DIY Recycled Paper Seed Envelopes

We love making our own seed envelopes to save seeds from our garden. They’re so easy to make and are a great way to upcycle any paper that you already have laying around. The paper that we use to make crafts are usually ones that I’ve saved from packages that I receive, or scrap pieces of paper from projects that we’ve done. I recommend using a thicker kraft paper, but any unbleached natural paper will work! My son loves sharing seeds from our garden with friends, so we also set up a fun little “seed share” box. There’s a diagram of the steps below as well as a link to a video demonstrating the steps.

Materials:

– Square pieces of paper. We are using kraft paper that has some thickness to it and is cut into 6″x6″ size squares.
– Paper tape (for labels)
– Seeds

How to make origami paper seed envelopes:

Step 1: Fold your square piece of paper in half diagonally.
Step 2: Fold the left and right corners inward towards each other
Step 3:Tuck one corner into the pocket that the opposite side creates
Step 4: Open the envelope from the top and fill with seeds!
Step 5: Close your envelope, either using the technique shown in the diagram with the extra folds with the tip tucked in, or you can simply fold the large flap down and tape it shut.