How to Make a wrapping paper bag for Valentine's Day

Firstly, cut a piece of craft paper, I usually use 2 to 3 times the size of the gift.

Fold it leaving just half an inch at the end.

Then fold that half-inch over the previews one and glue them. You can use glue or double sided tape.

Make sure no glue leaks on the inside and let it dry for a few minutes.

Now fold each side of the bag in the same width. In this case, I folded in 2 inches. A trick I use is I fold it both ways so it is easy to manipulate it in the next step.

Using the folding lines tuck down each side.

Now, you should have something like this:

Now fold the bottom of the bag in about 1/3 of the height.

I stopped here to decorate. I did it here so I know the structure of the bag while painting.

Unfold the bag and get your heart cutout shape, paint, and sponge.

Put some paint on a piece of paper/paper plate.

Touch the paint with the sponge and get rid of the excess tapping on the paper

Using your cutout as your template, tap around the edges on top of your paper bag.

The fun part is that it doesn’t have to be perfect!

Do it with the red and white paint playing around with positions and overlapping them.

Let it dry for about one hour.

This is a messy work haha. But that’s the best part!

Make sure to wash your hands before continuing though.

Okay Back to the folding part. Remember we left it folding 1/3 of the height of the bag?

Good!

Open the bottom still folded and fold the inner parts like in the pictures.

Make sure the line that goes in the center keeps going straight from end to end along with the folding inner line.

Then fold the lateral sides towards the center again following the folding center line creating a diamond shape like follows:

Then fold the flaps inwards one overlapping the other, like this

Glue the flaps making sure not to stick to the inside parts. The bag wouldn’t open.

My trick is I only apply glue to those triangles on the flaps.

Ok, we are almost done!

Fold the top opening of the bag at about an inch.

Then open the bag and fold it inwards.

You should have now something like this

Now, using a regular paper hole punch, make the holes for the ribbon handles.

Lastly, for your bag’s handles, cut a strip of your favorite ribbon and pass it through the holes until both ends get together inside the bag

Finally, make a knot and TADAAAAA!!!!!

Overhead view of the wrapping paper bag

As a final touch, I added some cutout love messages. This is totally optional and you can add anything you want! Imagination is the limit.

There you have it! A cute and full-of-love gift wrapping paper bag!