Tote Gift Bag Forming Tips

Video Transcript

"Now this is a big yummy photograph and I want a lot of this graphic on my box. So instead of choosing a small box for this project I'm going to use a bigger one. So first thing you're going to do is find these edges and align them. But you're not going to crease it. Insert your box and then turn it over and then just give a little bend. And we're going to use, if you have a chopstick that works great to crease that bottom of your tote. That's going to give it a lot of stability when you're setting it on a table. Now we're going to go back to the box again, oh that's going to look so cute, and now we're going to crease the sides. Just a little bend so you can, you're just basically marking where those creases where the box is. The box is acting as your form. You’re going to bend it along the bottom, crease those sides. Now we're going to go back to the table and crease again using a chopstick or a scissor or a pencil or whatever you've got lying about. Nice crisp crease. Now don't get fanatical about this being precision. This isn't a math project. It is a craft. A work of heart. Don't have to have it be exactly perfect. So now we've got it back in our box and we're ready to bring up the sides. Now we're going back into the box again and brining up the long sides first. The long sides first, not the short sides. Because we're going to act as if we're wrapping a gift just the standard way. Bring down that short edge, pinch that. You're pinching it just like you're wrapping a regular present. Nothing too tricky. Oops. There we go. Give that a little pinch. Little magazine origami for you today. There. Perfect. Now we're going to fold those sides over. Let's not hide her beautiful eye. Oh that's perfect right like that. We'll go to our cellophane tape. Now you're going to want to not skimp. Don't get the cheapy cellophane tape. You want something that's got good tack so spend the extra .40 cents and get the good stuff for this. Oh my gosh this is going to be so cute. And a little tape there. Next we're going to add the little handles to make this tote."