crepe paper

noun

: paper with a crinkled or puckered texture

Examples of crepe paper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Participants will create a lifelike crepe paper peony while learning techniques including petal shaping, color application, stamen creation, leaf construction and stem wrapping. — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 5 July 2026

The flowers appear to be fashioned from crepe paper and can span more than six inches across on stems that grow up to three feet in height. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 1 June 2026

Enhance the woodland theme with toadstool napkin ties by covering wood mushrooms in crepe paper. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025

Exquisitely printed in delicate pastels on durable crepe paper, they were issued for export in a handful of Western languages. — Leonard S. Marcus, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for crepe paper

• caper
• raper
• scraper
• shaper
• taper
• vapor
• newspaper
• notepaper
• sandpaper
• skyscraper
• wallpaper
• wastepaper

Kids Definition

crepe paper

noun

: paper with a crinkled or puckered look and feel