A Humane Turtle

Update: I posted a part two now.

The other night I wrapped some gifts for loved ones. I’m not the wrapping paper kind of person though. When it comes to wrapping gifts, I want to recycle as much as possible. But I still want gifts that look nice! So, most of the materials I used I took from the paper trash. For books, I often used parts of the packaging they were shipped in. Here are some detailed shots of the gifts:

For the first gift I used the original packaging and painted it with acrylic paint.  I like the purple (front) side much better than the back.

Here I also used original packaging, added stripes of old printouts  and a picture I found in an old magazine.  Then I added some gold paint to make it look a little fancier.

Here I cut up a toilet paper roll as decoration.

I wrapped one gift in a magazine ad. The ad was about organic products (not all vegan, unfortunately). The card is a piece of a pasta carton. I put it all together with rubber bands.

Old bags from a local deli and a bit of string make nice gift wrapping, too. The card is made from a piece of a tea box.

And last but not least: bits of cardboard  make Tetris-style gift wrapping (card included).