DIY kraft paper bags for New Year. How to make a bag from craft paper with your own hands

The strength and simplicity of kraft paper have allowed it to become not only packaging for products and parcels, but also an excellent canvas for gift crafts. Bright decorations on such paper, even an ordinary ribbon, create the impression of decoration by a master with refined taste and attention to detail. This impression helps to increase the aesthetic value of the wrapped gift in the eyes of the recipient. Creating craft bags for gifts with your own hands is not at all difficult, as is decorating them.

Kraft paper bag

Before you start following the master class on creating craft bags, you need to collect the following materials:

• sheet of kraft paper;
• scissors;
• glue;
• hole puncher;
• ribbon, lace or rope.

We place the sheet in front of us in landscape projection. We bend one of the side edges towards ourselves. The fold width is approximately 2 cm.

Turn the sheet over and coat the top fold with glue. Glue the opposite edge to the fold.

We bend the resulting part at the sides to give the bag a square shape.

Bend the bottom of the bag away from you, about 5 cm.

After this, we bend the corners on the fold again into triangles to the line of the previous fold.

The side walls of the bag are brought into a flat position, while the mentioned trapezoids are slightly bent in the middle.

To glue the bottom, glue is applied pointwise to the sides of the trapezoids and the space between them, after which the sides of the trapezoids are bent inward. First this is done for one side of the two trapezoids, then for the other.

After the glue dries, the bottom straightens - the bag can already stand on its own. The top of the bag should be slightly bent towards the bottom and holes should be made in it with a hole punch through which the ribbon for tying is threaded. You should get a craft package, as in the following photo:

You can create a craft package using the following template:

To make the top of a craft bag not folded, but with separate handles, you need to seal the edge of the top. To do this, at the beginning of the craft, you can wrap the paper inside out, gluing the resulting fold. After drying and making holes with a hole punch, you should pull the tape through the holes in a ring, tying it into a knot inside the bag, or make handles from two tapes tied inside in front of the holes in large knots.

In some homemade craft bags, in order to cover the seams of the bottom inside the product, a rectangle of paper or thick cardboard is placed according to the size of the bottom, but this is not necessary.

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The created craft bag can be decorated not only with various types of ties on the top, but also with other decorative elements.

You can apply your own design to the surface of the bag. Ink, charcoal, pastel, sepia, and sanguine are best suited for drawing on such a surface. The drawing can be either a solid composition or a set of small elements, as in the photo:

In addition to drawings, you can glue a variety of flat crafts onto paper, both from paper and from fabric, acrylic, etc.

The top of the bag can be left flat or grooved. The design with lace also looks very beautiful, in which you can paste it over a bag, or transfer a lace design to the surface of the paper using paint and a sponge.

Decorations can be made from craft paper using templates for patterns made from plain paper. Such decorations look like this:

You should never neglect natural materials when decorating craft bags: Christmas tree branches, pine cones, acorns on strings go perfectly with the light wood color of the paper.

Some aspects of the work

In order to decorate the surface of a craft bag with your own design or stamps, you need to start before gluing the bag itself, since the density of the material may prevent a full print imprint or extrusion of the design lines on the other side of the bag.

If the paper is wrinkled, you can straighten it in the following ways:

• sprinkle with purified water, place between two layers of water-absorbing material and place for several days under a heavy press, for example, under stacks of books;
• straighten with an iron, first covering the paper with a thin towel. In this case, the temperature should be varied gradually from low to high so as not to spoil the paper;
• “roll” the paper on the table using a hard cylindrical object, straighten the edges and corners by squeezing between the index finger and the blade of the scissors, which will even out most of the folds, but may make the surface of the paper round in relation to the plane.

In general, the main part in creating a good craft bag is gluing it, and the rest are an additional component of the process.

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Craft bags are quite easy to make with your own hands. There are several ways to do this that anyone with a little perseverance can handle.

Learn how to make practical craft bags with your own hands by gluing

The original purpose of craft bags is to sterilize medical instruments. These bags are waterproof, breathable, strong and durable. In the world of handicrafts, gift bags made from craft paper have acquired this name.

This paper is popular due to the durability and environmental friendliness of the material from which it is made, since, unlike polyethylene, it is easily recycled and decomposes. The most commonly found paper color is wood, but white is also available.

Consider a master class on making a gift bag. The easiest way to make a bag is gluing. To do this, you will need a sheet of paper, the format should be chosen in a suitable size, double-sided tape, which can be replaced with glue.

So, on one side you need to fold a sheet of paper with a width that is literally a couple of millimeters larger than the width of the tape. If glue is used, then determine the approximate width of the bend. Next, fold the paper in half so that the edge does not reach the end by 1-2 mm and does not overlap the fold made earlier. Using tape you need to glue the workpiece.

Then you need to determine the desired thickness of the package. You need to retreat this distance from the existing folds and make new ones, while it is important to maintain the parallelism of the lines. Bend the resulting side plane inward, aligning the side edges.

