steps in folding to make a paper bag.?

Question

or a website that shows how to do it. It's better if it has a picture.

Answer 1

The fastest , and the easiest, way to do this, is to carefully deconstruct the bag and use this to make a pattern.

Answer 2

Use an odd number of paper lunch sacks. We've used 3 and 5. Fold and glue the bottom 'flap' down to make both sides of the bag a 'full' surface. Then fold the sacks in half and stack with the 'open edge' half down except for the bottom sack. flip it so the open edge is on top and thicker side on bottom. Punch 3 to 5 holes on the folded sides evenly spaced. thread and tie ribbons through the holes and tie in square knots. Ribbon lengths of about 6 to 7 inches works well. The bags can also be bound using eyelets (use only 3 bags for this). Decorate bags any way you wish using scrapbook paper and embellishments. To make tags or pullouts, measure the available size for the pockets and tri-fold a long piece of paper or cut tags to match theme. I have made these with girls as young as 5. The bags can be painted, decoupaged, etc before you bind them if you want to get fancy. GOOD LUCK!!

Answer 3

Couldn't find anything with pictures, but these instructions seem pretty easy

Instructions
STEP 1: Cut a piece of heavy brown or white paper (craft paper or butcher paper) to 9 1/2 inches by 15 inches.

STEP 2: Position the paper on a flat work surface (any patterned or decorated side should be facing down) so that the short edges are to your left and right. Fold the bottom edge up 2 inches and sharply crease the fold. Unfold.

STEP 3: Use a ruler to find the center points of the top and bottom edges. Make two small pencil marks at the top edge of the paper, 1/2 inch to the left and 1/2 inch to the right of the center point. Repeat on the bottom edge. Turn the paper over and make the same marks on this side as well.

STEP 4: Bring the right edge toward the center of the paper so that it lines up with the marks made to the left of the center point. Sharply crease the resulting right fold. Unfold the flap.

STEP 5: Repeat step 4 for the left edge. Make sure that the left edge lines up with the marks made to the right of the center point. Turn the paper over.

STEP 6: Bring the left and right edges to the same points as you did in steps 4 and 5. This time, however, glue the entire left edge to the right edge at the point where the edges overlap by an inch. Do not crease the edges. Allow the glue to dry thoroughly.

STEP 7: Place the seamed side of the bag down. Push the left and right creases in about 1 1/2 inches so that they fold in toward the center. Lay the bag flat and crease the sides of the bag so that the folds are each sandwiched between the front and back of the bag.

STEP 8: Locate the line of the crease made in step 2. This is the bottom of the bag. Fold the bottom edge of the bag up 4 inches and sharply crease. When you release the paper, the bottom edge of the bag should be slightly erect.

STEP 9: Open up the bottom edges of the bag so that an upright, open-ended box is formed. The box should open up along the fold lines made in step 2 and this fold line should be touching the bag's surface. If you look down into the box, you should see two paper triangles facing each other.

STEP 10: Push the side creases of the box inward and bring either free edge of the box down to lie flat. Bring the remaining free edge down on top of the other and glue it into place. Allow the glue to dry thoroughly and open the bag.

Tips & Warnings
Use heavy wrapping paper to create holiday gift bags.
Make all creases as sharp as possible.
Try running a pencil or other hard object along each crease to sharpen it.
Place a paperweight or other heavy object on top of the glued areas while you wait for them to dry.
Decorate one side of the paper with decorative stamps, paints, crayons or markers.
Allow any paint or ink to dry thoroughly.
Adjust the box formed in step 9 if needed.
If the crease made in step 2 is not sharp enough, you may need to recrease it at this point.
Practice on scrap paper first.
Once you get the hang of it, you can make bags from any heavy paper.

Answer 4

You could also check out this page at my site for lots of links on making gift boxes, bags, etc.:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/boxesgift.htm
(...click on the category called *Folding Boxes & Bags--not rigid*...)


HTH,

Diane B.

Answer 5

Hello, i just happened to browse the net and this is a site i found that helped. Take a look at the link. Good luck