I've been asked to make 'recycled' gift bags with a school next week. I have an hour and a half session booked, with 15 children. As I'm not sure how long the bags will take I thought I'd better have some other options up my sleeve.
Lucy told me about this fab tutorial and I just had to give it a go.
The Argos Christmas catalogue :
...with it's friend - Sainsbury's magazine:
I found a great tutorial for the gift bags here. I used two layers of newspaper to make mine and reinforced the base and 'the bit that the handle goes through' (very technical term!!) with cardboard.
I found a great tutorial for the gift bags here. I used two layers of newspaper to make mine and reinforced the base and 'the bit that the handle goes through' (very technical term!!) with cardboard.
I also found a tutorial (you need Adobe reader to open this one) for a really easy bag made from an A4 envelope.
Thanks to Ali for posting her great origami wreath tutorial I have another option if we need to fill the time. These are made with the weekend travel section of M-I-L's newspaper.
Thanks to Ali for posting her great origami wreath tutorial I have another option if we need to fill the time. These are made with the weekend travel section of M-I-L's newspaper.
I've since made another 10 of these using some lovely old yellowed pages from a very decrepit encyclopedia...but no photo thanks to a very grey and dismal day.
Tomorrow's my day off and I have another girly present to make for another girly birthday party.....but I just want to knit socks.....
xxxxx
I may just spend the rest of my life making those triffic trees!chriest
ReplyDeleteoops sorry! I seem to have included the word ver!!
ReplyDeleteThat's going to be a fun workshop!
ReplyDeleteOooh, can grownups come too? I promise to help a little bit ...
ReplyDeleteCool trees and so simple. I'm making a forest!
ReplyDeleteOh wow - thanks for all the triffic linky tutorials. Those magazine trees and bags are brilliant. What a clever old Hector you are.
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Fab trees! I've bookmarked that tutorial but haven't gotten round to actually making them yet. I think today may be the day that I do! And the gift bags look great too. What a pity I've already bought my Christmas wrapping paper!!
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We have been making those trees from Lilly's tutorial too, my daughter took hers into school and next week has to show her class how to make them!
ReplyDeleteFabulous job! I love all this recycled Christmas stuff!
ReplyDeleteTrees and bags are fabulous... more stuff bookmarked to do before Christmas.... How many days left???
ReplyDeletenoooo, don't show me more cool things to try and make!
ReplyDeletei love those catalogue trees - they are a brilliant idea! you are going to have a great workshop - can i skive off and come?!!
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That's some fabulous makerage missus! It certainly cheered me up at work today - wish mine was the kind of dream job where you get to play at making things, I had to make myself a mini origami fortune teller out of a yellow post-it to soothe my shattered nerves this morning but it's not quite the same thing is it?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely want to have a go with those bags!
Locket xxx
Ooh, love those newspaper bags and trees - this post should have been called 'the green queen does christmas' - so much recycled magic! Thanks for the top links mrs moog xxxx
ReplyDeleteYe old bag - wot a great make!
ReplyDeleteI found the christmas tree tutorial too but haven't yet found time to have a go. I think I chucked out the old argos catalogue the other day so will have to find something else to make one with.
I thought Trashy was getting in the Christmas spirit with her comment.
Ally x
OOh! Thank you for all the tutes and links. I'm definitley going to try some of those! Hope your gift bag class goes well.
ReplyDeleteI'm so pleased for you that the job is going well! :o)
Have fun making gift bags! Thanks for all the links. Great green stuff! My daughter will love to do some of these with her students.
ReplyDeleteOh, those trees are nifty. Just the thing for watching TV.
ReplyDeleteOoohhh wow those are fab ideas. I think my recycling collector will be relieved when I try these out with my numerous catalogues.
ReplyDeleteBut you are naughty too just like MRs Locket as there are now even more things to be made before Christmas!
Good luck wi5th the tute.
Kaz xx
Love the trees ...thanks for all the great links. Good luck.... not sure I could cope with 15 children.
ReplyDeleteHi I like recycling to. I have just posted a bauble tutorial using old Christmas cards. Though you may well have made them already!
ReplyDeleteRight on with reading your blog.
Clare
Its me again.
ReplyDeleteI do love your blog especially the fabric tubs, you are so talented.
Imagine my surprise when I recognised the New Forest, my patch!
Clare x
Very cool crafts!!!!
ReplyDeleteoooh...thanks for those links, I think my daughter and I will be making the bags and trees!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, we used to make trees just like those out of old Reader's Digest magazines! Thanks for the memory!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to make the bags!
love these ideas! I have just written a blog post about using recycled paper to make gift bows if you want to take a look.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I bought some gifts from Bishopston Trading last year and they pack all your purchases in a recycled newspaper bag.
here's a photo of it
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pouch_designs/2298618446
thanx for all this tuto ... your christmas tree is superb !
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