Hi creative friends, today I have a used calendar that is no longer used. I had the idea to make it into a paper bag, rather than throwing it away. It's not bad that we can use this beautiful used calendar paper into items that can be reused. Usually I buy one paper bag for Rp. 5000,- or more, some even up to Rp. 15,000, around USD 1, so making it myself can save my money hahaha..
It's very easy to make and doesn't use a lot of ingredients. Just used calendar paper, scissors, double tip and duct tape.
OK, now let's just make a paper bag from the used calendar.
I used 2 used calendar sheets to make 1 paper bag. Incidentally, my used calendar is quite large. Actually, the size of the bag matches the calendar paper we have. And here I made the paper bag without using a measuring stick, I just made an estimate according to my wishes. No hassle measuring to make it.
Well, first I cut off the top of the calendar to remove the hardened end of the calendar to attach it to the wall.
After that, I put a double tip on the left side of the calendar and then attached it to the right side so that it joined together and made the calendar paper into a round shape.
Next, I made the bottom of the paper bag by joining the bottom of the round paper together using a double tip. The method is to fold approximately a quarter of the length of the paper. Then unfold the paper by making a triangle at the right and left ends. You can pay attention to the picture, to make it clearer.
After that, fold the bottom side towards the middle and add a double tip, then fold the top side over the double tip so that it sticks together and doesn't come off. Then tidy it up.
After the bottom of the paper bag is finished, now we trim the sides by folding it, joining the right and left parts so that the paper bag becomes a rectangular shape. If you don't understand my explanation, you can look at the photo to understand it better.
Now that the paper bag is shaped, next I will tidy up the top of the paper bag so that it looks beautiful, I folded about 5 cm of calendar paper, and folded it inside out, apart from making it look neat the top also becomes sturdier.
After the paper bag is finished, I will make a rope from the second calendar paper. I cut the length of the calendar paper, no big problem, I cut about 3 cm, then cut it again into three parts, after that I crumpled the paper that had been cut earlier so that it was easy to braid. After crumpling each part of the paper, now I braided the paper, then taped both ends, making a rope from the braided paper, I made 2 pieces and then I used them to make a rope to hold the paper bag. The way to do this is to make a hole in the top of the paper using a hole punch on the right and left sides then insert the string. Do the same thing on the other part.
Now the paper bag is ready. To beautify my paper bag, I also gave it a beautiful ribbon that I made from calendar paper and attached it to the front of my paper bag.
How? Make it easy. Not bad, from used calendars we can make beautiful paper bags that we can use.
Hopefully it's useful, thank you. Regards.
