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Wine Gift Wrap

Give the gift of wine wrapped in polka dot paper. This easy to do project can make any bottle of wine look to pretty to unwrap.

Materials: hole punch or cut outs, various colors of paper, wax paper or tissue paper, ribbon, clear tape, scissors, and glue (optional).

Step One: Take your wax paper or tissue paper and tear two 14” pieces off.

Step Two: Hole punch various colors of paper or you can use cut outs and confetti (I used a hole punch). Hole punch about 15-20 circles.

Step Three: Take one of the wax papers and lay it down flat. Take your circles that you have hole punched and lay them all over the wax paper. Note: I used a little dab of glue to make sure my circles did not slide around, this is optional).

Step Four: Grab your second sheet of wax paper and lay it on top of the circles. Your cut outs/circles should be sandwiched between the two pieces of wax paper.

Step Five: Lay down your wine bottle at one end of the wax paper. Tightly roll up the wine bottle.

Step Six: Use clear tape to hold the wax paper in place.

Step Seven: Stand up the wine bottle, and tie a ribbon at the top with a tag and give it as a gift.

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Coupon Book

Instead of buying mom or dad a gift, make them a coupon book full of things you can do together or provide your services. Mom and dad will love your thoughtfulness and appreciate the home made gift!

Materials: Colored cardstock, glue stick or craft stick, scissors or paper cutter, embellishments, letter stickers and computer.

Instructions:

Step One: Depending on how many coupons you would like, cut your cardstock so that it measures 7 inches by 3 inches. The sample below has seven pieces of cardstock with the measurement 7×3. If you’d like to add more coupons to your book then you will need more than seven. This will be the pages of your coupon book.

Step Two: On the first piece of cardstock (the coverpage) spell out “coupons” or “coupon” book with your letter stickers.

Step Three: Type up different coupons, such as: One free dessert of your choice, one free home cooked meal, one free car wash, or one free night of movies (popcorn included). Get an Everyday With Rachael Ray magazine subscription for great recipe ideas.
Note: I would print the coupons out on cardstock for durability.

Step Four: Once you’ve printed your coupons, cut them out and adhere them onto black cardstock. See pictures for examples.

Step Five: Glue each coupon to one 7×3 page of your coupon book. Glue the coupon to the left of the page so that you have room for your embellishment. For instance, if you printed: One free movie night (popcorn included). Glue this coupon to the left side of the page and then add your embellishments to the right of the page. Note: See sample pictures if needed.

Step Six: Repeat step five until you have all pages of coupon book completed.

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