Dressing Up a Brown Paper Bag

This little project is perfect for making a cheap brown bag look fancy.

Materials: plain brown paper bags, white paint, foam paint brush, paint pen, Martha Stewart adhesive stencils.

Time: about 5-10 minutes per bag.

These stencils are amazing because they stick right on and they continue to stick even when you wash the paint off! I loved this pack because it was girly and perfect for this project. This is an easy project because the stencils do all of the work for you!

My stuff is always all over the place when I'm working on a project!

All you have to do is apply the stencil and paint over it. I ended up washing the stencils each time because the paint tends to stick to it if you don't. Washing the stencils each time also makes for a cleaner look the next time you use it. Washing the stencils was the most time consuming part of this project but it was worth it to do so.

I played around a bit with the designs to make them all different as you can see below

Some of my favorites:

I used the white paint pen to write Thanks on mine since I'll be using them for gift bags.

Thanks for tuning in!

-K