Recycled Magazine Gift Bag

Have lots of magazines (or newspapers) laying around.. and not sure what to do with them? Make a weaved gift bag! This was a fairly easy project that cost me zero dollars, but a few hours in time. 

Materials needed:
-10-15 Magazine pages 
-Tape/glue/stapler 
-Cutting board/rotary knife/scissors
-Ribbon for handles
-Modge Podge (optional)

Step 1: Cutting!

Rip out pages from your magazine (I used about 15 pages) Sticking to a colour theme is a cool idea but not necessary. Cut the pages into strips, the width depends on how big you want the weave to be. I cut mine to 1.5" and the weave was fairly small. I suggest 2-2.5" if you don't want to spend twice as much time on this! (aka laziness! =] )

Cutting the strips is MUCH easier with a cutting board or a rotary knife. But if you're skilled with a regular knife, that will work too.

Comments

[kathynv]

Very cool. If you're making this to give a bottle of wine, I'd use pages from a Wine Connoisseur magazine, or perhaps just Gourmet. Terrific idea, and I ought to start making them now, to make sure I'm not going crazy at holiday time. Thank you for sharing the instructions with us.

[susanrm]

Beautiful, and would go great with my magazine gift wrap! I may combine the ideas myself.

[canucksgirl]

Congrats on the home page feature! I see both you and I are sitting near each other on the home page. - Mine is the "Finnish Paper Star" 

Great Job! :)

[sunshiine]

This is something I really want to make. Thanks for sharing.
Have a splendorous day! Sunshiine

[SunshineLover]

Cool! Hope you have fun with it!

-From one sunshine to another =)

[sunshiine]

Thanks sunshinelover! Yes, I will be making a lot of these. Such a clever packaging idea. Have a super day! Sunshiine

[Penolopy Bulnick]

That looks great and so sturdy! I have more magazines than I can count. I know what I'm doing with them now.

[SunshineLover]

Yay for recycling !

[canucksgirl]

Very nice. This is similar to a design I have made many times.

I'm still new to ibles, and haven't had time to publish mine, but when I do I'll share the link with you if you want to see it. I think you might like it.

Thanks for sharing!

[SunshineLover]

Looking forward to seeing it!