Mini Bags from Envelopes
Mini Bags from Envelopes
Materials Needed
Plain envelopes or could use colored ones Plain or colored tissues paper
Thin ribbon (curling ribbon works well) items to decorate bag (stamps & ink pads, marker, crayons, stickers etc.
scissors Small items to fill bag (candy or small party favors)
Instructions:
Take the envelope and seal it (like normal).
Cut off one end of the envelope (this is the side of the normal envelope). The top and bottom of the envelope become the sides of the bag - the sides of the envelope betcome the bottom and opening.
Decorate the flat envelope however you want. The cut off end will be the top of the bag, so make sure designs are right side up.
We used stamps and ink pads to decorate our bags. We had multi colored ink pads and made random designs on the bags. Girls do tend to press down to hard on ink pads, so you need ot supervise this process closely.
Let the envelopes dry for a few minutes if you used ink pads and stamps.
Fold each side of the envelope (envelope to & bottom) in about 1/4 to 1/2 inch or so and crease well. It needs to be creased well or it will be hard to form the bag.
Fold the bottom of the envelope (envelope side) in about 1/2 inch or so and crease well.
Now open envelope to create the bag - creased sides allow the envelope to open like a bag and creased bottom give it a flat bottom. You may need to crease the sides and bottom a little more as you open the bag.
There will be two little triangular pieces left from the side folds on the bottom. Tape or glue these pieces to the bottom of the bag.
Use a scissors to make a small hole in each side of the bag near the top. (this will be for the handle)
Insert curling ribbon into hole and tie a knot. Repeat for other side.
Decorate tissuepaper the same way you did the bags and place in bag for a fancy effect.
Put the treats or small prize into the bag. Give to someone special.
Note: This is a very cute and inexpenisve bag to make. The bigger the envelope the bigger the bag will be. We just used standard letter envelopes and the result was a neat small bag. We made these bags for May Day.
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