DIY Bows

I'm back at school and I definitely don't have wrapping paper or bows. I realized this after I got invited to a 2 year old's birthday party tomorrow. But what I did have was ads, lots and lots of ads! I didn't think a 2 year old boy would want his totally awesome robot shirt wrapped in Mary Kay so I went with a good ol' K-Mart ad. I wrapped the shirt up just like I would with wrapping paper. But I wanted it to look better than just that so I decided to make a bow. Now, I've never done this before so I just had to wing it.

 I cut strips off from the ad, keeping the center fold. I didn't cut too many since this is a small present. (I also cut some length from the ends to make it shorter.) This also cuts several strips at one time and the same width if you cut the ad booklet closed.

Using double sided tape, tape down the ends to the outside of the fold. It should look like a heart after you tape down both ends.

 

I also put tape inside the fold just to add stability. Do this until you have enough hearts. Using tape, attach the hearts to each other at the bottoms. You can also staple them altogether (I don't have a stapler...but yes, I have double sided tape.) I folded the ends in opposite directions splitting at the middle so I could tape both sides down to the present making it more uniform but you can see how your bow looks and decide how you want to tape it down. And there's a free way to wrap a present!