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Recycled Gift Bags
designed by Meghna Patel
Give new life to old gift bags and brown paper bags by decorating them with unique papers.
Recycle, save money and add a personal touch to your gift wrapping.
Recycled Gift Bags
Supplies:
Brown paper bag or an old gift bag
Handmade paper(s)
Glue or Adhesive
Pencil and scissors
Make Your Own Gift Bags
Instructions:
1. Carefully open the brown paper bag and unglue the bottom flaps. Don't worry about a little tearing.
2. Place the opened bag on the paper and draw the outlines keeping the length slightly longer than the original bag.
3. Cut the paper to cover the bag all the way around, with some extra paper to fold over the top.
4. Apply a layer of glue to original bag - specially at the folds.
5. Nicely place the cut handmade paper on it and align the bottom edge with the bottom of the bag. Attach to one side of the bag, making sure that the paper sticks on smoothly.
6. Cut a slit at each corner of extra paper fold at the top of the bag for an easier fold. Fold the excess paper down into the paper bag, making sure it is smooth.
7. Glue the bottom flaps.
Tip: If you have a card (thicker) paper, you don't need to use the underlying bag. (You can still use a brown bag to trace the folds. When the bag is ready, use a drawstring or ribbons to make the handles.
About the Author: Meghna Patel is the creative force behind PaperOrigins.com Paper Origins offers distinctive and exclusive handmade papers at an exceptional value. The decorative papers are presented in a style that encourages artists and paper lovers to have fun selecting papers for their creative projects.
i love this idea of yours, it lessens my expenses and it also helps the environment. so nice yet so cool.
i think it as well. i love it to.
do you have a simple home made paper recipe?
there shud be images
Thanks for this idea. It is very useful for my school recycling programme. I appreeciate it. Really.=D
i love the idai
When I click for the printer friendly page, I get a blank page. This has happened for various crafts. What am I doing wrong??
Shirley
Hi, Shirley,
Could you tell me what browser you are using? I tested it in FireFox and it worked ok, but I'm wondering if it's a browser conflict of some sort.
Last year I had some plain paper gift bags left over from another holiday. They were solid hot pink & solid chartruse green. I just cut out snowflakes from typing paper, glued them to the front of the bags & filled them with the Christmas gifts.
People thought thast I had purchased them that way! The bags cost me nothing extra out of pocket & took just a little time to decorate.
I have some paper & gift bags I've received calling my name now, waiting for a make-over! Thanks for the idea!
i learn much more than my studies about recycling!!!!!!!!!!!!!
