wrapping in kraft paper

It seemed like such a good idea...another one I got on Pinterest. Wrap all your presents in Kraft Paper. And then when your kids are looking for something to do during the days leading up to Christmas, have them color on the packages.

I love this. Except I don't have kids who can color unsupervised. And I don't wrap presents ahead of time. When Rory saw the presents he made a comment about a bunch of amazon packages having been delivered under the tree. And it did look like that. More like a post office, less like presents. This week I'll buy some colorful christmas wrapping paper on sale for next year. And wait until I have kids old enough to help with the kraft paper vision.

My other reason for the kraft paper was because of a pinterest idea of putting painters tape down to make a Christmas tree, painting over it and then taking the tape off. My neighbor girls helped with this project, and we loved how it turned out. This was the high chair we brought to church for the crisis pregnancy center. The perfect huge box to get artsy on.

All in all, the kraft paper was fun in theory, but my kids aren't old enough to pull this one off yet. Check back in another 5-7 years and we'll try it again.