Saturday, June 05, 2010

Origami Gift Bag Tutorial

Origami Gift Bag
This very pretty bag requires 1 sheet of square paper and a bunch of easy folds. I used 6cm handmade Japanese origami paper. The completed bag measures 5.3cm x 1.4cm x 5cm. If you would like a larger bag, simply start with a larger piece of paper. Use the tutorial below to make your own.

Origami Gift Bag
The little cotton handle is recycled from my string and ribbon box, it was part of a price tag. No scissors were used, the 2 holes for the handle were made with a hole punch.

Origami Gift Bag
A couple of dabs of a glue stick are handy on the inside of the bag. Please check out my video; let me know what you think.

Tutorial: Origami Gift Bag

48 comments:

  1. Your bag is pretty and easy to make , I love these type of small crafty projects.. love it..

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    Check my there if you have time ...Love

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  2. thanks Farah, & thank you for joinging my blog!

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  3. Your bag is very easy to make and I have been making them like crazy! I will be posting it in my <a href="http://origamiaday.wordpress.com>blog</a> and linking back to your tutorial. Please do let me know if this will be fine.
    Thanks
    Pearlie.

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  4. Glad to hear it Pearlie! I shall look forward to seeing it posted on your blog.

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  5. I have been looking for a tutorial on making origami gift bags. This is perfect!

    Thank you so much for posting the video-pictures/images/videos work so much better for origami.

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  6. My video has no sound, but this was very clear. Thank you.

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  7. that's great, I love it!! and can't stop making it... thanks for sharing

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  8. hi deb gint could not find you at handmadebydeb@ymail.com hope all is well are you getting a but load of snow.your boxs look great

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  9. thank you Aaron? great to hear from you
    try again handmadebydeb@ymail.com is correct

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  10. Thanks Deb been looking for a while for an easy way to make gift bags and this method is great. Your tutorial is so easy to follow and I was so impressed with the results I got on my first try. Keep up the good work and i`m sure I will be following your tutorials from now on.Thanks again Anita x

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  11. Thank you Anita, great to hear from you!

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  12. I love this!!!!!! :D i really needed to make a paper bag very urgently, this really helped!! Thanksss! :)

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  13. Wonderful gift bag, thanks for the tutorial

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  14. Looks like a fun project and the tutorial makes it look easy.

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  15. Always enjoy your tutorials. I saw this one a while back and gave it a try. I am happy to say that my bag turned out pretty good for a first try.

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  16. Thanks you for the clear details. It is lovely.

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  17. This is so cute. I love making something like this to put your gift inside; makes the gift extra special!

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  18. I have so much costume jewellery that I never wear. I think I will make some of these bags for giving them away. I have a small stash of pretty paper that I can use.
    MPaula

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  19. Thanks for your great explanation on how to do this!! You are so talented!! Rita Spratlen

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  20. Love these small crafty projects so much fun to try with my granddaughter

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  21. So beautiful! Thanks for sharing on how to make this!!

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  22. Colourful and oriental design for a gift bag

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  23. I loved watching you make the Origami Gift Bag and you make it looks so easy. This is something I think some of my grandchildren would love making.

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  24. OMGosh..who'd have thought it could be easy...I haven't tried it yet because I don't have pretty enough paper, but I'm going to for sure! Thank you!!!

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  25. will make some of these! love them!

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  26. love this. very pretty and easy to make

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  27. I like easy-to-make projects like this.

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  28. So beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

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  29. I like the design and how you are making the bag, looks easy to do. So we need to try to make it with help of your video!

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  30. I like the pattern of the one they made Rosanne

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  31. This is great- beautiful and easy enough that I'd be willing to try. Thank you for sharing this.

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  32. Our daughter would love this beautiful bag. She would like that it is easy to make.

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  33. How beautiful! I have always enjoyed origami, soothing.

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  34. I really love the pretty red paper.

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  35. I could always use nice bags for gift-giving!

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  36. This looks like lots of fun to make and maybe not too hard! Very personal bag!

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  37. These are a great idea for the little gifts I am always sending to my grandchildren. I do needle felting little animals and send them once a month. Now I will have little bags to put them in!

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  38. That's beautiful! This is something I'd like to learn how to do.

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  39. This looks like a pretty bag to make and relatively easy. The tutorial was helpful in visualizing the process.

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  40. Started making these bags will use them for Christmas gifts.

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