Fusing Cereal Bags/Liners - Easy DIY Project for Junk Journals 

I just lost my husband and he had so much paperwork which I can't destroy, so I am using them in my art work thanks to your inspiration, thank you.

As a child, and again later as a teacher, I did the crayon shavings between layers of waxed paper to make "stained glass" ornaments. We also would preserve pretty leaves in the fall. I had forgotten about that until your video. Now I want to try your ideas with cereal bags. I wonder how pressed flowers would do? So many options! Thank you!

I've been obsessing with fusing plastic bags for the last year so I'm super happy that you did. A lady I know in Hawaii has created a whole business from fusing plastic and fishing debris found on the shores and that people donate to her. She does pouches, jewelry and more. There really are a ton of possibilities. I actually thought those large tags you did here look beautiful and would make gorgeous page marks or decorations for a large pocket, or something you can hang...so many ideas. By the way, you can get all kinds of awesome feeling material from fusing grocery bags or whatever clear plastic you get from packaging. You can separate by color or play around and mix and match. I hope you continue to show how you use everyday stuff from your home to encourage upcycling. Thank you. I love your personality and am so glad I found you. I watched your story video and was very touched by how brave and open your are to your vulnerability. I commend you. Thank you for encouraging my creativity again. Big hug.

We used to iron autumn leaves between sheets of waxed paper and then tape them to the window with black electrical tape to make "stained-glass" window art. It's very much the same starting point but you took in a bit of a different direction. Very nice.

I have a Blue & Gold Macaw, so I have a LOT of his feathers. I think this might be a wonderful way to incorporate them into a project.

Seriously Natasha, someone needs to pick you up for a Book Deal...I would love to buy your books full of creative ideas and concepts.

Love your ideas Natasha. I have also done the crayon shavings using waxed paper. Then if you really want to use up all your paper scraps instead of throwing them away. Cut your paper scraps into thin strips (or use a paper shredder) then cut the strips into small confetti size pieces and sprinkle these between the cereal bags or waxed paper, with or without crayon shavings. Can again be used for window ornaments, journal covers or any of Natasha's ideas. Lots of fun everywhere. :D

I absolutely love this idea... I am all about recycling repurposing things.. I have to say I love when you decide on the spare of the moment to make something while you're making you're video and always take into consideration that many people don't have all the crafting tools... You have a very sweet heart !!!!!

Thank you for this amazing video beautiful girl. You’ve got to be the most creative journal maker on RU-vid. So amazing, every single time. We love you 😍

I think the tags would be a perfect size for a gardener to make pouches for seed saving. You could use the package the seeds came in to fuse between the cereal bags. I save seeds from my flowers and vegetables every year. This would be a nice and neat way to store them. This looks like a very fun project. Thank you.

I am definitely in the LOVE IT group. We already pulled a cereal bag out of the trash to wash. My 8 yr old is inspired as well.

Those tags could be gifts to people as a bookmark. ❤

The tags - my immediate thought was to add paper or card on the back, then they can be written on. 😁 I am probably not the only one that thought of this! 🙃

P.S. Cereal bags are great for double bagging food you freeze - like leftovers - keeps everything fresher longer. Can also be used to marinade things in, or cover things in flour or bread crumbs or cinnamon and sugar, etc.

Two things I love about this video…Certainly, the concept and the creativity and oh the possibilities! (Ok, well that’s 3 right there) I also love that you voice your inner thoughts for your audience..”should I do this? I dunno, I’m kinda liking it this way”. Delightful!

I love this. The crinkles are great. Even the sound it makes is neat.

I haven’t seen anyone mention this, but please be aware that melting plastic does give off fumes which may be toxic. Good ventilation might be a very good idea. I love your creativity Natasa, thanks for sharing your ideas!

Haha, I actually like the tags. You could put tea dyed paper or card stock on the back before you sew around the tag. That way it is functional in a journal. You could also use fabric in between. Thank you for this idea.

I can’t tell you how much I love your videos!! You are one of the most creative and stylish people I have ever seen!! You literally take trash and turn it into the most beautiful treasure!! You yourself are a treasure and appreciate all your amazing videos! I’ve tried a lot of stuff you have shown us and they are so amazing! Thank you thank you!!!

