Scrapbuster Project : Canvas Bags

Is it just me, or did the end of the school year just creep up out of no where??? While I'm so ready for summer vacation and wide open days, I love love love Claire's teachers and will be sad to see our time with them end.

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Throughout the school year, the kids would take turns bringing home the "Take Home Bag" which contained different homework activities for the kids to do.

As soon as I saw the current version of the bag, I knew an upgrade was in order. The bag was dirty and had peeling puffy paint, and I just knew I could make something nicer for the teachers and kids to use!

I picked up a pack of pre-made canvas bags from Hobby Lobby and rummaged through my fabric scraps finding fabrics containing bright reds, yellows, blues and greens. (Yet another reason to never throw away fabric, my scraps only needed to be 3-4 inches in size in order to work for this project!)

I cut letters out using my Cricut and traced them onto the fabric using Heat n Bond Ultra (remember when using Heat n Bond to trace your letters/shapes backwards!)

I made two bags and laid out each of the letters until I found the just right combination of fabrics for each one

after finding the just right spacing for the letters, I ironed them on to the two bags

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I'm so happy with how these turned out and hope the teachers love them too! This is definitely a project anyone can do as there was no sewing involved, just some cutting and ironing. Now go dig through your fabric scraps and see what projects you can come up with!!

***Stay tuned, I've got a fabulous giveaway coming up that you don't want to miss!***

 

 

Preschool Valentine's Debaucal

Okay, I'm going to call this the curse-of-the-crafty.

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Why do I insist on fussing on handmade Valentines for Claire's three year old preschool class rather than just buy a box from the store??? Seriously, I'm sure the kids just ripped them open anyway without giving them a single look.But anyway, the Valentine's themselves were not that difficult (and look, I actually used my Cricut for something other than a banner!) The difficult part came when I honestly thought a three year old could sit and write her name 15 times over without any drama involved. Serious lack of judgment on my part.it started out sweet
and everybody was having fun
but about four or five in the tears began.
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We made it through, whew.The real reward came though while watching Claire hand out her Valentine's to her classmates, so cute!And at least I'm not the mom who handed out whistles to all the kids.
Not cool. Not cool at all. The dog doesn't think so either.

LOVE Banner

Someday I'll have time to play with my Cricut more and will hopefully be able to make more than just banners for by our back entryway. In the meantime though, here is our new banner, just barely tweaked out in time for Valentine's Day!