I designed the face on my Silhouette machine and printed it off using heat transfer material.
{If you do this, remember to mirror your image before you print it out}
Once the image was printed out, I took off the excess heat transfer tape, leaving only the images I wanted to use. Then I ironed the image onto plain tote bags. I found a four pack of tote bags at Hobby Lobby for $6.99. So each tote bag is less than $2. Such a good deal!!
I made a 6 inch wide by 8 inch long piece of material. I sewed it inside out on three sides and then turned it right side out and sewed the last side shut.
Then I took a button cover and covered it with some coordinating fabric and glued it in the middle of the fabric with fabric glue.
So now I have a fun bag that their teachers can use as a beach bag or to carry things in.
gift certificate to their favorite store or restaurant.
- The first is use heat transfer material and trace the image on with a pencil and cut it out.
- The second is you can paint the face and name on your bag — use some paint medium along with regular craft paint.
I also had a reader who saw this post and made her own version of teacher appreciation tote bags:
Check them out at 36th Avenue!!