Make your own plastic tote bag from recycled plastic bags

Step 3 Making The Handles

I made my handles with long cuts of plastic by cutting the bags longwise without cutting the ink areas out you can get plastic strips long enough to make strong handles.

First gather six long strips and tie a knot where you would like the handle to start and tie another where you would like the handle to end.

I take a single strip and wrap it around plastic strips starting at one knot and ending at the other knot.

With your iron on low cover the middle handle area between knots with foil and make a couple passes over the foil. Be careful not to touch the unprotected plastic with the iron.

Take a look at your progress if it looks like the layers are fused together flip the handle over and iron the other side.