EARTH DAY 2010

EVERY BAG COUNTS…….

Participate in nation wide Paper Bag Campaign

Instructions to make Paper Bag

 The paper bag should be 100% environment friendly.
 The glue to be used should be made of flour/wheat flour/rice.
 Be creative in making the bag. Show your innovation with new
designs of bag. However it should be environment friendly.
 Make as many bags as possible and contribute in this nation wide
campaign.
 Donate the bags to the nearby shops/market or use it yourself!

Things required
1. Old News papers/magazine papers/waste chart paper.
2. Home Made Glue

Procedure
To make glue at home you need wheat flour/white flour and follow some
simple steps:
 Take 4 table spoon of flour.
 Add water to make a solution.
 Heat it till the consistency thickens like glue.

Steps to make paper bags

1. Take a double sheet of newspaper. Apply glue on the shaded side of
the sheet.

2. Stick both the shaded regions to each other and form a cylinder.

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3. Flatten the cylinder and follow the procedure

Flatten

4. At one of the side, fold at 1 & 2 to make creases.

5. Flatten & get the cylindrical shape again

6. Now fold the paper inward on the line of the creases

7. And pack one side of the newspaper as you pack a gift.

8. Use ribbons, jute strings etc to make bag handles

9. Paper bag is ready to be used, however there could be more ideas

required to make it more attractive and user friendly.