How to Turn Shopping Bags into Attractive Gift Packs?

Do you know shopping bags wholesale can be used for gift packing? But you need paper carriers to use the bags for packing gifts. When you go to supermarket for buying grocery, you should request paper carrier that you can use at home for packing gift items. It has two advantages. First, you get maximum return on your investment and second, you protect the environment from plastic.

 

Let’s discuss how paper carriers can be used for packing gifts

 

1. Simply put the gift inside the bag

 

The most convenient way to pack a gift inside a paper bag is to take a beautiful bag and put the gift inside. It is simple and time saving. But you need buying an attractive carrier. Supermarket bags lack visual appeal hence not suitable for simple packing. They need to be improved with decorative material.

 

2. Improve visual look of the bag

 

If you are using a supermarket bag for gift packing then you should first look for creative ways to improve its look and feel. The small gift bags might have logo and contact details of the supermarket. You need thinking of ways to hide the customization. Here tissue packing papers could help. Buy tissue papers from a stationery store and paste the papers over the customization. You can even create a design while decorating the bag with tissue paper.

 

3. Tissue paper art

 

Tissue wraps come in attractive designs, colors and patterns. A creative person can easily think of hundreds of ways to decorate a gift bag with tissue papers. Tissue wraps can be cut into smileys or the pack can be designed to look like a creature. Another way to decorate a gift bag with tissue is to make a pattern like strips, checks, squares or dots. Since tissue papers are easy to cut and paste, one shouldn’t take much time in decorating a gift bag with tissue wrap.

 

4. Gift bag full of tissues

 

Make the gift bag look full by filling it with colored tissue papers that the receiver can use at home. Fold the tissues in triangular form and put the wraps with the pointed part down in the bag. It is easy and useful as well. Buy acid free papers that are good for use in kitchen and also for interleaving books.

 

5. Use plain bag

 

Plain bags are easy to customize hence they are more suitable for gift packing. If you want to give your gift a more personal touch then you should buy a plain bag of appropriate size from a retail store. The plain surface is easy to be customized with handwritten message, drawings and decorative material. But for personal touch you should decorate the bag with your hands.

 

Conclusion

 

With more and more supermarkets providing paper carriers to buyers, people shouldn’t have dearth of paper bags but they should know how to use these bags at home. Small gift bags have many uses in addition to packing gifts. The carriers that are no longer in the condition to be reused can be used for making book covers or for waste collection.