How to Make a Coin Purse From Wrappers

Save your coins in a homemade coin purse.

You can recycle the wrappers from gum, candy and chips bags to create a personalized coin purse that shows off the treats you enjoy, your creativity and your desire to help the environment. You can make a functional accessory by saving your cardboard juice boxes and wrappers. Designing your own coin purse from recycled materials offers a school project that teaches the benefits of recycling while featuring a new fashion trend.

Things You'll Need

• Empty juice box
• Scissors
• Glue
• Wrappers
• Velcro tape

Instructions

1. Empty the juice box and rinse the inside of it out with warm soapy water to clean it. Pat the juice box with a dry towel. Allow the juice box to air-dry or use a hair dryer to complete the drying process so the cardboard on the box does not get soggy.

2. Cut the top of the juice box off on all sides so that the juice box is open. Cut the juice box to the desired height intended for your coin purse.

3. Place your wrappers on a flat surface. Use your hands to press out any wrinkles on your wrappers.

4. Glue the back side of each wrapper one at a time onto the juice box to create a collage of your favorite snack brands on the exterior of your juice box. Cover the entire exterior of your juice box. Glue wrappers to the interior of your juice box, if desired. Apply pressure to wrappers so they stick to the cardboard on your juice box. Allow five to 10 minutes for the wrappers to adhere and dry onto the cardboard.

5. Affix a strip of Velcro tape so the fuzzy side faces outward along the top interior of the long side of your juice box. Affix the bristle side of the Velcro tape across from the fuzzy Velcro tape so the Velcro will stick together and come apart when you open and close your coin purse.