You have possibly a lot of used gift paper laying around at the moment, make yourself a colourful woven paper rug from ;-)
It is made in the same way than the woven magazine coasters and you can use here also the folded paper strips of equal width :)
Links:
Woven Paper Rug (Paper Rug)
Here at unikatissima:
Woven Magazine Coasters
Folded Paper Strips of Equal Width