How to Upgrade a Brown Paper Bag

This step-by-step guide will show you how to spruce up a plain brown paper bag into a gift-worthy container for the holidays. I came up with the idea when I had to wrap baggies of Oreo balls for my suitemates but didn't have fancy bags and didn't want lumpy presents. Most of the materials are household objects, the other materials aren't that expensive, and it's a great way to use scraps from wrapping other presents.

Active time working: 10 to 20 minutes, depending on intricacy of decorations.
Passive time: 4 hours

Materials required: brown paper bag, wrapping paper, 3D paint, marker, scissors, glue (a glue stick works best but liquid works as well)

Step 1 Cut Out and Arrange the Design

Cut out a design or two from your wrapping paper. If it has pictures or individual designs, you can either cut them out along their edges or cut shapes around them (like the rectangle shown).

Otherwise, feel free to cut out your own design on a regular patterned paper such as polka dots or stripes. You could even make snowflakes! I like this Instructable on making them have 6 points instead of 8.