Q&A for How to Make a Paper Bag

It depends what type of bag you are making. If you are making a plain bag, like a lunch bag, you'd want to use brown craft paper or butcher paper. If you are making a fancy bag, like a gift bag, you'd want to use nicer paper, such as wrapping paper. If you are making a small, fancy bag, you can use colorful scrapbook paper instead.

Yes, it will hold up better. When you make the holes, put your nail down the crease to get it deeper.

Absolutely. Make your bag as fancy as you want!

You can decorate it with stickers, gems, markers, and decals. You can also cut the top into a scallop pattern or something similar.

It depends on what paper you use. If it's thick card stock, use craft/wood glue. If it's normal paper, use standard school glue.

You can use any kind of string or rope and then cover it with paint or wrapping paper, or whatever you think will look good.

You can get the materials from a craft store. They should have all the things you'll need.

You can, but it is flimsy. A bag made from newspaper may not hold up very well.

Yes, but it would be plain and small. It also may not have a neat finish to it.

Yes, just be careful not to fill it with anything that's too heavy.

Yes you can use cartridge sheet but covering that might not give you a clean finish.

It doesn't really matter, you can use any color.

Yes, but the bag will be very small.

No, it will not be very strong.

You can use construction paper for more stability. It also depends on the object you want to put in the bag, as if it is a heavy object you would need something sturdier to hold up to it.

Use thicker paper like card stock or construction paper. If you don't have any, you can stick with using stronger glue, like wood glue or rubber cement, to seal up the edges and glue the paper. To make the bag stronger, you could also paint the bag with a thin layer of school glue to seal any cracks.

If you spray it with something scented, then the paper bag should be able to absorb some of the scent.

Ribbons work well, as they are quite strong. Just make sure the bag isn't too heavy.

Any type of paper can be used, but you will want to make sure it is thick enough to not tear when you put items in your bag. Scrapbook paper or origami paper are both good for gift bags. Brown butcher paper is useful for lightweight lunch bags. You could even use printer paper for light items.

All you have to do is repeat the steps until you have the quantity of paper bags you want.

Many craft stores sell their craft paper and decorations in bulk, so purchasing these to make the paper bags would be a lot easier.

The only limits you have when it comes to designing things out of paper are the limits of your imagination. You can make anything you can think of!

Yes, but it won't be very durable.

Yes, you can. However, your bag won't be very strong.

Yes, you can use whatever kind of paper you would like.

Yes, you can.

Yes, you can.

There is no reason why not, it really depends on the look you're going for, or what you have.

You can use a smaller sheet instead of the size given here, and reduce the size of the base.

Yes, you can.