Have you completed your shopping for school supplies this year? Whether you have or whether you are amongst those that are waiting until almost the last minute…like me, adding these very cute, very fun and very fabulous bags to your kiddo’s list will surely earn you an A+ with your kidlets! Kami from Sweet Charli is visiting today and sharing her Back to School, letter “V”, project with us. She has created a bag for your kid’s pencils and a bag for their sandwiches which are both adorable and embellished with love! Enjoy and Happy School Supplies shopping…wink, wink!
Hi! I am Kami from Sweet Charli sharing a little project with you, that you may want to make for your kiddos for back-to-school. I was given the letter ‘V’ and decided to make VELCRO bags for some of your kids’ school items!
I love shopping at The Ribbon Retreat, because the selection of darling ribbons, embellishments, trims, and fabric is awesome. I found this cute fabric and all the embellishments there for a great deal. And of course, this is where I got my VELCRO!
To make this VELCRO pencil bag you will need:
4×8″ fabric
4×10″ fabric
4×10″ felt*
sticky velcro
sewing machine/thread
embellishments
*I use felt on the inside of my bag so that it has stability while carrying the pencils.
Sew a rough piece of velcro on the top-middle of your 4×8″ fabric.
Next, on the 4×8″ fabric piece, fold over the top two times then stitch a straight line across to hold and finish it.
Then you will place your 4×10″ pieces of felt and fabric together (wrong sides together) and use a non-fray stitch around the top half (you can around the whole thing but it isn’t necessary).
Now you will place the two pieces together, right sides touching. Line up from the bottom, because you will want the longer piece to be on top for the flap.
Sew around the two sides and the bottom.
Flip right side out. Add the soft piece of velcro on the flap of your bag.
Now is the fun part, embellishing! I found so many cute things at The Ribbon Retreat to embellish with! Ric-rac, flowers, bows, washi-tape, ribbons…it was hard to decide what to use!
I kept on going and wanted to make a sandwich bag for lunch. I used oil cloth for the outside, and fabric for the inside.
One of my favorite things about this project are the labels. I got some fun washi-tape from The Ribbon Retreat and decided that these labels can be removed and replaced with whatever I want to say! How easy and fun is that?
I hope you enjoy this project. These VELCRO bags really are so easy to make and you can put anything in them! They would make fun bags to give gifts in too!
Happy “V” Day!
How so very cute are those bags? Pretty super cute right? My boys would love little bags just like those…maybe minus the sequin bows and flowers, but they would be thrilled with their own personal bag to place their brand new pencils in and yummy, yummy PB&Js in for their tasty lunches!
Thank you Kami for this simple and very fun project! For more great projects by Kami, make sure to jump on over to Sweet Charli to say hello!
Want some more great ideas to add to and complete that school supply list with some handmade goodness? Check out these other great Back to School projects your kids…and you…are sure to love!
What is your kiddo’s favorite thing about shopping for school supplies?