Learn how to make these gorgeous paper bag stars

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These stunning paper bag stars are easier to make than they look. We promise!* They can be made with white or natural kraft paper bags in a variety of sizes - the larger the bags the larger the star. The bags do need to be the same size relative to each other to achieve this look.

SUPPLIES:
12 Ross & Wallace paper grocery bags
1 large glue stick
Scissors
Hole Punch
String

STEP ONE:
Completely coat the back of the bag with glue (the side without the bottom fold).

STEP TWO:
Place the front of another bag (the side with the bottom fold) on top of the bag you’ve just applied glue to and press down firmly.

STEP THREE:
Repeat step one and two until all twelve bags are glued and pressed in a stack.

STEP FOUR (ADULTS ONLY):
Cut diagonally across each top edge of the stack of bags. Center cuts can also be added to vary the design.

Image via babbledabbledo.com

Image via babbledabbledo.com

STEP FIVE:
Add glue to the back of the top bag in your stack and open the stack of bags, so that you can press the top bag firmly to the bottom bag in the stack forming your star. Hold until the glue sets.

STEP SIX:
Decorate! You can decorate the bags before or after you’ve created your star. To hang the star simply punch a hole and attach your string.

Click here to link to the original post where you can find decorating ideas and templates for other star patterns.

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Plastic is out - Paper and Reusable Bags are in.

California passed a statewide ban on single-use plastic carryout bags.

GET THE FACTS on Proposition 67 “The Plastic Bag Ban.”

  • SENATE BILL 270 – In 2014 the California legislature passed Senate Bill 270, which prohibited certain businesses statewide from providing single-use plastic carryout bags and required businesses to charge customers for any other type of carryout bag provided at checkout.

  • PROPOSITION 67 – The implementation of Senate Bill 270 was suspended, because Proposition 67, which would eliminate the law, qualified to be on the 2016 ballot.  Proposition 67 asked California voters to decide whether the statewide carryout bag law should be upheld or rejected. On November 8, 2016, California’s voters passed Proposition 67, which upheld Senate Bill 270.

  • IMPACTS - Proposition 67 prohibits certain California stores (most grocery stores, convenience stores, large pharmacies, and liquor stores) from providing single-use plastic carryout bags statewide.

  • PAPER AND REUSABLE BAGS – Proposition 67 allows businesses to sell recycled paper bags and reusable bags at a minimum price of $.10 cents per bag.

  • EXCLUDES – Proposition 67 excludes bags for select purposes, such as wrapping unwashed produce and bags for prescription medications.  It also excludes certain types of stores such as retail clothing stores.  Certain low- income customers are also exempt.

  • FINES - ($1,000) per day for the first violation, two thousand dollars ($2,000) per day for the second violation, and five thousand dollars ($5,000) per day for the third and subsequent violations.

  • SUPPORTERS – Albertsons Safeway, The California Grocers Association, Surfrider Foundation, Clean Water Action.

CASE STUDY: San Jose California
San Jose’s Bring Your Own Bag Ordinance went into effect January 1, 2012.  Since then San Jose has reported a 76% reduction in plastic bags found in creeks and rivers as of the end of the 2016 hotspot season and a 69% reduction in plastic bags in storm drain inlets.

SOURCES:
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/consumer-products-passage-california-s-proposition-67-question-would-you-paper-or
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/california-plastic-bag-ban-survives-ballot-referendum
http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/67/arguments-rebuttals.htm
http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=5261