How to Make a Plastic Bag Holder

Clean a plastic, 2-liter soda bottle, then peel off the label., Cut off the top portion of the bottle so that you have a 2-inch (5.08-centimeter) wide opening., Cut the bottom off of the plastic bottle., Use a pair of scissors to trim away ragged...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Clean a plastic

    If there is any residue, you can wash it off with some rubbing alcohol or white vinegar.
  2. Step 2: 2-liter soda bottle

    You could also measure down 1 inch (2.54 centimeters) from the base of the neck, make a mark, then use that mark as your cutting guide.

    Use a box cutter or craft blade to cut the bottle., Some plastic soda bottles have a molded line.

    If your bottle is one of those, you can use that line as a cutting guide.Otherwise, cut off 1 to 2 inches (2.54 to
    5.08 centimeters) off of the bottom of your bottle. , If you'd like, you can make the bottom smoother by pressing a hot iron against it for 15 to 20 seconds.

    Don't do this for the top hole, or the plastic bags may get caught.Use the highest setting on your iron. , Your holder is almost complete, but you can make it look nicer (and less like a plastic bottle) by spray painting it or by covering it with scrapbooking paper.

    Attach the scrapbooking paper with double-sided tape. , This is now the top of your plastic bag holder.

    Alternatively, you can also punch just one hole, thread a short piece of ribbon through it, then tie the ribbon into a loop. , Pull the plastic bags out from the smaller hole at the bottom. , Pull the plastic bags out, one at a time, from the bottom hole.

    Refill the bag by stuffing more plastic bags through the top hole.
  3. Step 3: then peel off the label.

  4. Step 4: Cut off the top portion of the bottle so that you have a 2-inch (5.08-centimeter) wide opening.

  5. Step 5: Cut the bottom off of the plastic bottle.

  6. Step 6: Use a pair of scissors to trim away ragged edges on the top and bottom.

  7. Step 7: Paint or decorate the bottle

  8. Step 8: if desired.

  9. Step 9: Punch two holes on both sides of the cut bottom edge

  10. Step 10: and thread a ribbon through them.

  11. Step 11: Hang the holder by the ribbon

  12. Step 12: then fill it with plastic bags.

  13. Step 13: Use the plastic bag older.

Detailed Guide

If there is any residue, you can wash it off with some rubbing alcohol or white vinegar.

You could also measure down 1 inch (2.54 centimeters) from the base of the neck, make a mark, then use that mark as your cutting guide.

Use a box cutter or craft blade to cut the bottle., Some plastic soda bottles have a molded line.

If your bottle is one of those, you can use that line as a cutting guide.Otherwise, cut off 1 to 2 inches (2.54 to
5.08 centimeters) off of the bottom of your bottle. , If you'd like, you can make the bottom smoother by pressing a hot iron against it for 15 to 20 seconds.

Don't do this for the top hole, or the plastic bags may get caught.Use the highest setting on your iron. , Your holder is almost complete, but you can make it look nicer (and less like a plastic bottle) by spray painting it or by covering it with scrapbooking paper.

Attach the scrapbooking paper with double-sided tape. , This is now the top of your plastic bag holder.

Alternatively, you can also punch just one hole, thread a short piece of ribbon through it, then tie the ribbon into a loop. , Pull the plastic bags out from the smaller hole at the bottom. , Pull the plastic bags out, one at a time, from the bottom hole.

Refill the bag by stuffing more plastic bags through the top hole.

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