Design Your Own Backpack Craft

 


As part of our back to school celebration for September we are creating all kinds of cute school items. Crafting these adorable little pieces has been so much fun we thought it would be nice to share our favourites with our community! 

To make this adorable backpack craft we got the idea and template from Made To Be A Momma!

She used the craft as a simple backpack with coloured card-stock but I decided to let the kids be free to create and design their own backpacks. You could get wild with stickers and glitter as well but we stayed simple. To create yours follow the instructions 👇 

You will need:

Card-stock or paper (printer for the template)

Glue

Scissors

Decorations, markers, paint, etc.

1. Begin by printing out your backpack templates. You can always make the first one for yourself to keep as an example of what you’re making so older kids can try to cut and follow along as well. It always helps to hold onto one for future reference and keep it safe for next year when back to school time is back!



2. I tried both ways where I cut out the pieces and then let them colour it and I also left the template as is to let the kids colour them before I cut them out. Depending on the age of the children you may want them to colour them first and then have them cut them out or you cut them out for them and help them glue all the pieces together. 



3. Assemble the backpacks. We used black card-stock as a background to create the perfect art piece for parents to hang up and enjoy. 






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