DIY Red Envelopes

We're heading to a Lunar New Year party tomorrow and what do you know, we don't have red envelopes and we're in the US; I can't just go to the neighborhood convenient store and pick up a pack. So what do I do? Look through my hoard of craft material from all sorts of resources I've collected from and make my very own!

I scrounged out exactly 2 sheets of red packing tissue paper, folded them ~6 times and ended up with wintered - red envelopes, aka, red envelopes that appear to be wearing a winter red fluffy thick jacket! At least the fragile tissue paper seems less fragile now with all its layers. Very appropriate for this year's chilly winter. ;)

Hope the kids will love them!

 

I was also going to calligraphy the writing but alas, it's been too long since my last calligraphy class... I spy a kitty paw, do you? :)