When we bought my son's backpack for school, I was surprised that he wanted a plain Jane backpack. No Spiderman. No Batman. Not even Spongebob. He chose a black, red and grey backpack. But I was not surprised that Joshua already had something in mind for his plain Jane backpack. He wanted an Angry Bird backpack...more specific, he wanted the black bomb bird and the red angry bird. So this was my solution to his 'simple' request.
I found Angry Bird clip art online and traced it with freezer paper. I cut out the images and ironed them onto the flaps. Cheri at I Am Momma-Hear Me Roar has a really good tutorial on freezer paper stenciling.
Right about this point is when I regretted the whole idea of the freezer paper. See how I burned the nylon around the black edge of the flap...ugh! But I just carried on...the only option I had was to try to make it better. So once I was done, I went back and painted in the burned part with fabric paint. It doesn't look that bad. And the best part is that Josh didn't notice...or at least he didn't say anything.
So, I painted the flaps with fabric paint, including the beaks. I added googly eyes with fabric glue.
A week later into kindergarten and the eyes are still on.
Overall, I'm happy with how it turned out, burned flap and all.
It's the perfect backpack for Buddy to wait for Joshua every day. We NEVER leave home without Buddy...
not even on the first day of school.
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So far, Buddy has perfect attendance
and he doesn't mind waiting in the backpack until the end of the school day.
That is when he gets to come out of the backpack and ride the bus shot gun with his best bud, Joshua.
