What She's Wearing ~ Valentine's Craft for Kids ~ Doll Purse Upcycle Gift Bags

She's wearing red for Valentine's Day and so is her Teddy Bear with its upcycled gift bag purse craft. Grab a gift bag, (we like the shiny ones) and make a clutch hand bag. It's easy and it doubles for a classroom valentine goody bag.

This purse or gift envelope was cut from the bottom of a large, gift bag.

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Cut the bottom of a large bag to recycle the existing lines as a pattern or use an easy cheat and make your own pattern with a gift card envelope, separate it where it's been glued, lay it out flat, and trace it onto your gift bag. PDF pattern here tomorrow.  Fold the paper on the lines where the envelope had been glued folding a 1" section at the bottom of the envelope to serve as a base for your doll's clutch bag and also on each side.

Poke holes in the sides and insert ribbon for the purse strap. Tie a knot inside the purse at each hole. Get crafty and add a sticky gem or gems from the dollar store. Any American Girl Doll would kill for this purse, now if we could just find her some ruby slippers to match. Yep, I'm a matchy poo-poo.

Mayhem prefers high-top sneakers to ruby red slippers and teddy bears to "girly" dolls.

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