Love this!!! 🥳 ~ for the tags, if you’re wanting some place to write, perhaps an extra piece of the plastic bag, that’s not fused, could be partially sewn to the back whilst sewing the edges, to create a pocket for notes. 😄

Glue paper on the back of the tags. The random shaped ones could just be cover decorations. If the napkins don't face the right way to make a journal cover, just cut into 4 squares and lay two side by side facing the right way and fuse, as if they are one piece. Any paper image can be sandwiched, even thin fabrics. Good fun and love the crinkle sound and crinkled look. 😘

Natasha, your love for paper and creating shows in every single video you publish. I love your videos because you reduce my learning curve exponentially. Crafters just follow her instructions exactly and you can't go wrong. It will save you a lot of valuable time. Then if you learn something new, pay it forward and teach others. Natasha has been a god-send to me and she will be for you too. Thank you Natasha.

I've been following you for a month. But you caught my attention because you're so organized and clean. Your ideas are useful and a good way to reutilize things that would just be thrown away, adding to the trash problem. Thank you very much, I will be using this idea in my crafting club. I know my gals will love it!!

Absolutely loved this video. No I haven't had enough, I could watch you all day. This is true junk journaling. A fantastic use of something that would otherwise be junk made into something beautiful.

I love it! There is a local craft fair where I live that invites vendors who make items out of recycled materials, old books/magazines, etc that would otherwise go in the landfill and I get so much inspiration/ ideas from your channel, thank you!

What a fun and creative process! I kept thinking that the napkin images could make functional small note pads if paper for writing was folded and sewn, or attached in another way, to the top of the image. It could then be tucked into a corner, side pocket, belly band, etc. Of course, the paper would have to be cut into the shape of the image, but hey, enjoy the process!:) Thank you for sharing your talent and working in a way that is encouraging to others.:)

Clever, clever idea! I love what you've done and just love the finished projects. The nature of the liner bag material lends a very unique appearance to your projects. I think elementary school aged children would love receiving personalized books made by a parent or grandparent. Pictures of the children themselves, their pets and their home life would be lovely gifts. Brava! Well done!

This project really got my creative juices flowing!! I love making things from free/cheap materials! The tags that you said you didn't like made me think of bookmarks! Also, being a teacher, I'm always looking for Mother's Day projects that don't cost me a lot for the students to make for gifts. This is perfect for that!!

what a fun project! When the top fuses and the bottom doesn't, couldn't you just flip the whole thing over (like grab the bottom parchment/cooking paper and bring it to the top)and then you could leave the iron on medium instead of high heat and a chance of scorching.

These bags cannot be handled in our recycling program so any way to reuse them is a big plus- reducing landfill . I love making my journals and the more everyday recycling ideas the better and this is wonderful Natasha! I can’t wait to try this🥰Thank you again for your endless inspiration.

Natasha! You're a genius! I've been hoarding cereal liners for months and the only thing I could come up with was making little "glassine" bags with them. You've added a whole new world of possibilties for using these to make cool things for our journals. I'm staring at the six boxes of cereal I have perched on top of my fridge and can't wait to get my hands on the liners. Thanks for the inspiration! Cheers from Denver CO!

This would be cool to put a recipe in between and make a recipe book to hold them all. That way you won't ever get your recipe card dirty. Also make them into zipper bags. Coin purses, etc.

Maybe it would be interesting to cut holes in a piece of paper, or punch shapes, or borders. Then when you lay the plastic over to fuse it, it will fuse in the cut out sections of the paper. It may create an interesting effect? Like little windows, maybe? I love your videos so much! You have got me crafting again, after years of not feeling creative, you have inspired me to start up again. Thank you Natasa!

I love the idea of using cereal bags. I thought the tags were cute and instead of using them as tags in junk journals, use them as bookmarks in regular books/novels. Definitely going to make some. Thanks for the inspiration!

That's one of the reasons I love your tutorials, Natasha. I'm a big believer in upcycling "junk" and turning it into something useful/beautiful.

There is nothing more satisfying then taking garbage and making something useful and beautiful. Its the best!

Fabulous idea! And I love it! Of course, different plastics melt and deform in different ways. I had some vinyl sheeting, and some other kind of plastic sheets or rolls and I did some experimenting with them. One of them kind of did what the cereal bags do: it shrunk as I used the iron over it, but more severely... when it cooled it had a wonderfully organic pattern of puckering that made a great texture stamp that I used in acrylic painting! Even the less extreme bubbling of these bags would make a great texture stamp. There are so many good ways to reuse plastic, we really need to do what you did and make something new, fun, functional, and beautiful out of what is otherwise trash. Great ideas!!

