Wrapping paper angst

[Ilovestnicholas]

I need your wrapping paper recommendations
I am fed up of crappy thin wrapping paper that tears on the corners of boxes as you are wrapping , or is so transparent you need 2 or 3 layers to hide the packaging of the present.
I have tried M&S, Tesco and Woolies - do I really need to fork out £5 a roll for John Lewis stuff?

Get a big roll of plain brown paper from the post office. Have a potato printing frenzy. Ta daaaa - cheap & exclusive wrapping paper

Got all mine in paperchase, £3 for a 3metre roll and its lovely stuff. So much nicer than the cheap stuff

i buy mine from pound land it does fine

Bought mine from Asda for the last couple of years - very cheap and very strong!!

Peacocks. I got a mahoosive roll in there for £2, it is surprisingly thick

Kids' pictures where poss (ie where they won't see), newspaper from Father Christmas, something from a charity bazaar for anything else. Or use a nice reusable bag instead.

Ikea, very cheap and thick enough for most presents.

I find the JL extra wide rolls are good value, though-I've found the trick is to start wrapping with the biggest present you have, and cut the paper precisely, so you have just enough. Next do the next smallest present, and so on, saving any offcuts as you go.You should be able to wrap smaller presents in the offcuts from the larger presents.m Well, it works for me; I'm a bit anal about wrapping!

Buy from oxfam
Strong, sexy and for a good cause

Home Bargains
Also got 12m for £1.50 at'the factory shop'(don't know if its a national chain?)

I buy cheap paper on purpose for children. Not because I'm mean (well, just a bit ), but because there's nothing more frustrating than watching a small child wrestle with some tough shiny stuff swathed in sellotape!

I keep telling my mum that I still haven't brought and and eventualy she gives me a few rolls lol.

Asda all the way

The Pier are doing half price wrapping sets and they are gorgeous, three rolls of heavy paper with 2 rolls of ribbon and 6 bows for just £2

newspaper is good (and the FT is orange so a bit more festive than plain black and white)

we're decoratng newspaper, santa is very green and likes to recycle.....

Another vote for Ikea & it's usually a little different. Only snag they don't do tags to match all their paper but this year, & last, Tesco did very similar designs & I bought their tags. Ikea paper was nicer, better quality & cheaper.

I got a big , 10 metre roll in one of those discount book places, bookworld or somewhere, only £1.99 and very strong

Coloured tissue paper and cellophane over the top looks fab. I went on a gift wrapping course once many moons ago...

I agree with pixel - cheap stuff ideal for young children. Otherwise brown paper is a good idea with stamps. But this year I got my adult paper from TKMaxx.