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Is In The Bag!
WORDS & PICTURES:
Carlee Colonneso
Carlee Colonneso is a wife, and stay at home mother of three. She is a
graduate of the University of South Florida and author of funlearninglife.com.
Her website is a lifestyle blog that centers on family, crafts, recipes, and
frugal living.
For our Snow People, we used coffee
three-part bodies.
To make these circle parts, simply cut out
the size you would like and paste to the
brown bag.
To decorate, we added googly eyes
(they can also be drawn on), attached an
orange construction paper carrot nose,
and used gems or construction paper
for the mouth.
I also added a black construction paper
hat to my character, my daughter glued
on cotton for hair, and cut the remaining
gifts. For heavier items, consider doubling
up your brown bags and secure the
handles together.
To create a Christmas Tree, I folded a piece
of green construction paper in half and cut
out the shape. Next, we used the left-over
paper as a template for more trees. Again,
this shape was pasted to a brown bag.
My daughter trimmed the tree by adding
gem stickers for ornaments; FYI these
could have been drawn on as well. I then
cut out a yellow star from construction
the scene, pulled cotton was added to
the bottom to look like snow.
a reindeer. To get him set up, I drew an
oval shape with a brown crayon and
added ears and antlers. He then attached
the googly eyes with glue, a red pom-pom
for the nose, and drew on a mouth.
Once all the bags were decorated, they
were set aside so any remaining glue
could dry. We then took the hole punch,
went as far down as we could to secure
the holes, and punched twice in the front
and then on the back.
To complete the craft, two pipe cleaners
were added through the holes to create
handles.
end when you put them through the holes.
Then, pinch both sides together, and twist
to secure.
As you can see, these one of a kind bags
are adorable and easy to make.
I hope your family enjoys creating fun
packages together, and has a wonderful
time celebrating the upcoming holidays!