little party bags

YOU WILL NEED

Cardboard

Scissors

Glue

Ruler

Pencil

Decorations and buttons

Cord or ribbon

METHOD

NOTE: You can make the pattern larger or smaller; shorter or taller.

Cut out the pattern and make the folds on the dotted lines and the slits to make the tabs.

The tabs will be at the bottom of the pattern (the bottom of the bag).

Put a small amount of glue on the underside of tabs 1 and 2.

Fold the bag and adhere the small tabs 1 and 2 to the centre longer tab 3.

Run a thin line of glue on the underside edge of the remaining long bottom tab 4.

Glue tab 4 to the bottom of the bag.

Run a thin line of glue along the outside of tab 5 (running the height of the pattern) and glue the bag shut.

You can glue bag handles to the inside top of the bag on each side, or punch holes and thread the handles through. You might instead like to try cord, ribbon, string, twine or wool.

And finally, decorate the front of the bag with button blooms.