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Creative Uses for Wrapping Paper Scraps

Now that the holidays are drawing to a close, you're likely surrounded by piles of ripped-up wrapping paper. What to do with the scraps? The Natural Beauty Workshop has some great creative reuse ideas, such as: making paper beads, covering school books, creating origami, and more.

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Posted by: Suzanne on December 28, 2008 at 5:27 AM

Thanks for the recycling tip on wrapping paper

I feel such guilt about throwing the stuff out!

Suzanne in CT

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Posted by: AngelaE8654 on December 27, 2008 at 7:47 PM

Are you kidding? I can't even get my real wrapping paper to look good; much less the scraps. :(

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