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Making Purses Out of Candy Wrappers. I am looking for instructions on how to make purses, belts etc. from recycled candy wrappers.Thanks for any help.

Elizabeth

Answers:

Directions

I believe that I figured it out and i’ll do my best to explain. you just make all of the strips slanted to the right (or left) three squares long and all of the strips slanted in the other direction two squares long. If you don’t understand, maybe these pictures I made will help.

Good luck! (07/16/2006)

By Flim

RE: Making Purses Out of Candy Wrappers

Have you created the purse yet? I have been looking for hours on the web. I have come close but not a full description of how to make it. I bought one in Honduras just last month. It’s a small clutch. It was only 7 dollars american. I have several pictures of the complete display (including a used Doritos bag!) I was really short on cash, otherwise I would have purchased many many many. Next time I go, I am buying them and will take one apart. I just don’t want to ruin my only purse. (07/27/2006)By Cherry tArt

Making Purses Out of Candy Wrappers

RE: Making Purses Out of Candy Wrappers

Here’s the deal. You don’t want to know how to make these purses and here’s why. While in Honduras, I purchased a small pencil-case sized purse made from recycled snack bags (like Doritos).When I returned to Cleveland I used Google on the internet and found http://www.basurabags.org/ This is the site for a micro-business created by a woman named Analea Bruaburger who spent 23 months in Honduras via the Peace Corps.

Originally, I was hoping to learn how to make the purse, but, I changed my tune within minutes of speaking to Analea.

Here’s the really neat thing:

ALL the proceeds are returned to the people who make the bags. Every last cent and they are made from trash! (Honduras has a huge trash problem) so she found a way to help educate people about recycling and found a way to help them make a living!

I encourage you to check out her site and then buy a purse. If you saw the kind of heartbreaking poverty most Hondurans live with, you’d feel like I do. As soon as I heard her story (since I did call her) You would realize how unethical it would be to copy this idea and make them yourself.

You can make a REAL difference in the world and in the lives of these people. Buy purchasing a bag, you a paying for a lifestyle. So… stop the angst over trying to make these, and instead, make a difference in the lives of some very poor and very beautiful people.

Her story is wonderful about the handbags, how they are made, how she is in the process of upgrading the website for more visibility-particularly because people have ripped-off the idea and are selling bags that are…

A. not made from trash.

B. don’t support the poor in Honduras.

I hope you’ll check it out and spread the word, and do something good for others,.

End of sermon.

Cherry tArt in Cleveland Ohio, Humanitarian and cheerleader for the under-served (08/19/2006)

By Cherry tArt

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I will tell you about my fun hobby. I fold up candy wrappers and make chains and bracelets. I will tell you all about it, and I will also teach you how to do a bracelet.

I enjoy reusing the wrappers and having fun, I’m also doing something for the environment. I’m reusing the wrappers and having fun and doing something for the environment. By making chains and purses I’m reducing the landfills and dumps are overfilling and taking room from the wildlife habitat. I’m helping wildlife SOME by doing this.

This is how I express myself and others people too. This craft is unique because each chain is different and so is each wrapper. This craft is also very colorful some of the candy wrappers are not made any more or are different. Since we are making it your thing.

This fun activity is something anyone can do, although some people have a hard time. We will need about thirty-five wrappers for a bracelet. You put the wrapper side you want to show facing down. Fold the ends to the middle twice. Fold in half, and unfold it then fold the ends to the middle. Now connect the wrappers together and pull the chain, but not hard it will break. This can take from as short as a day to as long as five to six months. So now we know that reusing and reducing can be fun and can help the environment. This is also a fun activity when your bored and have nothing to do or waiting for someone to come. This can get boring after a hour and a half, so don’t do it to long.

 

 

more wrapper fun

NOTES:

In my spare time I fold candy wrappers.

I like to do this hobby because I’m reusing the candy wrappers reducing the clutter

Making some thing cool,

I’m going to show you how to make a bracelet from candy wrappers.

Paragraph 1 (reusing the candy wrappers reducing the clutter):

Introduction:

I enjoy reusing the wrappers and having fun, I’m also doing something for the environment.

Sentence 1 (Reuse):

I’m reusing the wrappers and having fun and doing something for the environment.

Sentence 2 (Reduce):

By making chains and purses I’m reducing the landfills and dumps are overfilling and taking room from the wildlife hapatats.

Conclusion (we have enough junk):

I’m helping wildlife SOME by doing this.

Paragraph 2 (Cool):

Introduction:

This is how I express myself and others people too.

Sentence 1 (Unique):

This craft is unique because each chain is different and so is each wrapper.

Sentence 2 (Colorful):

This craft is also very colorful some of the candy wrappers are not made any more or are different.

Conclusion (Your own style):

Since we are making it your thing.

Paragraph 3 (Show you how):

Introduction:

This fun is something anyone can do, although some people have a hard time.

Sentence 1 (How many wrappers):

We will need about thirty-five wrappers for a bracelet.

Sentence 2 (Folding):

You put the wrapper side you want to show facing down. Fold the ends to the middle twice. Fold in half, and unfold it then fold the ends to the middle.

Sentence 3 (Linking):

Now connect the wrappers together and pull the chain, but not hard it will break.

Conclusion (How long it takes):

This can take from as short as a day to as long as five to six months.

Conclusion Paragraph

So now we know that reusing and reducing can be fun and can help the environment.
This is also a fun activity when your bored and have nothing to do or waiting for someone to come.

 

WRAPPER FUN

I will tell you how to do this fun activy and make a bracelet (This can also be done with gum wrappers. Follow the same instructions).

1. Buy a pack of Starbursts or just some wrappers (seven wrappers will make approximately 2 inches of chain).

2. Lay one wrapper down on a table so that it is long but not tall, with the blank side facing up (never mind the creases already made).

3. Fold the wrapper in a third on both sides, then fold over that and fold in half (the color side of the wrapper should be visible).

4. Fold it in half horizontally (this step is to crease the paper) and unfold it the fold that in half to the middle.

5. Once you have made more of these you will need to connect them, you take the two ends of one of the wrappers and insert it into the 2 ends of another wrapper and move it down so that the closed ends are together.

6. Continue with steps 1-5 until it is as long as you want, your chain could be in a zigzag pattern.

7. Then do step 4 (but do not unfold it) put the wrapper thru the first and last wrapper then over the last and back thru the first and hot glue gun it to have it secured.

Websites:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Chain-from-Starburst-Wrappers
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Bracelet-out-of-Starburst-Wrappers
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