What fun inspiration! I like the crinkle sound & up cycling too! When you held up the little rectangle & asked for ideas…. The first thing that popped into my head was page tabs that you could touch/crinkle & you punch a small hole and add a dangle charm! This is going to be fun experimenting with! Thanks 😊

I absolutely love your personality and creativity! Yes my creative juices are flowing and oddly my favorite piece is the little see through pocket! Thank you for sharing! Blessings to you, your family, friends, the universes and all living beings! 🙏🏼💜🙏🏼💙🙏🏼🧡🙏🏼💛🙏🏼💚🙏🏼

I was also an elementary school teacher. We used to put crayon shavings and colorful leaves in between wax paper. They were beautiful up on the classroom windows! I never thought about using cereal bags! I am ready to make some of your journals! Thank you so much for new ideas and inspirations!

I love, love, love all the ideas! I don't eat much cereal but the bags in my snack-cracker boxes should work although they are much smaller...

Putting dried flowers/leaves in between would be gorgeous too! Lovely idea!

Awesome tutorial, as usual, thank you for the ideas! I have found it helps if you turn the sandwiched materials over once the top has fused. That way the bottom will fuse with out having to turn the heat up on the iron. Your videos always give me lots of inspiration, much appreciated 🙂

I've been saving cereal bags so this is perfect timing for me.😊💜 My husband had just started to look sideways at me on that one! 🙄😂🤣😂

As a child I use to make the crayon shavings art between wax paper. I absolutely love the ideas you have for the cereal bags. Thank you for sharing your crafty ideas of use and reuse.

I KNEW I had been saving my cereal bags for something great, I just didn't know what it was until now!! Thank you so much for the inspiration. ❤❤

I love it! Super cool ideas. This is what you call “perfectly imperfect”! Also, those 🏷 tags you made that you said you probably wouldn’t make again would be great for book-markers!

Hi, Natasha. I have to be honest and tell you that I'm having a serious problem with all your videos and that is it's IMPOSSIBLE to choose ONE favorite!! Girl, I can't even choose just one to do first!!! I love all your videos and how you teach us that we don't need the fancy stuff to create such beauties! I am a shut-in and cannot do a whole lot outside my small apartment. But your videos teach me so many beautiful things to make with stuff around my home - LITERALLY! I absolutely LOVE this project and can't wait for the morning so I can start! I too love crinkly paper and plastics and it's a very satisfying thing! Thank you so very much for your many wonderful projects. I plan to make them all! P.S. - I really enjoyed your "getting to know me" video and can honestly say I love paper cuz it evokes so many wonderful childhood memories. God bless and keep posting videos! Sincerely, Liz

I love this idea of recycling junk. It really is saving the planet and making something functional. Thanks for the inspiration. ❤️

I love the cereal bags especially the noise I do like that crunchy sound as you said. I think up-cycling makes it all that more beautiful. I try to be environmentally conscious and rally my 10 year old twins around into projects that are that way as well. I think if we all just at least did something it would together make a lot! 😊

I love this! Thank you for the time you take to try all the options. Especially “thanks” for showing fails. I want to start a channel because I have ideas I haven’t seen anyone else do but then I fumble and fail and quit.

Wow!! You just made my day. I think the cereal bag would be a level of protection for whatever you laminate or press between the cereal liners. Fantastic!

Thank you for this amazing video. You have open my eyes to what you can use to make anything journals, tags, envelopes and lots of other things to make with the simplest stuff. Your amazing and inspiring for people everywhere. Keep up doing what your doing. Such beautiful work.

This is such a neat idea. I've seen Shannon Green do that years ago! I have forgotten about using wax paper. I hardly ever buy cereal anymore but if I could use waxed paper, that would be great. The little small leftover pieces could be stamped on with Staz On Ink and then glued or sewn to the cover of the journal or a card. I love the crinkly sound of it!

I just adore your creativity! And I love the honesty! "I've had enough! Have you had enough?" 😊😊 love that! Would assume that's the European art of being straight forward ... No beating around the bush or fussing around. 😊🏡 I will definitely try this!

I just knew that there could be something creative done with the cereal lining bags. Thank you for sharing your creative idea. I will definitely be using your ideas.

Great idea! I use the cereal bx liners as a craft sheet for my distress inking - 1 for each colour, that way I don't have to clean after every use.

