Newspaper Gift Bag

About

You Will Need (3 things)

Steps (8 steps, 30 minutes)

1. 1

   First I needed a piece of paper and for my first shot out I thought I'd use some recycled newspaper paper. This page with a photo of barbed wire was very cool.

2. 2

   I trimmed the page down to just the photo.

3. 3

   Fold over the width you want your bag to be.

4. 4

   Then fold the opposite side over so it overlaps, in this case about 1/4 of an inch but depending on the size of your bag it could be more or less.

5. 5

   Glue the wide side over the short side.

6. 6

   Valley fold the two small sides.

7. 7

   Fold one of the bottom corners up to get a rough idea how wide the bottom of your bag will be and then fold the bottom of the bag up about 1/4 of an inch past this point to get the bottom fold of the bag.

8. 8

   Then fold the bottom of the bag like you fold the side of a present. Glue the triangle areas and the long flaps.

   And here you have it:

   And if you are wondering what the little closure is on top? It is a beer bottle cap pinched and folded in half.