Chicks-in-Eggs Easter Gift Bag

I purchased a set of three dotted bags from HM Ben Franklin Crafts and I thought I could turn one of them into a cute Easter gift bag.  At first I was going to just decorate the bag with large die cut eggs and maybe make the eggs confetti shakers.  Then I had the great idea to just put one chick in each egg like it was going to hatch.  Using Spellbinder egg and circle dies I cut out three eggs from printed cardstock.  Before running the dies through my Big Shot machine I layered two of the same colored papers right side up.  Next I glued a piece of cellophane behind the holes so that the cellophane will be inside the eggs.  I cut the foam tape into thinner pieces before applying them inside the eggs to form a cavity for the puffy chick stickers (apply cornstarch to them to make them un-sticky).  I applied additional foam sticker pieces to the top the inside of the paper eggs.  Insert the un-sticky chick stickers into the eggs before gluing the eggs to the bag.  Finally put a strip of foam adhesive under the Doodlebug Designs airplane banner die cut and attach it to the bag above the eggs.  Although the eggs were a little complicated, they turned out very well and the puffy chicks really do shake around....do real chicks get shaken around in the eggs???

I hope this post has given you some ideas for what you can make with a plain handled paper bag.  Being creative is fun and satisfying. I'm sure that you will get a crafting high from using your mind and hands to assemble something original, pretty and useful. Give it a try!