I purchased a 'pull along puppy' from Phillips Toy Mart for Jack's 1st birthday party. The theme was dog days of summer, and from the pictures his mom sent, it looks like he had a blast!
The pull puppy was challenging to wrap, with open sides on both the top and bottom. My solution was to secure the sides with thick stock cardboard paper, which I had leftover from some Epson paper packs. This gave the present the hard edges I needed to get crisp corners on the gift wrapping, while also preventing the paper from caving in on the sides.
I spotted this neat idea for crepe paper streamers in this month's Better Homes & Gardens. An embroidery hoop is used as a base, then the streamers are wrapped over the top and secured with the hoop inset. I don't think it's terribly impressive as a single- but I think it could look really amazing grouped in multiples, or used as 'table decoration'. In a room full of these, it could be quite pretty (and very affordable). The instructions for this particular 'windsock' streamer calls for an 8 inch hoop, with 8 foot lengths of crepe paper, hung by fishing line.
