Crepe Paper Streamers: What are the benefits of having crepe paper streamers?

This question is often asked: “What are the benefits of having crepe paper instead of regular tissue paper?” Good question. Most people do not know the difference between the two materials and therefore choose based on the appearance of the paper rather than the condition and quality of that particular material. So for a bit of education, here are the differences and benefits of having crepe paper instead of regular tissue paper streamers.

• Crepe paper composition: Crepe paper is tissue paper that has been “glued” during the manufacturing process with specific substances such as filler or glaze, but then “crepe” to create bumps or puckers in the tissue paper. Sizing is used to change the absorption and wear characteristics of materials using this specific process. It is a material like glue or gelatin, rubber or starch that is added to the pulp of the paper to create stiffness and add shine, etc. And in return, creping and gluing give tissue paper a distinctive texture and feel different from normal tissue paper used for regular streamers. So because of the process, it opens up unlimited options and things you can do with crepe paper that you wouldn’t choose to do with regular tissue paper. A whole new wide range of unexplored uses.
• Other uses: Some of the most popular uses for crepe paper streamers are as follows: used like normal streamers to help decorate and enhance the room for your party or other occasion (just different look and design), used to make paper mache flowers or any other type of paper constructions, to dye Easter eggs (a strange idea but it works like a charm), etc. With these additional uses, it becomes an essential necessity for your home and who knows, you may be able to find a use for your crepe paper streamers.
• Stronger: Due to the composition of this foreign material, the paper is stronger than normal tissue and therefore gives quality and resistance to the paper. Of course, it can be copied, but if you didn’t have the composites, it would be very difficult to work with. Normal tissue paper would tear very easily and would not be the best choice for decorating due to the headache it would give when decorating for hours on end. Due to the process that streamers go through, they make a wider and wider range of uses for your everyday crepe paper streamers and also an easier task to accomplish with ease and in a very limited amount of time.

So the thing is, if the party organizers chose to decorate with the regular fabric that hasn’t been worked and processed as needed, there would be a lot more headaches and a different material was most likely used. It is used to decorate and enliven a room for a special event in place of the very common and “must-have” material of crepe paper streamer.