve wonderful results in no time with edding’s gloss paint makers, using metallic shades such as gold, silver, copper and white which are simply everywhere at Christmas time. You can choose from four different stroke widths, from very fine to approx. 4 mm, which makes the markers perfect for all kinds of decorative ideas.

Categories: Christmas
Gift packaging
Products: Paint markers
Materials: Paper, carton and cardboard
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

We recommend that you use our edding 751 gloss paint marker in gold and white. However, you can choose from up to 22 different colours depending on the pen type, all of which offer opaque coverage suitable for both light and dark-coloured paper.

Step 2

Before you start designing, you need to activate your edding gloss paint marker. Shake the marker vigorously with the cap on. Then remove the cap and pump the pen a few times on absorbent paper until ink appears in the tip. Now you can get started! In this example, we’ve covered the entire sheet of paper with “Merry Christmas”. Once you’re done with the marker, replace the cap firmly and store it horizontally.

Step 3

You can use the same method to create all kinds of designs and patterns. An idea we think is particularly lovely is using Christmas carol lyrics.

Step 4

To decorate your paper with a word search, use the white gloss paint marker to write out letters in a narrowly spaced grid. Don’t forget to include “Merry Christmas” or other festive words! You can then circle these words and phrases using the gold marker.