I love what you've done especially the journal with the flap over and the water cover pages as journal cover. I have looked at my cereal bags for a long time and pondered what more I could do with them and here you are with this video! You are very creative. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us. I'm off now to try one of these myself. Thanks again!

You just tickle me so much with your enthusiasm. What you say out loud is what I think when I'm crafting. It's hard to communicate how excited I get!

I appreciate your work and showing pieces you are not completely satisfied with. It demonstrates your creative judgment, while encouraging others it’s about trial and error. Thanks for keeping it real!

You are so loved! Thank you! Best advice ever: follow the muse...you inspire us all Natasha ❤️

I love the way the plastic texture looks! It's like transparent leather. The feel of it would be nice, too.

I love that you always say "sky`s the limit". It`s a good reminder that creativity never ends.

I love it !!!!! Thank you so much for teaching us, I am 60 years old and I’m loving your channel. Thank you…

I love the textured look and feel! It makes it seem like old fashioned quality. These are lovely, like the old Victorian era ❤

Natasha, I was just thinking of buying a laminator, but wasn't sure how much I really needed one. Your project has given my an alternative at least for now. Thanks for keeping me in budget. Love all your ideas and videos.

as a child in the 1960s, we would collect fall leaves and put in between wax paper and make a placement. I'm 62 now and it's still one of my favorite memories of childhood. Thank you for bringing it back.🥰🍂🍁🍂🍁

Bookmarks and placemats come to mind, as functional things to make from this process.

I love this idea of fusing cereal bags in fun and useful projects with added benefit of preventing them from going to the landfill. One project that I would like to do is a pouch with foldover flap that velcro's closed. This pouch would hold one or two masks so you always have one to throw in your purse or backpack.

I loved this idea! I make little journals for my granddaughters that have blank paper for writing and drawing. I love the idea of using "kid" napkins for this! Thanks for sharing your creativity! 🤗

Your creativity is boundless. Great use of recycled materials. And I am so glad you use real sewing instead of gluing everything.

Beautiful hands, jewelry and manicure. I LOVE this process! I like the wrinkles...the give the paper a leathery look. Tfs.

I’ve used these a long time ago in a journal -I sewed on them & used gesso -black thread, white gesso You can capture thread bits etc in between like you were making paper -all kind of possibilities I would turn over the bag & iron on the other side (bottom side of napkin) instead of heating iron more to go through thickness to get to bottom-does that make sense? TFS!

Love this! Always thought I wanted a laminator- no space/expensive- you’ve showed that I can recycle instead. And I love the sound!

You are so imaginative and creative. I am never disappointed when watching you. Thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas

I had to comment again on the small journal. That journal would make such a nice gift! I love you putting assorted flat items between the cereal bags. I think it is a great idea using a single image that has been infused between the bags as a closure.!!!! You are just filled with ideas.!!!! Thank you so much for giving me the inspiration I need. ❤

I happened to put a few cereal bags aside yesterday. I thought at the time that I am sure to find some way of using them! And here you are!

Hello and greetings from Toronto Canada. I love watching your videos they're so informative and I love the step by step instruction I've learned a lot from you for making junk journals thank you for your creativity and sharing it with us. 🙏♥️😊

This is a great idea. For the envelope, you could cut it out with a wide edge, then fold and put tracing paper inside and fuse the edges together with more heat. Then trim with pinking shears.

I love repurposing throwaway objects to make beautiful, useful things. Thank you for sharing.

I loved all of it and have used cereal bags for a while now, I love the feel and sound of the material . For the tags that seem to have no real purpose as you say, they do - aside from looking beautiful, you can write messages or sentiments on the back side with sharpie pens :)

I think this is a very beautiful and unique idea. Like you I especially liked that last little Journal that you made. What wonderful gift some of these things would be. The pretty envelopes would make very nice packaging for small gifts for birthdays and so forth. I also think that if you had napkins that were meant for baby showers they would make adorable adorable journals for a new baby gift our baby shower gifts. I always look forward to your videos because you are so creative and inventive with recycling which is my number one reason for doing junk journals

Natasha you are a girl after my own heart, I have been saving all my cereal box liners forever and have quite a stash so of course I am looking for ideas. I got a snap closure thingy for Christmas so just last night I was making little ephemera bags to use similar to your envelope but not as pretty, Now I go crazy and make all sorts of neat things. Thanks so much for these fabulous ideas. Please take care and be safe Hugs and 'smiles

For the tags you're not happy with, what about sewing a pocket onto them (maybe out of acetate, your cereal bag off-cuts or something more or less transparent)? Then a small card (for a gift) or a journal card could be tucked in. As a gift tag, they are reusable...just remove the little card and tuck in a new one. This tag could end up travelling far away! I like this cereal bag project. As always, you are clever and your work is elegant. ❤

I'm inspired! I love the right-side flap journal cover especially, as well as the fancy pocket. I've saved a few cereal bags ... I must've been waiting for you to inspire me! Thanks for sharing!

