DIY Shopping Bag Hanger and Sign
4 Materials
$15
2 Hours
Easy
Here in California, we are encouraged to bring our own shopping bags to the grocery store (we have to pay 10 cents per bag for any plastic bag that we use from the store). I have no problems with this as it helps to keep more plastic out of our landfills and out of our environment. But what I do have an issue with is remembering to bring my reusable shopping bags with me when I go to the store! I usually just end up putting the items back into my cart after purchase and then having to load them in my car item by item. (You'd think that after more than two years of having this law in place, I'd start remembering my reusable bags, but nope! My brain fails me every time!) To help me remember, I decided to create a DIY Shopping Bag Hanger and Sign that is right next to my door to the garage so I see them anytime I leave the house.
Here are the abbreviated instructions for building this hanger/sign. For full details and instructions, please visit my blog at the link at the bottom of this page.
To create this shopping bag hanger, I first cut four 1x4 boards, one 1x3 board, and one 1x8 board to length.
Using my Kreg pocket jig, I drilled pocket holes into the boards and attached them together with pocket hole screws.
Next I stained all but the middle bottom 1x3 board with Dark Walnut Stain. I painted the middle 1x3 with one of my new favorite chalk paint colors.
Next, I printed the wording and design I wanted on my sign and traced it into the wood and painted over the traced designs and words.
Next, I installed the hat/coat hook that I had purchased.
I then installed a picture hanger on the back and hung it up next go my garage door in my laundry room.
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
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