How to Use crepe paper in a Sentence

crepe paper

noun
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  • Cover the foam balls with orange crepe paper, and secure with a U-pin at the top of each ball.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Roll up light green crepe paper to create a stem; seal seam with glue.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Wrap the plastic eggs up with crepe paper like a bon bon for a clever disguise.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Cut leaves from crepe paper; wrap around stem, and attach with glue.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Wrap plastic foam egg shapes with crepe paper, and attach the ends with glue or a small straight pin.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Wrap plastic foam egg shapes ($4, Joann) with crepe paper, and secure the ends with glue or a small straight pin.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Let the kids decorate their bikes with crepe paper and balloons.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2021
  • Use crepe paper, wooden coasters, scissors, Mod Podge, and a sponge brush to craft them.
    — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Mary Schaller keeps a vase of crepe paper flowers in her Springfield, Va., living room.
    — Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Use gold and copper crepe paper to make this wreath totally glam.
    — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Instead, fill large plastic eggs with candy and wrap them in crepe paper.
    — Laurren Welch, Country Living, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Give the kids crepe paper, balloons and art supplies to decorate their bikes.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2021
  • His coworkers taped black crepe paper around his photo and hung it around the office.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 31 Dec. 2022
  • It’s as if the vehicle was engineered of balsa wood and crepe paper.
    — cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Not only were the receivers not comparable to those of 2014, but the offensive line was made of crepe paper.
    — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Cover a foam wreath form with crepe paper, then add flag picks until the wreath is completely covered.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2023
  • Keep scarecrows, cornstalks, hay bales, crepe paper, etc, away from candles, light bulbs, and other heat sources.
    — Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2022
  • This is high quality crepe paper that can be spun, twisted, or hung from anywhere.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Your mother’s friends from the club graciously served as hostesses, or the ladies from church strung crepe paper streamers in the fellowship hall.
    — Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 12 May 2021
  • In her telling, Alex’s hotel is decorated with crepe paper left over from half a dozen other macabre tales.
    — Ron Charles critic, Washington Post, 2 July 2019
  • As if this cake couldn't get anymore stunning, it's topped with DIY crepe paper birds and tissue paper flowers.
    — Marlisse Cepeda, Woman's Day, 14 Apr. 2016
  • Create the black flowers using crepe paper, which comes in rolls almost 10 inches wide.
    — Lacey Howard and Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Wide crepe paper is the key to creating these oversize party streamers.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Set the scene with oversize black crepe paper flowers and faux moths that have seemingly escaped from their glass enclosure.
    — Lacey Howard and Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Redbuds, my favorites, looked like someone had rolled sticky pipe cleaners in purple crepe paper.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Fringed crepe paper in rich colors results in eye-catching blossom centers.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Some fun ones include wrapping each other up in crepe paper and gift bows to look like Christmas trees, or spraying shaving cream on each other's faces to make Santa beards.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Next-door neighbors Brian Juergens and Andy Swist, who agreed via text message to be witnesses, hung lavender and pastel green crepe paper balls from the ceiling of their own porch.
    — New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020
  • This bright red bloomer features textured petals resembling crepe paper.
    — Laurren Welch, Country Living, 28 July 2022
  • If corn is your particular favorite, take that love one step further by making this vibrant wreath out of crepe paper (an unsung craft supply that's so fun to use).
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 10 Aug. 2023

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