The Martha Stewart Show, January 2008
Making homemade Easter grass is a great way to use leftover scraps of pretty wrapping paper.
Tools and Materials
Paper shredder
Container to gather the shredded paper
Scraps of pretty wrapping paper or colored paper
Easter Grass How-To
1. Put the scraps through an ordinary paper shredder to create attractive packing paper that can be used in gift boxes, for delicate items, or as the grass in your Easter baskets.
I have been doing this for years! I also use a paper crimper first then send it through the shredder...it turns out just like the paper you can buy in the craft stores in bags.
"WAY" better than the "usual" green Easter grass!!!! "You're still finding "it" (everywhere-on-the-floor), come Christmas!!
The best thing about this easter grass alternative is no more plastic store-bought easter grass strands scattered through the house (and stuck to the bottoms of your feet). I've been using strips of green tissue paper for my daughter's easter basket ever since she was born. I love this idea of using wrapping paper and a shredder. Much faster!
This is a fabulous idea! I assemble gift baskets through the year and I use purchased paper from the craft store. Now I will shred leftover wrapping paper to line the bottom of baskets. This will also be useful with leftover Christmas wrapping paper. Thanks, Martha!
What a wonderful idea, surely we will have some fun this weekend...
cool I need to add this idea thanks Martha looking forward to see more crafts ideas in your future shows :)
Great Idea for the old shedders now that we have a cross cut one for personal shredding.
This is such a fun idea - so creative, beautiful and earth-friendly!
Love this idea. The easter grass at the store now is plastic. Ugly!
My paper shredder cross cuts the paper so it comes out like confetti - but I was able to use my paper CUTTER - cutting very thin strips and it worked out fine - just took a little longer.
I still had a hard time finding the directions for the bluebirds. You can also use the Search window at the top of this page and type in Egg Creatures. The other animals and insects are just as cute!
The birds are shown under Crafts/Easter/Eggs and, I think, the 10th one shown is for the bluebirds. They also have a ladybug and other animals.
here's the link to the bluebirds craft
http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.3a0656639de62ad59...
I would like to have the pattern for the adorable little bluebirds in the pail in the photo! Can anyone direct me? Please and thank-you.
I use this idea all the time for gift bag filler or my kids' Easter baskets, except I use recycled colored tissue paper from birthdays and shower gifts. If you use tissue paper, you may need to undergird it with some crumpled up newspaper for bulk and stability. So much nicer than the plastic kind that wraps around your vacuum roller!