Butcher paper is the paper used to wrap meat. Nowadays you are most likely to see it used to wrap bar-b-q than raw meat. As a craft paper, it is strong and smooth, and medium weight. This paper is usually available in white or brown. It can be creased and will hold the crease.
The white paper would be a good base for other paper components: cover a box, perhaps printed with product information you do not want to appear, with butcher paper, and then cover with doilies, figures cut out of wrapping paper or other decorative items. We used to do this in grade school for the Valentine’s Day “Post Office” box, many years ago.
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