It’s time for another Tinkerlab Creative Challenge… this month the challenge is Paper Bags. (Tinkerlab has also included a giveaway this time! Make sure to check it out!)
(I actually had to make a point to get some paper bags from the store…. I guess that’s the down side to all of those reusable bags. 😉 )
Paper Bag Mini Coloring Book
I loved the way that Tinkerlab set out the material already altered in the Magazine Challenge. So this time I tried to think of several different ways to present these Paper Bags.
I cut up a paper bag. Crumpled some. Punch holes to make paper bag circles. Cut some strips and set everything out for the M and M to see while they ate snack.
Little M’s area quickly looked like this… can you count the creative projects in the works here?
Big M grabbed an old gum box out of the art cabinet.
I watched quietly as he cut off the top.
He measured the box and started cutting… hmmm.
Big M stapled five square pieces of paper bag together and announced.
“It’s a coloring book!”
We worked together to decorate the outside of the gum box.
Big M awarded me this adorable coloring book.. to keep in my purse . All that was left was to add the coloring pages.
Big M made a star. Little M made a unicorn.
I guess I’ll just slide this Mini Coloring Book into my purse and save it for the next time I’m waiting in line. 😉
This post is a part of the Creative Challenge Series.
Visit all of these wonderful Paper Bag Challenge posts and then go ahead and add your own! (One post only please.)
Love the idea of altering the basic material a bit before presenting it to the little crafters:) The book is great! And yes, we too use only recylable bags so had to borrow bags for the challenge 😉
LOVE the mini-coloring book!!! I’m super impressed. 🙂
Ahhh! I will tell him. 😉
I love giving materials to kids to see what they create. Their ideas are always awesome!
Absolutely!
Love the idea of altering the basic material a bit before presenting it to the little crafters:) The book is great! And yes, we too use only recylable bags so had to borrow bags for the challenge 😉
Thank you Roopa! I love your animal bags! so cute.
Such a cute idea!!! I love how you set it up ahead of time with the materials tweaked a bit. Fabulous idea
It was really a great way to present the activity. (I can’t take the credit though, Tinkerlabs idea. 😉 )