Ideal for general arts and craft. How do you use Freezer Paper? If you lay the plastic side down, and then heat it up with an iron (no steam), it sticks to the surface you have ironed it to. So be careful not to iron it with the smooth plastic side up, or it will stick to your iron and cause a mess. After you have used it as a stencil, you just peel it right up. It is such a light adhesion that it does not leave any residue on your fabric. It peels up very easy. But if you are painting over the stencil, the plastic-y coating also protects the fabric from anything seeping through.After you have used it as a stencil, you just peel it right up. It is such a light adhesion, that it does not leave any residue on your fabric. It peels up very easy. But if you are painting over the stencil, the plastic-y coating also protects the fabric from anything seeping through.