make a Valentine's Day Tote
Make your own bag for transporting your valentines to school and back home or for popping in a present!
you'll need Materials
- Blank bag
- Fabric paint
- Sponge brush
- Cardboard (cut to fit in your bag)
- Embroidery floss and needle
- Fabric pen
- Scissors
- Contact paper (you can buy this at housewares stores- it is often marketed as cupboard liner, craft stores and dollar stores.)
We always find these items helpful too:
- Smock
- Craft tray or table cloth
Directions
- Don your smock.
- Insert a piece of cardboard into the bag. This will prevent the sides from sticking together when you paint!
- Cut off a piece of contact paper, fold it in half. Sketch and cut out a heart.
- Peel off the backing and have an adult help you put the outside of the heart on your bag. (Making a stencil.)
- Dip your sponge into your paint and dab it onto the heart cut-out.
- Allow it to dry in your craft tray overnight.
- Carefully peel off your your contact paper and remove your cardboard.
- We then knotted our embroidery floss on one end, threaded the needle on the other and sewed around the outside of the heart. You could add details with a fabric pen as an alternative.
- Write your name in the inside with a fabric pen.
Purpose
- Learning how to make various stencils
- Developing one’s fine motor skills (cutting, threading a needle, sewing etc.)
Safety Notes
- We suggest that you wear a smock and use a craft tray to protect your clothing and surfaces.
- Use scissors and a needle with care and direct adult supervision and/or guidance.
- Cord, yarn, string etc. can be a strangulation hazard, therefore be sure to use with direct supervision and for its intended purpose.
