Since
school is set to start here any day now I thought we should make sure
the kids in the dollhouse don't go hungry at lunchtime this year.
I
love to make lunch bags in doll size, they are sooooo easy and at the
same time just soooo darn cute!
The
first version is the traditional paper lunch bag that many of us grew
up using. Just a brown paper bag. I usually use a real brown paper
lunch bag to make them too. The paper is so thin and looks so perfect
in doll size. It is very delicate though so be especially careful
when scoring your fold lines.
Of
course you could use any paper you want to. Even in real life there
are paper lunch bags in many colors and designs.
Then
for our second version of the lunch bag I decided to go a bit more
modern. Every store I have been into the last few weeks has a huge
display of the re-usable, insulated lunch bag. After all they are
much better for the environment and they kind of keep the kids lunch
at a better temperature. So I figured with a few simple tweaks my
standard lunch bag pattern could join the modern world. For this one
I recommend using a card stock weight paper but any color will work,
you could even use a tiny printed paper. This bag is just begging to
be decorated, so if you make on and decorate be sure to let me see
it!
Now
for the cutting and scoring measurements.
For
the basic paper lunch bag:
Tear
a straight edge- this will be the top of your lunch bag.
Score
1” away from this edge
Cut
¼” away (1 ¼” total height for the paper strip)
Now
from one end :
Score
at:
½”,
¾”, 1 ¼”, 1 ½”
And
cut at 2”
You
should have a ½” area (bag bag) ¼” area (side 1) ½” area
(front of bag) ¼” (side 2) and finally another ½” area (the
back overlap)
Fold
the sides as I showed you on the video and then trim and glue your
bag togther.
For
the modern bag:
From the long edge
score
at ¼”, 1 ¼” and cut at 1 ¾”
Now
from one end score at the same measurements as for the paper bag.
Now just follow the steps I took in the video to assemble.
These
are sooo simple I am sure you will be able to make up enough of them
for an entire mini class room in no time at all.
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