...if you are looking for one or two simple tutorials to make your own paper bags...you don't have to look any further.
very simple, with only little supply and a few steps...you either need a plain piece of paper size din a4 and glue or any envelope (no matter, which size or shape), glue and scissors.
So, just a little folding and gluing with repurposed and upcycled material.
If you are interesting, you can find a few ideas how to pimp your paper bags right here.
this is what you need for a plain paper bag
- one sheet paper din a 4
- glue stick
or
- one plain envelope, any size, any shape
this is what you have to do
- fold and crease one third of the paper inwards
- turn the paper around
- fold over approximately 1,5 to 2 cm of the longer part of the paper (two third)
- fold another crease onto the first one in the same width
- fold over the front panel to find your next crease
- fold the remaining longer part inwards to create the opposite side panel.
- the crease should meet the open edge of the front panel
- open the paper again
- fold and crease one third of the side panel of the bag onto itself
- and one more last fold in the same width
- the paper should now look like this
- a close up of the folds
- apply some glue along the outer edge of the side panel to close the bag
- press the both sides together firmly
- fold the bottom of the bag inwards
- turn the bag found and fold and crease the bottom outwards
- crease the right flap inwards
- repeat with the left flap
- turn the bag around and fold both flaps outwards
- open the bag from the inside
- crease flaps inwards
- apply glue onto the flaps and the bottom panels
- tuck down all flaps
- and here we go
and even easier you can create a paper bag from an envelope, any size, any shape
this is what you need
- any envelope
- scissors
- glue stick
this is what you have to do
- close and seal your envelope
- trim of top of the envelope
- as you can see you can skip the first step, if the opening of the envelope is on the top side
- the envelope should look like this
- fold and crease one of the length sides of the envelope, inwards and outwards
- repeat with the other side
- fold the bottom of the envelope, inwards and outwards
- open the envelope
- crease well the folds of the side panels again
- repeat with the bottom creases and create the outer flaps
- crease those flaps inwards
- affix the flaps with glue
- and here we go...another simple paper bag
the inspiration for this one, i got from here
and this is what you can do with your simple paper bags
