Paper Bag Backpack Craft - Preschool children love this project and it is a great way to recycle your grocery bags.
What you will need: Three brown paper bags for each backpack, buckles, glue, paint.
What to do:
If you have the longer type bag, cut one paper bag to measure 14 inches high. Insert the 14 inch bag inside another paper bag. Cut slits on the four top corners of the outside bag to make flaps. Fold the flaps to the inside of the bags so that you cover the top of the first bag. Glue the flaps down. Now you have a double bag measuring 14" high. If you have the 14" high bags, just insert one inside the other and glue them together at the top.
To make the front flap of the backpack, cut a piece from the third bag that measures 14" x 14". Fold the bag on the dotted lines as indicated on
and then glue the sides together. Glue the flap to the top of the bag so that it overlaps the bag 2" as indicated diagram 2.
Use the
provided to make the shoulder straps then glue them to the backpack as indicated on the pattern.
To make the straps, cut long pieces of the bag 3 times the size of your buckle. You can buy any number of different kinds of buckles at fabric stores and outdoor stores but they tend to be very expensive. The Wy'East Online Fabrics Store has them for 20 cents to 50 cents a piece depending on which type you buy. Glue the straps onto the shoulder straps and to the bottom of the backpack so that they will meet each other and overlap. Attach the buckles to the straps by inserting the straps through the top of the buckle and folding over. Secure with glue.
Attach more straps (about 9 inches) to the top of the top flap so that they hang down from the bottom of the flap about 4 inches. Attach a buckle to the end overlapping the strap about 2 inches. Then attach straps to the bottom of the pack so that they will match up to the top flaps and overlap at least 4 inches.
Decorate with water paints, markers, or crayons
Paper Bag Backpack Craft
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