Thursday, May 17, 2012

Craft: Dinosaur Treat Bags


I am making a few goodies for Audrey's dinosaur party. Though I love doing the big party tablescape, it's fun to focus on just a few things for this one and let our local museum do the rest. So I am making dinosaur treat bags as party favors.


I ordered these 8"x10" cotton muslin bags and stenciled on some red t-rex skulls. I don't have a lot of experience transferring or stenciling. I probably stenciled a few times years and years ago. And I know there are great new tools for automating much of this. But, since I don't do a lot of it, this low-tech approach seemed just fine. 


I cut out a t-rex skull using the same template I designed for the t-shirt applique and sprayed the back side with some Easy-Tack hoping to bond the edges to the fabric enough to stop the paint from bleeding. It worked thank goodness! I cut out a circle for the eye and an oval for the nostril and sprayed those to stick too. Then I used Martha Stewart Crafts paint in Habanero and painted away with a small clipboard inside the bag to keep the paint from bleeding through to the back side of the bag. I let the bags dry with some paper inserted between the fabric layers and then ironed them with a blotting cloth when they were completely dry.


And for the goodies inside? I've got some dinosaur "skeletons" (love these! they are flexible and would be fun to bury for a digging game) and dinosaur bracelets. The museum hosts are going to add a few other small dinosaur things too.


Audrey helped me make the bracelets for her friends and we made a necklace for her to wear to the party. We used these dinosaur beads and some star beads I bought at Michael's.


Bright and fun!


We're almost ready for the party!


9 comments:

  1. Such a fabulous idea....if you weren't going to the museum, it could have been an activity on the day too.

    Such a brilliant way to make dinosaurs all chick :)

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  2. Such a fabulous idea....if you weren't going to the museum, it could have been an activity on the day too.

    Such a brilliant way to make dinosaurs all chick :)

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  3. What a great idea! I love the stencil idea on the bag. Going to have to use this for my son's party!

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  4. Such a wonderful idea, I love a good dinosaur party. She will have so much fun.
    Happy Friday,
    Meredith

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  5. Such a fun party. I love your creativity and drive to do such fun things for your kids. Those necklaces turned out really cute. As does everything you touch!

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  6. This looks like soooo much fun!

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  7. Awww everything here is SO cute!!! Love that dinosaur stencil.

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  8. GREAT idea! Love the bags and the bracelets/necklace. Tell Audrey she did a great job helping her mama!

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