Advent Day 9 / Tutorial :: How to Recycle a Gift Bag into a Mailer

How to Recycle a Gift Bag into a Mailer



I found myself short of mailers to pack up my ornament swap packages yesterday. Being thrifty, I noticed that I had an abundance of saved gift bags from previous Christmases. With a little scissor action and packing tape, these are easily recycled into functional and festive mailers! I had fun doing it, and so can you!

Materials

Gift Bag
Scissors
Packing Tape

step one :: choose a bag



step two :: remove the handles



step three :: cut away one of the larger sides of the bag



leaving you with something like this



step four :: cut away the bottom of the bag



step five :: If the bag is rectangular, you should be able to overlap the two short sides. Tape with packing tape.



If your bag is not rectangular, your shorter sides may not meet. Take the large side that you cut away in step three, and place this underneath the two short sides. Use packing tape to secure.

step six :: tape one of the shorter ends with packing tape



seven :: fill with goodies, secure the remaining open end with packing tape and send! you're done!



That's it for today! Big job interview tomorrow - send good thoughts out into the universe for me!