For the past year, I have been a Creative Activities Coordinator for my local MOPs (Mothers of Preschoolers (see http://www.mops.org/ for more info) group. Last year we had approximately 100 women in our group. It was a challenge to plan and prepare crafts for the women that would be within budget (less than $3.00 per craft), take less than an hour to complete, easy for non-crafters, as well as interesting and useful. The projects we did were: laminated chore charts, tote bags, glass tile pendant necklaces, foam fortune cookie sharing game, and ribbon memory boards. Over the next few weeks, I will post the instructions and pictures of the crafts. I'll post the tote bags first, simply because I have the pictures ready.
Tote Bags:
Supplies needed:
Blank canvas tote bags
Sharpies (r) markers
Stencils
Blank tote bags can be pricey at a craft store like Michael's, but we were able to find reasonable prices and quality online from ingreetings.com, located in S.F.
We got Sharpies in a variety of colors from Costco, 12 pack for about $12.
We bought stencils from Michael's.
The Sharpies did wick (bleed) a little on the edges of the stencil design, creating a sort of shadow effect. Some people didn't care for that look and used paint instead. I preferred the Sharpies.
Awesome, Nancy! Now you wouldn't have to repeat yourself to everyone who "Oooo!"s and "Ahhh!"s and then asks "How'd you make that?" about your amazing crafts. You're the MOPS Martha Stewart! (I still think you should start your own home business!) 8)
ReplyDeleteHey Nancy, welcome to the blogosphere! Looking forward to your cool crafts and great ideas. Our kids are still using those neat personalize bags you made for them. Be sure to sign up at Statcounter.com to track your visitors.
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