shopping bag wallet (no sew, all iron!)

Let's make a wallet from the shopping bag you were about to throw out. Yeah I see you. Stop being so wasteful.

Step 1 Supplies

You'll need this stuff (or these stuffz);

1. Plastic bag
2. Iron
3. Printer paper
4. Pen
5. Scissors
6. Tape


You're going to need a plastic bag. You can do this with grocery store bags but you'll have to layer it so many times that it becomes impractical. I really like to use retail clothing store plastic bags. They're really nice and heavy. Because a wallet doesn't have to deal with a whole lot of stress you can get away with just doing a double layer if you have one of these plastic bags. Also you're going to need printer paper. You can try to use something else to protect your iron and ironing board but printer paper works really well. If you are going to try to use something else make sure that it doesn't have any print. Print will transfer onto the plastic. Lastly, the tape we're going to use needs to be easy to remove.

Comments

[rhino21]

I found that if you use grocery store bags, they aren't necessarily smooth enough to iron so I had to press the iron on the bags, take it off, and continue.

[teemoneyy]

love your tattoos

[Lego man]

Hay thats another thing I could recommend in my Instructable.

[redhedinsanity]

A really good way to keep things clean and sticky-free (better than printer paper in my opinion) is placing the plastic between two sheets of waxed paper before ironing. It's perfect. And garbage bags will do the same, you just have to iron them for a little longer.

[steven07]

Cool You think a garbage bag wallet will work?

[jrasor]

it might work. it seems like garbage bags might get sticky as they become hot. it would be harder to control what the bag is sticking to. if you give it a try please let me know how it turns out.

[turbotron]

awesome idea and great instructions. i'm gonna give it a shot. have you tried making one with an extra layer so you get another pocket?

[jrasor]

i was really trying to keep this thing paper thin so i wanted as few layers as possible. the two pockets are not only useful but provide the structure. if you're going to try to add another pocket i would suggest that you cut yourself a third piece just for that pocket and to make that your first attachment. thanks for your feedback!