Everytime I throw them away I always wonder what I could be doing with them! Basically wax paper and should have some sort of use 😉 thank you for showing us a great use..so much my jam 💜

I’m with all the others that said they love this idea, and that it sparks so many related ideas. ❤❤❤🎉

Oh, my, am I in trouble?? 😉 I just retrieved the bag we emptied this mormimg, and washed it out. I will use my large silicone sheet to do this. I think I will love doing it! I can't wait! I have a few napkins, already. I can never have too much of watching you craft.😊

Great ideas, thanks! I am a quilter and have used cereal bags for years in that craft. I also use in my kitchen for pastry making and things, it is much thicker than regular wax paper. When I am fusing things for paper crafts I like to fuse one side, then flip it over and fuse the other.

I love the recycling, the look, the sound, the texture! Can't wait to try this!

I think the little bits of leftover cereal bags would make great stamps that look like postal stamps. That’s the first thing that popped into my mind when you were showing it. I’m so pleased I found your channel, you inspire me to do so many different things. I love it!!!

I LOVE this video! It's an excellent example of creative thinking: you had an idea to share then allowed your ideas to take you other places still using the technique you intended. This is how I create too- never know where an idea can take you! Thanks for sharing your genuine self!

I love this idea Natasa! Thank you! 🙏😊 I love your ideas - I make a lot of them because they are so fun and no, I never have enough of your ideas!! 😁 Crafting is my therapy and you help with that more than I can say. ☺️ I so know what you mean about making fun stuff out of ordinary things. 😃😃 You are very inspirational - thank you for all you share. 💝💕💕🙏😊

Love the ideas using the cereal bags. Like so many, using recycled items makes it so much better. Thank you always for sharing and making things fun and reminding us that it’s okay to not like how every idea comes out perfect.

Natasha, I love that you love the process of creating so much and that some of your most favorite experiences are not even the ones that result in something “beautiful”….I attribute this to the fact that when you are willing to push beyond creating only to fulfill narrow expectations of “beauty” (whatever that means, it’s so relative), you are creating new neuropathways in your brain that only serve to increase your creative potential. Maybe the end result isn’t a knock-out beauty but what you learned about the technique or the behavior of your materials (or any number of other realizations that can happen while creating) could be a lifelong blessing to your crafting-and even your life in general-or maybe they will LEAD to something else that is! That’s the beautiful thing about the PROCESS, independent of the OUTCOME. I love to see you follow your bliss and your intuition during your creative process-it’s very inspiring!

I love your idea of preserving wonderful napkins between cereal bag sheets! I also love all of your ideas- Natasha, you make our days brighter with your creativity, and we appreciate you so much💕

Dearest Nataša, I missed you, since I haven't had enough time lately to watch the videos and to create. So now, this is a candy for me 😍 Just before I jump into the video, I sant to wish you good health and luck and happines in this year, so you can make US happy with lots of new content from you. Poljubac 😊❤️

I am loving this project!! I was reading the comments and such wonderful ideas. Thank so much for sharing to everyone. I love all the possibilities.

I love your ideas! Recycling is worthy of the time it takes. I use broken pots, sea glass, broken bottles, even plastic water bottles cut down and make favor boxes for little girls tea parties! Fill them with mints or little candies or nuts. I save the tops of the bottles, cut them just below the threads. Use gorilla tape putting the cut ends together and use for pocket fishing kits for kids with line, hooks sinkers. Two sided lids to open. All they need is find a long stick. I do paper craft, sewing, make pine needle baskets, art of all kinds incl. oils, water color, acrylic, charcoal, pencil, sculpture, leather work, well anything crafty. And if I can recycle, all the better. You have great ideas. Thanks.

I love this project! I think, for the stand alone images, you could glue some coffee or tea dyed paper to the back and have some journaling space...could be like an irregular journaling card. :)