The Bag Book: Over 500 Great Uses and Reuses for Paper, Plastic and Other Bags to Organize and Enhance Your Life

by Vicki Lansky

Book Overview

Everyone accumulates them, but few have so many inventive ideas for bags as Vicki Lansky. Pinatas, kites, jump ropes, and hand puppets are just the beginning in this lively compendium of ways to get organized, make crafts, and clean up.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916773892
• ISBN13: 9780916773892
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Book Peddlers
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Nothing New

This book included every possible type of bag but I was disappointed that it was just a rehashing of common practices or or impractical suggestions to save a little clean up (put a mixing bowl in a paper bag to prevent splatter while you mix ingredients- cut a gap to reach in. REALLY?). I was also dismayed to see her declare lots of uses for zip lock bags in meal production, to save washing dishes, and ignore the fact the bag would then be thrown away. I wanted to practice conservation, not expand more wasteful behaviors. I would recommend you pass on this book.

Good ideas for reuse, but...

While the book is full of useful tips and suggestions it doesn't have much in the way of reducing getting all these bags in the first place. Would have been nice to educate people on this aspect too. E.g. encouraging people to use resuable shopping bags.

The Courier-Post of South Jersey says. . .

Vicki Lansky has all sorts of ideas for using new bags or recycling old ones. 'The Bag Book' is full of ideas for a household item we take for granted. (excerpted from an article by Judith W. Winne, Courier-Post Staff)

Chock full of tips for using bags to organize your life

The Bag Book is chock full of tips and ideas for using bags to organize your life. With categories for paper, plastic, and miscellaneous bags (totes, garbage, and so forth), there is a practical use for almost any type of bag you encounter in your household.Ms. Lansky provides us with an interesting primer on the history of bags, and her environmental comparisions will finally help you solve the age-old dilemma of every grocery shopper: paper or plastic?From getting organized with ziplock bags in the junk drawer, to staying organized using grocery bags in the closet for outdated clothing, using the tips found in The Bag Book will streamline your home organizing system