Back to School DIY Lunch Bag Cut Outs

This is a quick little DIY that came about when I was working on another project (you’ll get to see it next week!), and yes, I did shoot both a few hours before I boarded a red eye to the East Coast (instead of packing). I then found an x-acto knife in my carry on just before we left. Probably a good thing to remove before security! Since it’s back to school time for many, I thought it would be fun to jazz up those brown paper lunch bags with some colored cardstock and letter or shape cut-outs. These would also be great for party favors. I’m apparently really into monogramming things these days!

Supply List:

Brown Paper Lunch Bags
Letter or Shape Templates (Print out large letters from your computer, or free hand it!)
Pencil
Scissors (x-acto knife helps too!)
Colored Card stock
Tape and/or Glue

To Make:

Trace your shape onto your lunch bag. Make sure to leave enough room at the top so you can fold the bag over (I’d do mine even lower next time).

Cut out your shape, I did this with an x-acto and put a small cutting board inside the bag to prevent cutting through both sides. You could easily do this with scissors too. Then cut a rectangle of colored paper, just big enough to cover your entire cut out.

Tape and/or glue your paper inside the bag behind your cut out. I taped mine first, then added glue (you can do this with a tooth pick or small glue stick) to seal down the loose edges.