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For my nephew’s second birthday, I used Amanda Soule’s book, The Creative Family, as a jumping off point for his gift. I loved Amanda’s idea for an art-on-the-go bag, and I also used her pattern in the book for the colored pencil roll. Since he’s so young, I used pretty simple contents, but Reuben loved it! The bag is a simple drawstring backpack with a big pocket on the front.
Here’s the photographic proof of the homemade contents and the final gift:
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danielle 10.20.08 at 8:30 am
wow! how cute!! that’s a great idea
Linda Z 10.20.08 at 10:24 am
That’s adorable!! Good job, Nicole!!
Paul 10.20.08 at 6:50 pm
This is Reuben’s dad writing. He thought it was awesome and had a fun time keeping it away from his big brother who was really curious about it.
carole@hippostoes 10.20.08 at 8:33 pm
Wow, what an amazing blog. I HAVE to bookmark that. I am definitely getting her book. She is truly amazing. I wish I was half as creative as she is. I’m so unworthy!! Thank you for bringing her to my attention!
Beth Coming Up 10.21.08 at 7:24 am
What an absolutely adorable art kit! I had an aunt, way back when I was in grade school, who made things like this for all the nieces and nephews! We all LOVED what she would make us! Your nephew is gonna love it!
Beth 10.24.08 at 9:02 am
I love this! And I think it might be something I could actually pull off. Umm…and I just thought about this as I was typing that…Do you remember that pillow I made for David in college? It was kind of hard for me
gidget 10.27.08 at 1:18 pm
I’m glad you all liked this! Seriously, The Creative Family is an awesome book!
@Beth, you could totally handle this, not much harder than a pillow!
Lori Ann 10.31.08 at 10:17 pm
Neat to see it in action! I just read it in the Creative Family book earlier this month.
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jodi @ bpr 11.04.08 at 4:52 am
great idea! we’re doing an art box for our son & niece for Christmas, but that bag is so cute! hmmm…
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Jennifer Clark 11.04.08 at 7:29 am
so cute! yes - amanda’s book IS totally awesome - i love it - and i’ve made her gratitude wrap (pattern is on her site) as a gift a couple times too…you should check it out - it’s very sweet. good job!!
Alana @ Gray Matters 11.04.08 at 8:32 am
What a great idea - I love how colorful and full of possibilities it is!
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