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Here, yous'll notice over 35 fun newspaper bag crafts for kids to make! Pick up a package of paper bags and keep them stashed in your craft room! Your kids can make so many absurd things with them!

Bet y'all never knew in that location were so many cool things you lot could make with a newspaper bag!  In this collection you'll observe paper handbag crafts for all seasons and for all ages.  Yeah, at that place are even some classy means for y'all to use a paper bag, Mom!

As y'all know, nosotros dear to craft with recyclables here in my home daycare.  Information technology keeps our crafting costs down, and it's meliorate for the environment when nosotros arts and crafts with items that would be thrown in the trash otherwise.  It also makes it very easy to pull a arts and crafts together when you don't have to run to the craft store to purchase your materials.

Today, I'chiliad going to show y'all a ton of crafts that you lot can make grocery bags, lunch bags or whatever paper handbag y'all happen to have on hand.

In my stash of craft supplies, I always have a variety of paper bags because they're and so versatile when crafting.  They're potent and sturdy, you tin can paint them and colour them, and all-time of all, you tin can scrunch and twist them into but well-nigh any shape you lot want.

I'm actually really excited about this round-up! I started off wanting to share our own paper purse crafts with you lot, and and then I got poking around the internet looking for more than to add together to the collection, and HOLY MOLY!  In that location are a ton of fabulous newspaper handbag crafts out at that place!  I remember of all the craft round-ups I've worked on over the years, this one has been the most fun to pull together!

So without further ado,  I bring you…

35+ Very Cool Things to Make with a Paper Bag!

Delight click on the links below the images to go the details instructions for each arts and crafts.

We've made a number of head pieces over the years out of paper numberless.

Our paper purse tiara turned out beautifully.  The preschoolers glued artificial flowers to a rolled upward paper bag to make them.  They're perfect for dress-up play.

Our mermaid crown is another newspaper bag head piece that the hooligans employ for dress-up play.  A newspaper bag, some paint and a few shells, and raffia are all you'll need to make 1.

And our monster or alien head piece makes a not bad improver to a Halloween costume.

And speaking of costumes…

Pop over to Red Ted Art to find out how to make this crawly Wild Thing Paper Bag Mask and her Frankenstein mask as well!

And speaking of Halloween, here are some really cute means to use newspaper numberless for your Halloween festivities!

If you're property a Halloween political party or just giving out special treats to the kids y'all know at the door on Halloween dark, these Halloween Treat Bags are fun to make and give. – Crafts By Amanda

Brand these charming, little Paper Bag Bowls to concur your halloween treats! – The Long Thread

Have your kids use smaller newspaper purse to make a drove of quirky Halloween Mitt Puppets. – Crafts Past Amanda

Make a 3-dimensional paper bag pumpkin to sit on your front porch or to apply as a decorative fall centerpiece.  – Fun Family Crafts

And speaking of fall…

Utilize a paper bag to make a vibrant fall wreath to hang on your front door. – CBC Parents

Apply a paper bag and a handful of painted puzzle pieces to brand a colourful fall tree craft.  It's always overnice to find a use for a puzzle that's missing some of its pieces! – I Heart Crafty Things

Nosotros made this puffy paper purse heart terminal Valentine's Day.  Sewing the bag shut helps little hands practice their beginner sewing skills. Dandy for fine motor evolution. – Happy Hooligans

Paper bag nests are really quick and easy to make.  You can paint them or leave them equally is.  They're slap-up when you need a nest to proceed with a bird craft. – Happy Hooligans

Arrrr, Matey, do you want to brand a paper pocketbook pirate puppet?  Well, you're in luck!  Crafts By Amanda will evidence you how!

