By Noreen Doll.
Make some easy camo gift bags with brown grocery bags or even lunch bags.
You could actually make several camouflage bags while you are doing them, and have them ready when you want one to wrap a gift.
What You Need
Brown Bag, either grocery or lunch size
Black and Green Paint
Plastic Lids to hold the paint
What You Do
1. Prepare the paint. I didn’t have olive green paint, so I mixed black and bright green paints to get the color I wanted.
2. Put some of each color in separate lids. (I used recycled lids from cottage cheese, etc.)
3. Crumple a small piece of paper and flatten the bottom.
4. Dip the flat side of the crumpled paper in one of the colors and pat it randomly all over the front of the bag. Leave quite a bit of the brown showing.
5. After you have one color on, repeat with the other color, overlapping in places and smearing a bit.
6. Let the front dry and then repeat on the back side of the bag.
7. After the back has dried, open out the bag and do some on each side – so that the whole camouflage bag is painted.
8. After the camo gift bag is dry, turn down about 2 inches of the top toward the back of the bag.
9. Punch 2 holes, one on each side of the center.
10. Put a piece of twine, string, or ribbon through the holes so the ends are in front. Tie a bow. Or just knot it if you want a more rustic look.
The bow is nearly invisible, which makes it perfect for a camouflage bag.
And your finished camo gift bag is ready for a present.
What’s inside the bag? Duct tape, of course!
Tips
If you use a large grocery bag, cover the store name with paint splotches.
Use pinks, purples, or blues for a more feminine version of the camo gift bag.
Noreen Doll
Danni Baird says
What a cute idea! Love it, especially for a boy!
Christine says
What a great idea!! I’m going to wrap my nephew’s gift like this!
Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!
Jill says
What a neat idea! So simple, but really effective!
Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
Hope you have a fabulous week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/
andiejaye says
love this idea! i pinned it to my birthday board. it would be perfect for an army themed party! thanks so much for linking up to tip-toe thru tuesday!
Honey says
Too cute!! Thank you for sharing your creativity at Potpourri Friday!
HG says
WOW! Too cute. I hope you link up to Wild West Thursday. Hope to see you there.
http://www.thegirlinthewildwest.com/
BeColorful says
Because we have to remember our guys too. 😀 Thanks for sharing your cleverness on BeColorful this week.
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Christina at I Gotta Create! says
Good concept!
Thanks so much for linking up at I Gotta Create! <3 Christina
Carol says
I love this. Easy, fast, inexpensive to make!
Danielle says
Hi there! I am having a Sunday Blog Hop and would love for you to link up your cute blog.
http://www.blissfulanddomestic.com/2012/06/sunday-blog-hop-16.html
Danielle @ Blissful and Domestic
http://www.blissfulanddomestic.com
Rowena @ HomesteadSimple says
I have a son who just turned 13 and he loves camo anything and everything! I will have to do this for him on a future gift wrapping. 🙂
Just Winging It says
I am inviting you to come and be part of my blog hop:
http://juliejewels1.blogspot.com/2012/06/show-your-stuff-30-redid-no-fail.html
Debi Bolocofsky says
Thank you so much for linking with Adorned From Above.
Have a great week.
Debi
http://www.adornedfromabove.com
Tara@Tales of a Trophy WIfe says
Great Idea!
Lauren says
Love it!
Thank you for linking up to our Pinteresting Party.
Just Winging It says
Thank you for participating in Show Your Stuff Blog Hop, You are invited to come back:
http://juliejewels1.blogspot.com/2012/07/show-your-stuff-31.html
Erika says
Very nice idea to decorate simply a bag, love the colors.
Pam says
Such a simple idea, yet SO effective!!!
Kristina & Millie says
Oh Noreen what a great idea! usually gift bags are all girlly and frilly and so nothing for the boys. This is a great, easy and fast way to ‘wrap’ a gift for a guy and really, girl too! Thanks for sharing at the creative challenge!