Printed Cello Bags

Printed cello bags are clear polypropylene gift bags with a decorative pattern printed directly on the film, so your product still shows through the open areas of the design. The printed cello bags at CelloBags.com are made from at least 1.1 mil polypropylene and come in popular patterns including baby prints, animal prints, elegant prints, and hearts and circles. They are a stock, ready-to-ship alternative to custom-printed packaging, so there is no plate charge, no artwork setup, and no large minimum order.

Yes. Every printed cello bag CelloBags.com sells meets FDA requirements for direct food contact, so cookies, candy, chocolate-covered treats, nuts and other dry foods can go straight into the bag with no inner liner. That is the same food-safe standard most cottage food programs, farmers market vendor rules and retail buyers ask about. For non-food items such as cosmetics, bath products or small gifts, no special handling is needed either.

Fill the bag, gather the top, twist, and tie it off with a twist tie or a length of ribbon. These are open-top bags with no adhesive lip, so twist ties are the fastest closure and ribbon gives the more finished gift look. Twist ties are not included with the bags but can be added to your order from the CelloBags.com twist tie page. Leave two to three inches of headspace when filling so the top gathers cleanly.

Printed cello bags are packed in boxes of 100. That pack size is sized for a single craft fair, a class party, a holiday cookie run or a seasonal retail set, so you are not forced into case quantities you will not use. If you need more than one pattern, order a box of each rather than committing to a single design for the whole season.

The bag material is the same food-grade polypropylene; the difference is that a printed bag carries a decorative pattern on the film while a clear bag is completely see-through. Choose printed when the packaging itself is part of the gift presentation, such as baby showers, holidays and party favors, where the pattern does the decorating for you. Choose clear when the product is the selling point and you want nothing between the shopper and what is inside, which is usually the better call for retail shelves and product photography.

The most common uses are gift basket components, candy and chocolates, cookies, nuts, cosmetics and bath products, and small retail or handmade items. Home bakers, cookie and candy makers, gift basket designers, Etsy and craft fair sellers, and shower and party hosts are the typical buyers. Because the patterns are seasonal and occasion-driven, many customers keep one or two prints on hand for baby showers and holidays and use clear bags the rest of the year.

Printed cello bags from CelloBags.com are made from at least 1.1 mil polypropylene. That gauge is heavy enough to hold cookies, candy and gift basket contents without tearing at the twist, while staying thin enough to gather and tie easily by hand. Polypropylene also has the crisp feel and snap that shoppers associate with gift and bakery packaging, unlike softer poly film.