Packed Lunch Gift Bag

Another very quick idea and so simple, so I apologise beforehand as I am probably teaching grandma to suck eggs ……. but it’s keeping the blog posts flowing …….

This really was a real rush job, as I needed to gift wrap a jar containing 50p’s as a present for my friends son very quickly, so another apology for the tag not being perfectly centred!!!!

I used a brown paper lunch bag that I have had for years, so long that I just cannot remember where I originally got them, but I found these on e-bay …. however, I have not used this seller so if you make a purchase you do so at your own risk.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25-BROWN-PAPER-PACKED-LUNCH-SANDWICH-BAGS-/230770207017?pt=UK_Packaging_Materials&hash=item35baf9e929

I have simply folded the top of the bag over a couple of times and then punched a hole through the layers, roughly in the centre to thread through the tag string, knotting it at the back …… simples!

With a little more time, effort and artistic flair there is no end to the ways you could embellish this sort of packaging.

Easter Egg/Lunch Bag

As I am being very careful with money this year I begrudge paying more than a pound for a bag just to put an Easter Egg or small present in, no matter how lovely.

So these are two I have made using paper sandwich/lunch bags from Home Bargains. They only cost £1 for a pack of 10, bargaintastic! I’ve just added die cut flowers with a flat backed pearl centre and a bit of doodling. Each bag has probably cost me no more than 35p, which means I have more money to spend on Easter goodies.

It would also be a cute bag for a child to take their last packed lunch in before they break up for the Easter holidays. The Poundshops have some lovely large puffy Easter sticker at the moment which could easily be used instead of the flowers.