The next stage is the design of the bottom of the package. It is made according to the principle of an envelope. First you need to step back from the edge a distance approximately equal to the width of the side. At this level, the package should be bent first in one direction and then in the opposite direction. The short sides need to be wrapped inside the bag, and the long sides should be overlapped and glued.

We bend the top edge of the bag inward for greater accuracy and strength. We make holes for the handles using a hole punch or a needle. Handles can be made from ribbon. You can basically do without them, just wrap the bag several times and tie it with a ribbon.

When a piece of paper is used for production that is much larger than the required dimensions, a template should be used. It needs to be done by drawing it yourself, using the given dimensions.

In this lesson we'll look at making paper from homemade paper.

In order to make a craft bag, special paper is not always used. You use a regular A4 sheet, cling film, a paper napkin with a pattern, scissors and an iron.

The work surface needs to be covered with something, a prepared clean sheet should be placed on it, over which cling film is stretched. Separate the top layer with the pattern from the napkin. To simplify this task, you can heat the napkin with an iron. We place the design on top of the cling film; if there is any free space left, you can cover it with another layer of paper napkin or separate another design. We iron the resulting structure with an iron, paying special attention to the edges.

We get a fairly thick sheet of paper. The excess along the edges needs to be trimmed and additionally processed with an iron. From this sheet we make a package according to the principle described above.

Cone bag.

The previous methods describe the production of a bag that has the shape of a parallelepiped. You can make a cone-shaped bag. To do this, you will need thick, beautiful paper that can support the weight of the contents. Paper decor, for example, a butterfly, to which you need to attach a strip of sheet with words of wishes. Stapler and double-sided tape.

The sheet of paper needs to be rolled into a ball and the corner secured with tape. Place the gift and close with the free edge, which is fixed with a stapler. Don't forget to attach decor with congratulations.

Kraft paper bag by stitching.

If you need to make a large number of bags, then a sewing machine will come to the rescue. The paper must be immediately cut into rectangles with the required sides. The edge, which will later be the top of the bag, needs to be folded twice and sewn with a straight stitch on the machine. You can immediately sew on the main decorative elements.

Then the side seam is formed. With this manufacturing method, the thin bend is not hidden, but remains outside. You can experiment with the types of seams to determine the one that will provide maximum strength. Or you can fold the paper twice again. The sides of the package are formed as standard, as shown in the photo:

The bottom of the bag is folded in two steps and stitched by machine. Holes are made for the handles using a hole punch. The handles can be any suitable material.

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Oh, and making boxes got me hooked. So what to do? We, hand-makers, can’t live without boxes ;), and the New Year is just around the corner - gifts need an appropriate festive atmosphere. And yet, I will try to add some variety, without departing from solving the main task of these days - preparing for the New Year's celebrations. Today we will make gifts paper bags.

Frankly speaking, I would most likely lose sight of this topic, at least until the New Year. Still do paper bags I didn't have to. And the fact that paper bags that I made myself appeared here, to my complete surprise, is all thanks to you, dear friends. Your questions and wishes encourage me to take a closer look around and in a timely manner (as far as I can, of course) find solutions to pressing problems. In addition, expanding your own creative horizons is not only useful, but also extremely interesting. I hope that the results of my experiments with paper bags will be useful to you too.

Find the answer to the question how to make a paper bag, now it’s not at all difficult. The network is full of photo and video master classes on this topic. However, as a rule, the authors make packages, as they say, “by eye and by hand,” and they are great at it. But beginners often have to practice for a long time before the result pleases them with the accuracy of the shapes and lines.

We will take a slightly different path and, as usual, use templates. Let's add more work to the printer so it doesn't have to sit idle :)

Let's see how templates should be used in this case, using the example of the smallest paper bag (its dimensions: 75x110x20 mm).

To get started, download the template for it:

This template can be printed on either the front or back of paper.

As you can see, on my desktop, in addition to easily recognizable tools, there is a printed layout of the package, decorated in Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.

I used Lomond photo paper with a density of 120 g/m², and I must say that for bags of this size this density is more than enough.

In addition, since the bag will have handles, I prepared a hole punch and 2 pieces of decorative cord.

1. Cut out the development along the contour, turn it over and draw scoring lines along the ruler, connecting the marks remaining outside the contour.

By the way, exactly the same creasing method is applicable for a matchbox cover if it is decorated in a graphic editor (using template No. 2).

2. Bend the paper along the fold lines.

3. Apply a strip of double-sided tape like this:

And glue the edges of the development.

4. Form the bottom of the bag:

Now we glue it together using tape.

5. Wrap the top of the bag inside

and punch holes for the handles with a hole punch.

6. Insert the cords into the holes, tying knots at the ends.

To make the remaining three bags, I used designer paper made using the napkin technique.

This bag has handles cut out of paper.

I did them like this:

- cut out according to the printed template and punched (the dashed lines are visible here - this is from a preliminary version of the template),

- glued double-sided tape over the entire area of ​​the strip,

— I folded the edges towards the middle and glued them.

