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Potato Chip Bags work great for shining up a present.
You can wash the bags and make:
shiny bows
shiny ribbon
Shiny Bows
Cut a potato chip bag along the seams so that it opens up and lays flat
Wash with dish soap and dry
Cut the bag into strips approximately one-half inch wide
Twist the strip into a figure "8" keeping the shiny side facing out (you can cut each strip to the length you like best)
Clip in the middle with a paper clip
Make another figure 8 and place it so the two 8s are in a + position
Staple the center being sure to catch all the ends
Make more figure 8s, each one slightly smaller than the last, and position them to fill in the “bow”
Staple all together
Shiny Ribbons
Cut a potato chip bag along the seams so that it opens up and lays flat.
Wash with dish soap and dry
Cut numerous strips to whatever width you would like the ribbon to be
Using pieces of tape, tape the strips together
To store, tape one end to a toilet paper tube and wrap the ribbon around it
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