Free Rolls of Paper

photos courtesy of Memory Makers Magazine

You can pick of end rolls of paper at your Newspaper office for free or a small fee. Just call ahead to check if they have them and the price.
When the boys were little I cut off pieces for them to draw on.
Ideas for using newspaper print:
1. Have the lie down on the newsprint and draw an outline of their body. Let them draw and color or paint their on features and clothes.Cut them out and hang them up.
2. Use for wrapping paper. You can stamp designs on, wrap red ribbon on in diagonal like candy canes, stencil it, wrap your gift in the paper and then wrap a pretty strip of printed gift wrap or scrapbook paper then wrap a band of ribbon. Wrap a small gift and tie with red and white butchers twine.
3. In a pinch you can cut out and make "tissue paper" flames to top off a gift bag.

photo courtesy of Retail Packaging.
Another cool site "The Simple Dollar" has a list of 15 uses for newspaper rolls. One I hadn't thought of was making paper seedling pots Here is another tutorial for paper seedling pots This one is made like a paper cootie catcher. LOL cool hey?

photos of the Cootie Catcher seedling pots courtesy of spring up dundee

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