See what you can create...

by just being creative and digging through all your "stuff"!!!  This all started when I wanted to get Jack a bag just for him.  Each of our kiddos has their own bag they take to church with them for all their stuff, bibles, papers, crafts, etc.  But Jack didn't have a small bag to be handed down from his sisters!  I've been looking all over for a preschool or toddler sized bag that I could personalize with his name.  Of course the ones I did find were too expensive never mind adding his name!  So I thought I'd pilfer through all my old fabrics and things to see what I could find.  I decided on a cinch bag because you could alter that pattern to fit any sized child :) And here is Jack's finished bag...

Can I also add that Jack absolutely loves his bag!!!  He wouldn't let me take it off last night so he could go to bed and as soon as he saw it this morning he had it back on :)

Since I made Jack a bag the girls picked out some fabric and ribbon for their own bags...

Emma did not want her name on her bag and it had to be big enough to fit her sketch pad and pencils!

Anna of course wanted her name in white paint, but because of the fabric we decided to add glitter while the paint was drying, flashy just like our Anna ;)

Lizzy chose green, surprise, surprise!  She also wanted her name and some squigglies (in between the letters of her name).

And here are all 4 bags that I created in a matter of a few hours (all together) throughout the day yesterday!!!  Oh and I made them all from my own stash, so they didn't end up costing me anything!!!

And here are the kiddos with their bags

I love being crafty, especially when it's functional, my kiddos love the outcome and it doesn't cost me anything but my time!!!