Printable Gift Bags

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I’m always trying to come up with a new way to package things.  With the holidays right around the corner, I made gift bags to give to neighbors, friends and teachers.

Recently I’ve made a few versions of these bags.  One for our Queen Bee Market vendors and one for one of my best friend’s birthday.  I had fun sharing them on Instagram (just really starting to get into Instagram and I love it!!).


I used two types of kraft paper bags:
a brown paper merchandise bag (item #: 121007) and a lunch bag.
I also used my printer, a hole punch and twine.  Simple but cute.


A few notes:

Every printer is different.  I’ve done this on two different ones.  The keys to getting your printer to print them right are two things: make sure you change the printer settings to “envelope” instead of paper and adjust the size to custom.  AND put more than one bag in the feed spot.  Something about the pressure of a few bags makes them feed better through the machine.  I also make sure to push the guides (the plastic things that you can make wider or thinner on the feed of the printer) tight to the sides of the bags.  My bag printer settings were: 7″x11″ for the wider ones and 6.127″ x 12.377″ for the lunch bag. 

I know not everyone has access to
flat kraft bags so I made a lunch bag version:

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Gift Bag Greeting Wider Craft Bag Style
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Hi- I'm Mique (as in Mickey). I started 30days as an idea file a few years ago. After three years and hundreds of ideas, I now realize that I'll never check them all off my list. When I'm not creating, I love spending time with family and friends and long drives, especially if they end at the beach.

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    • Hi Kristi- I love the white ones too. I use an inkjet printer. I’ve had a laser one in the past and sometimes the ink doesn’t really “soak in” if that makes any sense ? Worth a shot though if you do have a laser printer.

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        • Kirsti- you’ll have to let me know if they worked or not. Some printers are just feisty. But I’m stubborn and keep trying until I get it to work. ;)

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    • Thanks Jenn! I love PaperMart. We use them a lot for QBM. They are local so things are driven to me quickly. ;) And you don’t have to have a wholesale license to get amazing deals. I highly recommend for all kinds of stuff in bulk. Glad I could help. :)

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  7. Wow, I just did something so similar when the boys and I made our Advent bags the other day. They drew on their stack, I went the easy route and printed a few using some festive graphics that I had. I never thought to take this concept a step further and use them as gift bags! I love it! I just pinned this idea. Thanks!

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  11. Love this but I’m pretty sure the lunch bags are gong to jam my printer(it’s happened before)
    anything I can do to prevent this?

    Great site.

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    • Hi Katherine- a few suggestions: you can try taping the flap part down to the main part of the bag because that’s what’s caused issues for me. You could also make sure to have a few in the feed like I mentioned above. Or you could make the settings normal 8.5×11 and tape the bag to a piece of cardstock and run it through that way. Some printers are more feisty than others. It took me a couple of tries but eventually I got it to work for several in a row. Hope that helps!

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  23. I didn’t know we could print on lunch sacks! So attempting this for the Candy “Bar” baby shower I’m helping hostess in February! I’m thinking one of those printable quiz games on the bag and the Who/What/When info on the other side for them to take some candy home in! Yay!! Thanks so much! I see so many uses for this!!

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    • Katie- that is a fabulous idea. I hope they turned out ok. I love that you took it one step further. Please share if you ended up making them.

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