DIY Paper Bag Book with Pockets
Make a cute & easy DIY Paper Bag Book with pockets for a card, a place to tuck in gift cards or coupons, a writing activity or just for fun!
Cost: $1
Equipment
- Stapler and staples
Ingredients
- Paper lunch bags in white, OR brown lunch bags, OR colored lunch bags
- Decorative paper- in solid colors, in designs
- Colored markers
- Decorative items- various (washi tape, ribbon, paper clips, buttons)
- Items to tuck inside the pockets-
Instructions
- While the paper lunch sack is flat, carefully trim just the folded edges off the rectangle bottom of the sack. Gently pull out the folded down part of the sack and refold so that it is flat again and makes the sack open the same way on both ends.
- Place three paper sacks on top of each other (you can stack two bags high if desired or if you don't have a strong enough stapler to go through three layers of paper).
- Fold the paper sacks in half so they look like a book. Staple the folded edge.
- Decorate the bags. Add ribbon, buttons, square paper over a page, add charms, write notes and draw pictures. Use your creativity!!
- Think of the person you are giving the DIY Paper Bag Book with Pockets to, and the occasion that is prompting the gift. Slip small items into the pockets (pictures, bookmark, tea bag, gum, gift card, etc).
- Isn't this a great gift or card idea?