And here's a paper pocketbook treasure map sensory bin action!  It'south kind of similar an I Spy game!  How fun is this?  Kids Love pirates and treasure maps! – Counting Coconuts

Check out this gorgeous paper bag/gift bag over at Claudia Rosa's!  If you lot're into flake-booking, you'll take no problem turning a paper bag into a gift bag that's a gift in itself! – Rosa

Now here'south an idea I'd never thought of earlier!  Use a newspaper bag every bit an art sail!  Of course!  You could frame it, embrace a book in it, or turn information technology into a piece of custom gift-wrap. – PamGarrison.com

And, speaking of gift wrap… I honey how a few scraps of material and lace turn a brown purse into a charming and rustic wrap job.  – Tweelingen Pattern (The site is not in English language, merely information technology's gorgeous so accept a expect around).

Look at these incredible paper purse sunflowers!  They'd be beautiful every bit a fall decoration at home or in a girl'due south bedroom.  They'd be lovely in a classroom too.  They're actually quite like shooting fish in a barrel to brand!  Jennifer Decorates will show you lot how.

And hither'due south a paper bag windsock that even our youngest crafters can get artistic with. – From ABC's to ACT's

Immature children will love this ane as well.  A stuffed paper apple that can double as a festive fall brandish when your child has finished lacing information technology up. – Buggy and Buddy

Make paper handbag fruit for your play kitchen or to brandish in your own kitchen! – Krokatak

With these lunch pocketbook maracas, niggling kids can cheer on the team, brand noise at a political party or play in a musical band with their friends.  – Fun Family Crafts

And, speaking of parties, here are a couple of terrific paper bag political party ideas:

Turn a small paper bag into The Hulk and fill him upwardly with treats or party favour for a child's altogether party. – Crafts past Amanda

If your child wants a piñata just you lot don't want the added expense, make your ain piñata from a newspaper purse!  Tin yous judge what Carmine Ted Art used for the feathers and fur on the pinatas above?

These twisted paper pocketbook trees are just the best, aren't they?  We have a:

Snowy Winter Tree from Crayon Box Chronicles

A blustery Autumn Tree from Crafts by Amanda, and

a paper bag Easter tree that your kids can decorate with minor homemade ornaments.

Did you know y'all could pop popcorn in a brownish newspaper bag?  I had no inkling until recently.  All you need is a handbag and your kernels!  How cool is that? – Bless This Mess Please

Wouldn't this paper bag turkey exist a show-stopping centerpiece for your Thanksgiving tabular array?  It would be an attention-getting treat for a class party too!  – Martha Stewart

If your class is learning about Native American art, have a look at the paper purse tepees made by Mr. Giannetto's Class 1 class!  – Fine art with Mr. Giannetto

Make a bound notebook or a journal out of a chocolate-brown bag!  It takes only 5 minutes to make, and you can personalize it with your own artwork.  – The House that Lars Built

And of form – one of the well-nigh classic uses for a dark-brown paper purse… Oh, this 1 brings dorsum memories! Call back doing this in school?  I couldn't discover a source for this photograph, but I fell in love with information technology, and so delight do tell me if it's yours.  I'll exist happy to give you a shoutout here and link to your web log post.  In the meantime, you can notice out how to make a simple paper bag volume encompass here, at Wiki How.

I adore the well-baked, make clean simplicity of these paper handbag vases.  They brand cute accept-home favours for guests at a wedding or a formal reception.  Pop on over to Project Hymeneals to learn how to make them.

Here's an awesome unicorn horn made from a newspaper bag!  Smashing for pretend play, Halloween costumes and fairy parties. – Red Ted Art

Make a paper purse kite on a breezy day and take it exterior to see if you tin fly it. The winding handle makes this kite fun, and is great for developing dexterity and co-ordination.

And my last paper pocketbook activeness is really creative, and a whole lot of fun!  We turned a brown bag into a sorcerer's chapeau, and filled it with all kind of magic-making accessories.  The hooligans often use this homemade magic kit to put magic shows on for each other here in my daycare.  You can read all about what we filled the hat with and how the hooligans play with this this magic kit right here on my web log.

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Jackie is a mom, wife, home daycare provider, and the artistic spirit behind Happy Hooligans. She specializes in kids' crafts and activities, easy recipes, and parenting. She began blogging in 2011, and today, Happy Hooligans inspires more than two million parents, caregivers and Early Years Professionals all over the world.

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