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Recycled newspaper project

IT’S good to recycle so after reading this newspaper use it to make some gift bags.

You will need:

Newspaper, scissors, glue, ruler, cardboard, hole punch, cord or ribbon

To craft:

From a sheet of newspaper, cut out a rectangle that’s 40cm wide and 21cm tall (you can vary the dimensions to make different sized bags).

Fold a flap 3cm down from the top. Fold a flap 5cm up from the bottom.

Then measure off and make vertical folds. The front and back panels are 12cm wide, the sides are 7cm wide, and you’ll need a 2cm flap for gluing the bag together. 12cm-7cm-12cm-7cm-2cm Glue the top flap down along the length of the bag.

Put glue on the outside of the 2cm tab and bring the left-most panel over to form the body of the bag, aligning the cut edge of the panel with the folded edge of the flap.

To form the bottom of the bag, upend the bag so the 5cm flap is now up.

Fold the short sides inward as if you were wrapping a present.

Put glue on both long flaps and fold them inward. Standing the bag upright and pressing down from the inside will help to secure them.

Cut a piece of cardboard to fit the bottom of the bag to reinforce it and hide the flaps.

Punch holes in the rim of the bag and string some cord or ribbon through the holes to form handles. Knot each end of the cord/ribbon so it won’t pull out through the holes.