Triangle Fold – Reuse Your Plastic Bags!

Reusable shopping bags have taken over my grocery and fun shopping trips; well, when I remember them, they do!

So, I still have a crocheted keeper bag hanging from my cabinets for those plastic store bags I bring home on occasion. Look!

However, all this storing and saving means I have a bunch of good condition plastic bags I can reuse! So I wanted to show you how I keep them ready to go and handy for when life gets messy!

First, I take thirty seconds or so to fold the bags into a small triangle, so it fits and neatly goes ANYWHERE. Your first fold may take a little more time, but I promise it is simple and effective!

Follow this photo array to get your bag from annoying to perfectly palm-sized!

1. Start with a plastic shopping bag, tuck in the sides of the bag, then flatten and smooth until practically square.
2. Fold in half, layering the handles on top of one another. * I like to fold the bags writing inward, so the final product looks clean. *
3. Fold in half again, leaving the full bag height but about 2 inches wide.
4. Starting from the bottom, fold the bottom edge of the bag up and to the right to create a sharp and even triangle point.
5. Then fold the newly made sharp point directly up, folding where the first fold’s layers meet the unfolded bag.
6. Swing the newly made triangle upwards and to the left to continue folding the triangle shape.
7. Repeat steps 4 – 6 until you reach the base of the bag’s handles.
8. Firmly hold the triangle and twist the handles; once twisted, tuck the handles into the top fold on the top of your triangle.
9. Enjoy, reuse and help save the planet!

Here are a few places you might want to keep them at the ready as I do!

Think about placing a few in the bottom of your bathroom trash can to have a ready-to-go supply when it’s time to take out the trash!

The side pocket in the diaper bag, for wet clothes or ya’ know, that on-the-go number two!

I even have some in the glove box of my car because sometimes I think that that puddle isn’t nearly as deep as it really is … oops!

Respectfully yours,

Heather