How to Make a Reusable T-shirt Bag

By Lee Ann Smith

Reusable t-shirt bags are a great project for the entire family! For young children, an adult can do the cutting, then the child can tie the strips together. Arm them with fabric paints or permanent markers, like Asa uses in the video, and they’ll have a great time decorating till their heart's content. You'll end up with a beautiful, personalized, strong, washable, earth-friendly, plastic-reducing bag!

Shirts of all sizes come in handy for grocery shopping, but the uses don’t stop there! Small t-shirts make for fabulous lunch bags. XL t-shirts are a great beach bag because they can hold towels, beach toys, sunscreen, and the sand goes right out through the holes in the bottom. Because these bags are strong, they can hold library or school books as well. And, don't forget to make a workout bag for when the gyms open back up! Have fun with it, and thank you for "minding your plastics" and helping make the world a more beautiful place!  

​Lee Ann Smith is a GreenWorks’ board member, community environmental activist, and UNC-CH World View Fellow in Sustainability. As an elementary librarian, she has helped her school establish an Eco-Readers club and implement green initiatives. When she's not roping her nephews and niece into starring in "Mind Your Plastics" films, she is hitting the trails in hiking boots or on her mountain bike.