For my December project as a Michaels Maker, I made my own DIY art themed wrapping paper for my art themed tree!

I used paint and stamps to transform white and kraft-color craft paper into interesting wrapping paper:

Colorful yarn was used to finish off each package:

The “ART” wrapping paper was so easy to make with regular acrylic craft paint and plain white craft paper. I used this pack of Artist Loft acrylics because it had the perfect range of colors. I painted with one color at a time, painting the letters separately around the paper:

For the stamped paper first a stamp has to be carved:

I’ve made my own wrapping paper almost every year! Last year was chicken themed, click here or click the image to see more!

This year I carved paintbrush, scissors and a crayon box stamps. I stamped them separately on some papers and mixed them all together for others:

The great part is that you’ll have the stamps forever for so many different projects! 

Michaels  is your one-stop gift shop this holiday season! From DIY gift ideas to our favorite kids gifts, they have everything you need to MAKE the season merry!

Click here to see the entire art-themed tree here and all the other ornaments I’ve posted so far! Thanks for reading! Also, if you aren’t so much the do-it-yourself type person you can check out listings in my Etsy shop for small handmade ornament collections! 

I’m still finishing up all the ornament tutorials for this years tree and these are the vintage art supply ornaments:

These were so easy to make in bulk:

It’s as simple as printing off a label, cutting it out and applying it to a small gift box or bottle:

For the rectangular ornaments, I purchased these packs of small mixed gift boxes from Michaels:

I printed the vintage-inspired box labels onto  8.5″x11″ white label paper (which is essentially a huge white sticker you can print onto). My friend, artist Stephanie Corfee, made these cute labels for me! Click the image to download (or click here) the free PDF: (And please help me thank her by following her amazing work on Instagram!)

I cut out the labels and applied them to the boxes. Each box was glued shut and a string attached under the lid with the same glue:

For the vintage-inspired bottles I purchased this bulk pack of small bottles (found in the wedding section of Michaels):

To make them appear filled with old ink or other liquid I just misted some various colors of spray paint into each bottle:

Once the paint was dry I put a little bit of industrial glue onto each cork to keep it in place permanently. Then I added the labels:

My friend Stephanie made these vintage-inspired bottle labels too! Print them in the same way onto  8.5″x11″ white label paper. Click the image to download (or click here) the free PDF: 

Don’t they almost look real?

To attach the string I just inserted a small screw eye, and colored it gold using a gold Sharpie:

I think I could just fill a tree with just these! 

Here’s what the bottles look like on the tree:

Pigment:

A closeup of the turpentine:

Simple vintage-inspired labels on a box:

Click here to see the entire art-themed tree here and all the other ornaments I’ve posted so far! Thanks for reading! 

I’m still working on posts about each specific ornament for the art themed tree. These are the DIY paint can ornaments and I think they definitely rank up there as my favorite.

I wanted to make a diverse set of ornaments and the yellow on these cans was the perfect bright pop for the tree.

A close-up of the ornament:

I used these little paint cans (found in the Michaels packaging/party section): 

I printed the vintage-inspired paint can labels onto  8.5″x11″ white label paper (which is essentially a huge white sticker you can print onto). Click the image to download (or click here) the free PDF that Stephanie created for us: (And please help me thank her by following her amazing work on Instagram!)

I’ll be leaving these out all year!

Click here to see the entire art-themed tree here and all the other ornaments I’ve posted so far! Thanks for reading!