DIY reusable snack bags |Keeping it Real

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

DIY reusable snack bags

Hello, and welcome! Today I'm sharing here a project that I actually completed at the beginning of September, right before school started and I had to go back to work too. It took me a while to go through all the photos I took at the time, but finally here is my tutorial on how to make reusable snack bags - in the easiest way possible, of course. 


DIY reusable snack bags tutorial



My goal for this year is to go green, and these snack bags are just perfect to help us reduce the use of plastic bags and other disposable packages. 


The bags are really easy to make, and I'll walk you through the process. The most important thing before you start, though, is to make sure you have a food safe material to work with. I purchased mine locally, but if you look on Amazon, for example, there are lots of food safe PUL alternatives. 

Once you have your fabric, decide on the size of the snack bag you want to make. I made two different sizes:
  • a larger bag, which measures about 19 x 15 cm
  • a small bag, which measures about 14 x 12 cm 

Materials: 

For the larger bag you need about 20 x 37 cm of food safe fabric. I used two pairs of plastic snaps because I was afraid one wasn't enough to keep contents in due to the larger size of the flap. 

For the smaller version you need about 12 x 30 cm of food safe fabric and one pair of plastic snaps.


Instructions: 

Start by measuring where you want your fold to be.


DIY reusable snack bags tutorial


Then turn inside out and secure the fold in place. Because pins may leave a permanent hole in this kind of fabric, I find it easier to secure in place with self adhesive tape: 


DIY reusable snack bags tutorial

DIY reusable snack bags tutorial


Sew down the sides of the bag: 


DIY reusable snack bags tutorial


Turn inside out. You'll notice that because of the seam, your flap is now slightly larger than the body of the bag. You may leave it as is or you may trim a bit off the sides of the flap: 


DIY reusable snack bags tutorial

DIY reusable snack bags tutorial


Now all you need to do is add the snaps. 

Measure where you want your snaps to be. You can use the tip of a pencil to mark the spot, as it will be covered once you add the snap in place:


DIY reusable snack bags tutorial

DIY reusable snack bags tutorial

DIY reusable snack bags tutorial


Make sure your snaps are well aligned:

DIY reusable snack bags tutorial

DIY reusable snack bags tutorial


And that's it! One eco-friendly reusable snack bag made in next to nothing! Here is the larger version, front and back: 


DIY reusable snack bags tutorial

DIY reusable snack bags tutorial


Now make as many as you need, either for you or to give as gifts!


DIY reusable snack bags tutorial

DIY reusable snack bags tutorial

DIY reusable snack bags tutorial


Happy Tuesday!

Keeping it Real, craft blog





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6 comments:

  1. Hmmmmmmmmm Interesting! Thanks for sharing!

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  2. So simple to make!!! As a teacher the amount of trash that piles up at school. If even just replace one single use plastic with this we would make a big dent in using less trash!! I love this. It is my fav pick for #trafficjamweekend

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    1. Thank you so much Tracy! And yes, using these reduces plastic bags a lot. I've made more after these first two, for my kids to take to school as well and they have been working great!

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