Too easy tutorial: Barbie-sized gift wrap

I wanted to make a holiday-themed accessory for my Winter Fun/Holiday Sisters Barbie. I decided on rolls of gift wrap. It was way too easy and took just a few minutes. So I thought I’d post this tutorial.

Items needed:

• clear drinking straws
• colorful gift wrap
• scissors (if you’re a kid reading this, please check with an adult about which scissors would be best for you to use)
  
• optional: new clear hair elastic

Step 1

Cut two (or more, if you’d like) drinking straws in half.

Step 2

Make sure the halved drinking straws are all the same size. Trim as needed.

Step 3

Cut a square from each of your types of gift wrap. Use the half straws as a guide for how long a side of the square should be. Then cut each square in half so that it will be easier to roll it up.

Step 4

Roll the gift wrap square as tightly as possible.

Step 5

Push the rolled-up gift wrap square into a half straw. Repeat with as many different gift wraps as you’d like. The clear straw is supposed to look like the cellophane that covers a gift wrap roll when you first buy it.

Tip: If any of the rolled-up gift wrap square sticks out of the ends of the half straw, trim as needed.

I made three rolls of Christmas gift wrap for my Barbie.

You can use a new clear hair elastic to bundle them.

December 17, 2015 | Categories: browsing the aisle | Tags: 1/6 scale, barbie, barbie accessory, barbie doll, barbie-sized, christmas, custom, diy, gift wrap, holiday, one-sixth scale, too easy tutorial, xmas | 2 Comments