A desire to recycle, save money and add that personal, imaginative touch is what entices many crafty people to create what easily can be bought. This time of year, that includes crafting a lunch sack.

Crafting blogs are full of lunch bag instructions — almost always free. One site — tipnut.com — posts tutorials for 30 lunch bags and several accessories.

Crafting blogs are full of lunch bag instructions — almost always free. One site — Tipnut.com — posts tutorials for 30 lunch bags and several accessories.

"They learn it takes time to make things." Allow kids to embellish a handmade lunch bag with fabric paint, rubber stamps or stencils, says Baker, author of "1, 2, 3 Sew" (Chronicle Books, 2011).

A desire to recycle, save money and add that personal, imaginative touch is what entices many crafty people to create what easily can be bought. This time of year, that includes crafting a lunch sack.

Paper lunch bags can be wasteful, but the reusable ones are often expensive. However, there’s a lunch bag on the market that is cheap and easy to make, and lets you write on it. The DIY lunch ...

So the simple lunch sack is being reinvented with zippers, snaps or flaps. Some of the DIY bags are lined, others insulated. There are bento box carriers for toting those Japanese-inspired ...

"They learn it takes time to make things." Allow kids to embellish a handmade lunch bag with fabric paint, rubber stamps or stencils, says Baker, author of "1, 2, 3 Sew" (Chronicle Books, 2011).

Crafting blogs are full of lunch bag instructions - almost always free. One site— Tipnut.com — posts tutorials for 30 lunch bags and several accessories.