We are eagerly anticipating our upcoming beach vacation. While looking for some beach craft ideas, I ran across Family Fun's duct tape beach bag craft. I thought the kids would enjoy the craft (who doesn't love duct tape crafts?!), and they could use their bags not only at the beach but to hold their special travel items for the long car ride.
If we hadn't used up all our duct tape for crafts awhile ago, this would have been a pretty cheap craft. Since I had to replenish our stock, I let them each pick out a unique duct tape color and I picked a neutral color to match. We started with a 16"x30" rectangle measured out on a kitchen trash bag that had been cut open & taped to the table. Tyler chose to make his stripes run parallel to the short side. Danielle made hers follow the long side. I can see how younger kids might have a hard time putting the tape on by themselves, but Tyler & Danielle did great. After all the tape was down, we cut the rectangle out and added (2) 2' lengths of cord to each short side, folding a small section over and taping it down to make a sleeve for 
the cord. We folded the rectangle in half and taped up the sides. Then we tied a cord from one side to a cord from the other side and repeated it with the other cords to create a drawstring. The drawstring is long enough the kids can wear the bags on their backs or over a shoulder.
the cord. We folded the rectangle in half and taped up the sides. Then we tied a cord from one side to a cord from the other side and repeated it with the other cords to create a drawstring. The drawstring is long enough the kids can wear the bags on their backs or over a shoulder.
The bags are really cute and feel like they could take a beating and still hold up.
3 comments:
Super! You gals are so creative.
Someone else was creative. I just followed directions. :)
Those are cute! And some really unusual duct tape!
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