Guest Post- Back Pack Buddies

Today we have guest poster, Deanna, from Just Deanna.

She is a mother of 4, and is always up to something crafty. Deanna is sharing with us how to make some cute backpack buddies.

Take it away Deanna!

Hello!  I am Deanna of Just Deanna.

A little blog with sewing and crafting tutorials and lots of other miscellany. 

Glad to be here visiting Crystal's great blog.  :)

This summer I hosted a little craft club for my kids and their friends. 

At our last one, for a fun back to school project, we made these fun backpack buddies with shrinky dink paper.

They are super simple to make and the kids seem to really love them. 

You can use them as a key chain as well.

Supplies we used:
frosted shrinky dink paper,
colored pencils,
scissors,
and a hole punch.

For this project I printed up a bunch of fun characters and other shapes for them to use. 

They traced around the picture and colored in with colored pencils.

You should color on the rough side of the paper.

You'll want the picture to be about the size of half a sheet of shrinky dink paper.

  If little ones struggle with the paper shifting over their picture, just tape it down on the sides.

White pencil will show up once they are baked.

Next, cut around the picture leaving room around the picture.

 If you cut around skinny parts, they break off easily. 

Finally before baking punch a hole in the top.

Bake according to the directions in the package.

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Once cooled, we used large jump rings to attach to the hole and then to a key ring. 

Then we attached them to a zipper on their backpack.

Thanks for letting me guest on your blog, Crystal!  :)

Thanks Deanna, for sharing such a fun back to school craft!

Make sure to show Deanna some love, and check out her great ideas!!