Repurposed Magazine Gift Bags
If you're wracking your brain for party favor ideas or searching for tiny present packages, collect a few pretty ads to construct these Repurposed Magazine Gift Bags by Melony Bradley. They're perfect for gifting artisan candies or jewelry.
Materials:
- Magazine pages
- Paper trimmer
- Paper glue
- Tissue paper (shown in black)
- Scissors
- Scalloped-edge scissors
- Butterfly die cuts
- Block letter stickers
- Cardstock
- Rubber stamps of your choice
- Hole punch
- Ribbon or beaded trim for handle
- Small rhinestone decals or sequins
Instructions:
- Choose a full-page magazine ad and cut it down to a square using a paper trimmer. Examples shown are 7x7 inches, but larger squares will yield roomier gift bags.
- Fold the square in half diagonally.
- Fold one corner across the page as shown. Use paper glue to secure the folds if needed.
- Fold the opposite corner in the opposite direction as shown.
- Separate the two corners at the peak and fold them away from each other so that they lie against the outsides of the pouch.
- Squeeze the edges of the pouch together a bit to open the pocket.
- Cut tissue paper into 1x5-inch strips. Wrap it around the top edge of the pouch as shown and glue.
- Trim excess tissue paper.
- Trim edge of pouch with scalloped-edge scissors.
- Cut cardstock into small circles and stamp with design of your choice.
- Glue cardstock circle to center of pouch, and then glue butterfly die cut to center of cardstock circle as shown.
- Adhere rhinestones and block letter stickers to tissue paper trim.
- Punch holes on either side of the pouch and attach a small length of ribbon or beaded trim as a handle.
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aketch
Apr 14, 2016
We never throw out old greeting cards or Christmas cards. The card paper is usually excellent quality and can be reused for drawing paper or scrap paper. I take old Christmas cards, cut off the written message, and use the picture part to make gift tags. They are so pretty and useful.
froth 1323600
Jan 23, 2012
Like the gift bag instructions. Will try. Lot cheaper than buying bags. Do you have any ideas to use old greeting cards, all occasion and xmas cards?
Olodp
Jul 01, 2012
If you ever go to Christmas Cookie exchange parties you can write the recipe on the back of old Christmas cards for your friends to take home with their cookies!
cherylm1961
Sep 06, 2011
These are so pretty, I will have to try this! Believe me I have lots and lots of magazines.
Crafter 4146402
May 15, 2011
This is the perfect little bag I have been looking for to give gifts I make to my friends and family! I didn't know what to do with all my Better Homes and family circle magazines and thanks to fave crafts I can save money and have fun doing it!
jacquechinnery 693 5199
Apr 09, 2011
I am going to use this idea to make May Baskets for friends.
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