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Hello in this tutorial I show you how to make a simple gift bag
Material
paper sheets, it can be colored sheets or the decorative paper of craftingeek
glue stick and optional: stickers or tape
take 1 sheet and put it horizontally
take both edges of the sides and take them to the center
put 1 half over the other half leaving a space aprox. 1 cm
mark the fold on both sides
you must have something like this
take the largest half and put glue in the edge
glue it over the other half
fold the right side inward
the fold must have the width you want your bag
when you have it, mark the fold
do the same on the other side, take the left edge and take it inward
when you have the width of the same size of the other, mark the fold
unfold, you must have this
the sheet glued in half and 2 folds on both sides
take the bag and stretch it, you´ll realize that you have 3 folds
1 up, 1 in the middle and 1 down
accommodate the folds to have the middle one folded inward
fold the first outward, the second inward and the third outward
you must have this
do the same on the other side
when you have it, make a fold in the bottom of approx. 5 cm
take the edge and fold up, make sure to fold well
open the bag and accommodate to have straight folds to form a rectangular shape
you should have something like this
take this line to this, make a triangular fold
this part is difficult and it might you won´t have the result at first, try it many times and it will be better
mark the fold when are aligned, you´ll have a triangular shape
do the same on the other side
you must have these two triangular shapes, fold inward
and put glue stick to glue them
make sure to glue well, use your hand or any other object to press
ready, the bag should look like this
put the join of the 2 sheets in front, I got wrong here but you do it this way
push the edges down, pressing toward the bottom
when you get there push the base towards you
maybe at the first time it´s not well aligned, no problem
you have the bag
insert the gift
to close, take the bag and check, the front must be flat, where there is not the join of the 2 sheets
take the top and fold back like this
to close this part you can use ribbon, stickers or do what I´ll do
with a perforator, make a figure with cardstock and glue
you can also make the bag with decorative paper of craftingeek, just cut the blanks and do the same procedure
when you finish, you can decorate as you like, use ribbon, figures of paper and everything you want
now you don´t have to buy the bags, DIY
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