One of our projects this week was disguising some gift bags as snowmen.
We bought a pack of medium-size brown bags at the craft store (12 for $3.59 with a coupon).
I cut out a hat from cardstock. We used some scraps of cardstock and construction paper to embellish the hat and make the mouth. We used buttons for eyes, orange felt for a nose, and a bright red rhinestone for the holly berry.
My girls now know the word "rhinestone"...should I be worried???
At not quite three years old, I'm not quite comfortable at turning the girls loose with a bottle of glue. I ran the smaller pieces (like the holly leaves and mouth) through my Xyron to make "stickers" for the girls to apply. I drew lines on the bag to guide their placement.
For the rhinestone, buttons, and felt, I put dots of glue on the bags, and they put the embellishments in place.
We put these together over three sessions, I think, to allow the glue to dry for the various sections. The girls really enjoyed it (and it wasn't too messy for this mama!).
While I'm personally much more of a gift-wrap-kinda-gal...
...I like wrapping gifts with nice crisp corners and pretty ribbons and tags...and then ripping the paper off (not the gifts I wrapped, just to be clear)...
...in addition to our handmade gift tags, I thought this would be another fun way to get the girls involved in the gift-giving process.
8 comments:
Ok, I may be buying one of these Xyrons now. Any advice on refills or whatever to order with it?
I bought mine at wal.mart for about $8. They sell refills there for $5. I use this quite a bit for crafting with the girls, and the tape seems to last a long time. It's super easy (and not messy!). :)
I love love LOVE this idea!
Such a good idea - practical and fun for the kids and quality time :)
this post is awesome! the bags are great and super cute....and i'm going to file this away for next year for my kiddos.
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the best part is the info on the sticker maker :) i had NO IDEA something like that existed!!
I love these bags! And, doesn't every girl need a little rhinestone in her life?? haha
I've seen the Xyron machine at W-M and had wondered if it worked. With all the craft ideas I've been getting off PI, I NEED one! Notice I said NEED, not want :-)
Those bags are so cute!
And I'm impressed with that little gadget you have to turn things into sticker. I may just need to have one of those for myself...
very cute! Love that you're getting braver and more adventurous with the girls. I had my 3 beading "candy canes" the other night. Adam did his all on his own. I was REALLY impressed with his first candy cane - a perfect red/silver pattern. His second started off good but about half way went more like red-red-red-silver-silver-red-red-red...by the last it was half red, half silver...but HE made it and he loved it. (I'm all about my students and my kids making it theirs, not 'perfect') :-)
This is so cute! What a wonderful way to present a gift!
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