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Fruit & Veggie Stamping: DIY Reusable Grocery Bags

August 10, 2017 by Kathy

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Fruit and veggie stamps - use lemons, onions, potatoes and more to make your own DIY reusable grocery bags | easy kids activity | DIY shopping bags | vegetable stamps
Fruit and veggie stamp your own DIY reusable grocery bags and say goodbye to both paper and plastic. This eco-friendly shopping tote is really easy to make …and very hard to screw up ? And there are so many possibilities, even carrot polka dots!

Carrot veggie stamping to make a polka dot tote bag
Vegetable and fruit stamped DIY fabric reusable shopping bags. Make these fun and cute reusable bags for your grocery store and farmer's market!
DIY fruit and vegetable stamped reusable grocery bags. Use lemons, carrots, onions and more as stamps!
Did you ever veggie stamp with potatoes when you were a kid? Remember how fun it was? It still is!

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Today’s throwback easy DIY project is sponsored by Paper Mart. All opinions are mine. And I’m telling you, *anyone* can veggie stamp …kids, adults, the crafty, and the not-so-crafty. My friend Heather from YumUniverse tried a variety of fruits and vegetables and here’s what we liked best: lemons, onions, carrots and potatoes. Just cut fruits and veggies, stamp onto a natural cotton tote bag, let dry overnight, and heat-set the with an iron.

DIY fruit stamping with lemons
We tested out a few bags at home with fruit and veggie stamping and were instantly hooked — each bag turned out so different, and so great!

Fruit and veggie stamping with kids - fun kids art activity
Heather and I co-hosted a Cookbook Tasting Party at Same Day Cafe for her latest cookbook, YumUniverse Pantry to Plate. Party guests tasted recipes, drank cocktails sponsored by Few Spirits, and made their own DIY grocery bags using fruit and veggie stamping onto natural cotton reusable totes. Paper Mart generously provided their large natural cotton eco-friendly tote bags for each party guest. And wow, guests loved it! Even people who downplayed their creativity were able to fruit stamp and veggie stamp their own super awesome reusable grocery bags.

Making DIY reusable grocery bags using veggie stamping and fruit stamping - it's an easy and fun craft activity for a party!DIY natural cotton shopping bags using fruit & veggie stamps - set up a table for party guests to make their own reusable shopping bag.Making DIY reusable grocery bags using veggie stamping and fruit stamping - it's an easy and fun craft activity for a party!Great craft activity for groups: fruit + veggie stamping reusable shopping bagsMaking DIY reusable grocery bags using veggie stamping and fruit stamping - it's an easy and fun craft activity for a party!

Paper Mart’s natural cotton bags come with wide sturdy handles, can be comfortably carried over the shoulder, and used over and over again. Chicago now requires shoppers to use reusable bags so I’m using my fruit and veggie stamped shopping bag all over the city — from the grocery story to Walgreens to the local farmer’s market.

Fruit & veggie stamping: Make your own DIY natural cotton grocery bags by stamping with carrots, onions, potatoes, lemons and more.

I’m really impressed with Paper Mart’s reusable large natural cotton tote bags. I know that I could sew my own fabric grocery bag from scratch but at Paper Mart’s price and quality, personally I’d rather just customize theirs with fruit and veggie stamping. Thanks so much, Paper Mart. These bags are awesome.

Vegetable stampled and fruit stamped DIY reusable grocery bags

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Supplies for making DIY reusable grocery bag using fruit and veggie stamping: (with links and images from affiliates)

  • Natural cotton reusable tote bags from Paper Mart
  • Fruits & vegetables – we liked lemons, potatoes, onions, celery, carrots
  • Ink stamp pads
  • Sharp knife and cutting board
  • Large piece of scrap paper
  • Iron and ironing board

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How to DIY fruit and veggie stamps on reusable shopping bags:

Slice fruits and veggies into shapes. We liked potatoes, carrots, lemons and onions.

Cut lemons, potatoes, carrots, and more for fruit and veggie stamping

Flatten a natural cotton tote onto the table, ensuring that the piece of protective paper lies flat inside the bag. Ink a veggie or fruit by generously tapping the ink pad onto the fruit/veggie (to change colors, first wipe any extra ink onto a paper towel). Very firmly press the inked veggie or fruit onto the cotton bag. Repeat steps 2-3 until your design is complete.

How to fruit and veggie stamp using carrots, lemons, potatoes, onions

Let dry overnight, avoiding smearing the bag on clothing or other surfaces. Then iron on the cotton setting to heat set the ink by placing the piece of scrap paper on top of the bag and ironing the bag through the paper for a few minutes until the ink is set.

Heat set ink using iron and a piece of paper

And head off to the farmer’s market!

DIY eco-friendly reusable shopping bags made with fruit and vegetable stamping

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Be sure to pin this DIY fruit & veggie stamped grocery bag project for later:

Fruit and veggie stamps - use lemons, onions, potatoes and more to make your own DIY reusable grocery bags | easy kids activity | DIY shopping bags | vegetable stamps

And how about this lemon?

Fruit and veggie stamping: Make easy DIY reusable cotton shopping bags stamped with lemons, potatoes, onions, carrots and more vegetables

And tell me in the comments below, which shape do you like best: lemon ? onion, potato, or carrot ??

Cut lemons, potatoes, carrots, and more for fruit and veggie stamping

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Thanks again to Paper Mart for providing the reusable grocery bags for our Cookbook Tasting Party at Same Day Cafe!

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About Kathy

I'm Kathy, maker of things and Chicago mom who likes simple and clever DIYs that look handmade, not homemade. I like sewing, printables, handmade birthdays, holiday decor and easy cakes. See my work at HGTV, DIY Network, Apartment Therapy, DesignSponge, more. ✂️

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