India Is a Rich Country with Poor People

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Cut a piece of paper to 9.5 x 15 inches. Colored or patterned craft paper is ideal for this project, but wrapping paper or newspaper will do if you had something more delicate in mind
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Place the paper in front of you on a flat surface. Make sure to place it in “landscape” orientation – i.e. long sides up and down, short sides to the left and right.

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Fold the bottom edge of the paper up 2 inches (5 cm) and sharply crease the fold. When you’re done, unfold. Note for later that this will become the bottom of the bag.

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Fold the sides of the bag into place. Be sure to maintain the landscape orientation as you work.
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Locate the center points of the top and bottom edges. To do this, either measure with a ruler or simply lift the paper, maintain the orientation, bring the short sides together as though you were folding the whole thing in half, and pinch the top and bottom of the would-be fold to mark where the center of each long side is. Lightly mark these spots with a pencil.
Mark the paper again a half inch (13 mm) to both the left and right of each center point. When you’re done, you should have six marks total: three centered within one long edge of your paper and three centered within the other.
Bring the right edge of the paper to the left-most pencil lines and fold. Once the fold is properly creased, unfold. Repeat the inverse on the opposite side.
Flip the paper over, re-fold the left and right sides downward toward the center, and glue them where they overlap. Be sure to fold along the same lines as before (but note that the folds will be inverted). Let the glue dry completely before moving on to the next step.

5.Flip the bag over so that it sits glued-side-down. Make sure to orient it so that one of the open ends points toward you.

6.Fold the side-creases inward to create a slight accordion effect.
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With your ruler, measure inwards about 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) from the left-hand side of the bag....