After that, I cut out 2 paper strips 1 cm wide and 7 cm long, and used them to glue the handles to the inside of the bag.

The template for this bag with paper pens (dimensions: 90x120x30 mm) can be downloaded here:

The decorative cord handles for the next package (dimensions: 90x165x30 mm) are attached in exactly the same way.

The template for this package is here:

The bag with the ribbon is also made according to the third template, and it closes like this:

At this stage, holes are punched:

I saw how to tie a ribbon in this video:

Good luck in preparing for the New Year!

And see you again in KARTONKINO!

How to make a paper bag with your own hands. Of course, it’s very easy to buy a paper gift bag in a store, but how nice it is to make a gift bag with your own hands in the size you need and decorate it the way you need. Do-it-yourself gift wrapping made in RETRO style is especially beautiful and fashionable today.

To do this, designers around the world use ordinary wrapping paper, twine and natural decorative elements, including lace, twigs, wood or. To make it easy for you to make a paper bag with your own hands, I offer the following Master Class on how to make a paper bag with your own hands.

You will need:

Wrapping paper

Double-sided tape (or regular office glue - pencil)

Scissors

Hole puncher

Twine (or ribbon, woolen threads)

Decorative elements for decoration

So, to start, cut a rectangular piece of wrapping paper. The size depends on your gift. If the paper is wrinkled, it must be ironed. In my case, I use a shopping paper bag, I ironed it with a very hot iron.

On one side, where the paper was folded 1 cm, we glue it with double-sided tape (or spread it with glue). We tear off the protective layer from the tape. Glue the two sides together, then draw the other side with your hand for a more precise bend.

Next, we turn our blank away from the bottom by 3-6 cm (depending on the width of your gift). We straighten it as shown in the photo. We bend the lower part again, and glue pieces of double-sided tape onto the upper part, as shown in the photo.

We tear off the protective layer of tape. We lower the upper part of the bottom of the paper bag down and smooth it with our hand.

Then we put our hand into the bag and straighten it a little, straighten the bottom of the paper bag, and press the side parts inward.

We make holes with a hole punch. Cut the handle for the bag to the required length. We tie a knot on one side, thread it through the holes and tie a knot on the other side.

Place the cut paper in front of you on a flat surface. Place it in landscape orientation, with the long sides at the top and bottom and the short sides at the left and right.

• After finishing the paper decorating process, you should make sure that all the artistic elements are dry and stuck.

Fold the bottom edge of the paper up 5 cm and press it flat. When finished, unfold it back. This will later become the bottom of the bag.

Place the sides of the bag together. Maintaining the landscape layout of the sheet while working with it, fold the sides as follows:

• Find the center points of the top and bottom. To do this, measure the distance using a ruler or simply take the paper, maintaining the orientation, and place the short sides together, pressing the fold lightly on the bottom and top of the paper to mark the center on each long side. Mark these places with a pencil.
• Place marks to the left and right of each center point at a distance of 13 mm. When finished, you should have a total of six marks: three on one long side, and three on the other.

Fold the sides of the bag into place. Be sure to maintain the landscape orientation as you work to fold the sides as follows

• Place the right edge against the leftmost mark and fold. After smoothing, unfold it back. Repeat the same with the opposite side.
• Turn the paper over, re-attach the left and right edges to the center and glue them together where they intersect. Make sure you fold exactly the same way as before (note that the folds will be on the other side). Let the glue dry completely before moving on to the next step.

Turn the bag over with the adhesive side facing in. Make sure one of the open sides is pointing towards you.

Fold the side folds inward like an accordion. You need to arrange the sides of the bag so that it opens into a rectangle.

• Using a ruler, measure about 3.8 cm from the left edge of the bag. Make a mark with a pencil.
• Place the left side fold of the bag against the inside of the bag. Do this while the previous mark you made is on the outside edge of the fold line.
• Fold the paper down so that the pencil mark lines up with the new folded edge. When smoothing the paper, try to maintain symmetry between the top and bottom edges.
• Repeat the procedure on the right side. When finished, the base of the bag should fold inward on both sides, like a shopping bag.

Prepare the bottom of the bag. To determine its location, find the fold lines that you made earlier - this will be the bottom. Keep the bag folded.

• Fold and seal the bottom of the bag. Once you have determined which side the bottom is on, fold it up.
• Bend the bag 10 cm from the bottom edge and fold it along this line.
• Open the package slightly, keeping the main part folded. The inner folds of the bag should open to form a rectangle. Inside on each side you should have a triangle folded from paper.

Finish the bottom of the bag. You will need to fold several sides towards the center. Focus on their triangular shape so that the bottom is even.

• Fold the left and right sides of the open square down. Use the outer edges of the triangle as a guide. When you're finished, the bottom will be shaped like an elongated octagon - it will have 8 sides instead of the 4 it had before.
• Fold the bottom of the octagon up toward the center of the bottom of the bag.
• Fold the top of the octagon down toward the center of the bottom of the bag. The bottom should now be neatly closed; glue the intersecting edges and let them dry.