Jen is my bloggy bestie. We run The CSI Project together, Crafterminds, and we are doing a web show together in the fall. Yet I have never guest posted on her blog. I wanted to have the perfect project before I posted here. Well that day of perfection will never come.
These are perfect to throw in a beach bag for wet suits. They are also wonderful to have in your car for summer road trips. Whatever you reuse plastic bags for having a container full of them looks a heck of a lot better than stuffed in a drawer. Plus they are so much more portable this way.
I figured out how to fold them so that they are interconnected and one bag comes out at a time but pulls the next one out a little.
Supplies:
12 plastic grocery bags (I used Target ones)
coordinating fabric
Empty wipe container
Fabric Mod Podge
Foam brush
Spray adhesive
scissors or rotary cutter
quilting ruler
1. Grab a dozen bags and flatten them out pushing all the air out.
2. Fold them in half again pressing all the air out.
3. Overlap the handles onto the top of the previous bag. Do this for all 11 bags lining them all up into one big row.
4. Fold the first bag’s handle upward. This will be your middle and the first bag you pull out of the container. All the other bags will be connected to this first one.
5. Now tightly roll up your bags tucking in the new handles as you roll.
6. After you roll up 12 bags you are ready to insert them into your wipes container.
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7. Tuck the first bag’s handles through the top. Now you are done.
9. After it is dry cut it to size. For one of the Lysol wipes containers I cut mine 7 1/8” x 10 3/8”. Then glue it in place. I use a spray adhesive because it is quick and easy. Overlap the pieces one over another. Adorable and practical!
Here are some more summer fun ideas if you want to come to my house for a little bit:
Have you seen her signature “Roadkill Rescue” projects?
And have you seen her Purple Board and Batten Bathroom?
Plus Beckie Runs Another fun site – Knock Off Decor. The girl is busy!!
You will love following along with Beckie as she scoops things up from the side of the road and transforms them into treasures at Infarrantly Creative!!
I just do it.Thank you, this idea help me a lot
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I miss target.
You are awesome!
Awesome!!! Will give it a try.
Wow so smart! I am going to try this one!
I love this idea. I hate having bags of bags hanging around my door handles. And I could always use one of those in my car.
Thanks for the awesome re-purpose! Always looking for a way to reuse!
Brilliant!!!!!!
How cool! Thanks for sharing this reuse tool
you are a true re-purposer. very clever.
Loving all that I am seeing here!
This is so brilliant! thanks for sharing! (:
love this, however, I spent my whole evening re-rolling bags because I kept trying out the pulling bit LOL. Also I made it for DH and he didn’t want it pretty and decorated just have ‘BAGS’ written on it in sharpie.
that plastic bag idea is really cute.
Love, love the plastic bag idea!
I love your ideas especially the wipe holder for the plastic bag. Definitely going to do this. Thanks.
Love your ideas! Thanks!
Cute idea! I shared on my blog today
http://blog.shopdirtylaundry.com/posts/2011/11/4/36-the-dirty.html
I love this idea. Thank you for sharing.
I read this this morning and am now the very elated owner of a baggie container upstairs, a baggie container downstairs, and a baggie container in my purse for dog walks… instead of one massive kitchen drawer stuffed to the brim with noisy crumpled plastic. I linked to you from my blog so my friends can all learn this amazing “life-hack.” You’re my new hero – thank you for sharing!
Just love this idea! I have a ton of plastic bags cluttering up the bottom shelf in my kitchen cupboard! Will be a rainy day project!!
Brilliant!
What a great idea! Can't wait til my wipes container is empty!!!
Hi! Not sure how many links I clicked on to eventually lead me to this site, but this an AWESOME idea! I just finished rolling up some Target bags into a Method container. I'm sure it will be a little harder, given the asymmetrical shape of the container, but I'm excited about the beautiful lime green cap color. Thanks for the great idea!
That IS such a great idea!
sooooo cute! and perfect for baby diapers too!
What a great idea, I just saved one of these canisters thinking there had to be something I could do with it!!
What a really good idea, love it!
This is awesome! Good job Beckie – going to feature.
Nice idea! I do the flag fold with my bags and put them in an empty kleenex box.
LOVE this idea! It's perfect to contain messes from the kiddos!
Alyssa
sweetsewnstitches.com
Great idea!! And I always have those empty containers!! I use those wipes for EVERYTHING!!!
This is seriously an AWESOME idea! Love it.
Great idea! Nice work figuring out how to make the bags come out correctly like that-impressive!
Vanessa
genius!! thanks for sharing!
smiles~beth
Brilliant! My bags are tied into a cute little not and then strewn about in the door pockets of the car. I must make one for myself…cute and very practical. Thanks for the great idea!
This is an AWESOME idea! Thanks for sharing the way to fold the bags! I never would've figured that out!
Stop yourself! R U kidding me? I just finished up a bottle of clorox wipes 2 days ago and thought "you know, I can use this for something…hmmmm. I'll hold onto it until I figure something out." Well, here it is. No more thought on my part. Thanks!!
Awesome idea…definitely have to get this in the works.
Perfect timing… I just finished up a container of clorex wipes this morning… I'm off to make this!!
How clever! Love this simple, useful idea. Off to pin it!
Have a great day!
Honestly Girl! You are amazing. Every time I see a project that is completely genius I scroll to the bottom and it is Beckie – no joke. I want one for my car, at work, under the kitchen sink, in each bathroom. Love it! Function and Style.
What a wonderful project! I love when useful stuff can be pretty, too.
I love this project! I have been using an old wipes container to store these bags in my car, but this is way prettier!
Genius! LOVE it! Will be making one tonight!!
That is an awesome idea! I'm kind of sad that I just threw away one of those containers a few days ago! I guess I will have to wait till we empty another one:)
I'm a new follower and just wanted to thank you for this idea! Not only am I going to put one in both MY car and my husband's (we have a dog AND a baby so these will come in handy), but I'm doing this in my house instead of the half of the drawer that has them thrown in there! Thanks for such a cute little tip. I plan on working on it today … even if I don't get the pretty part done, at least the function will be finished!
Love the idea. I don't have a huge stash of plastic bags anymore. I use them frequently, but I also use the cloth grocery bags when I remember!
Has anyone noticed how thin the plastic bags are now?
Blessings,
Lorilee
What a great idea!! I have several of those containers…unfortunately they still have the wipes in them. I guess I will have to just start disinfecting every square inch of the house until one is used up!!
Brilliant idea, Beckie! I will definitely be stashed my wipes containers when they are empty now.
I'm constantly looking for a stray bag so I can pick up all the trash that seems to constantly accumulate in our vehicles. This is perfect (and so cute). And luckily, I think one of the trash items kicking around in one vehicle right now is an empty wipe container. Serendipitous!
How brilliant is this? I think it's the perfect thing for everyone to have in their car. Thanks for sharing.
Genius!!!!
Omgosh that is super cute! Love your new header too!