Did you spend so much money on your significant other’s Valentine’s Day gift that you are too broke to buy a gift bag or card? Well lucky for you, with some recycled materials you can make your own!
Gift Bag
You’ll need a newspaper, some tape, and ribbon for the handle.
1.) Take two pages of newspaper and lay them out horizontally.
2.) Fold the paper in one inch on the right side.
3.) Take the far left side of the paper and fold it over so it covers three-quarters of the previous fold. Press down to make a crease.
4.) Shift the top layer of the now folded paper over two inches to the right. Crease on both sides.
5.) Shift the layer back to the centre and then two inches to the left. Crease on both sides.
6.) Fold the bottom of the paper up about four inches and crease.
7.) Separate the two layers of the folded bottom and make a triangle. Repeat on the other side.
8.) Fold the top of this section down to the middle fold. Repeat with the other side.
9.) Tape the bottom pieces together and then open the bag.
10.) Add a cardboard bottom and ribbon handles if you want to.
Envelope
You’ll need a page from a magazine and some tape.
1.) Pick a page from your favourite magazine and rip it out.
2.) Fold the long edges over onto the side you don’t want to show.
3.) Fold three-quarters of the page up from the bottom.
4.) Tape along the edges of the fold.
5.) Fold the corners of the top in to create a triangle. Tape both sides down.
6.) Fold the top down over and crease.
