Message Print Bag

Create a tote bag that carries a meaningful message. Re-usable fabric bags especially for shopping helps prevent plastic bag pollution. We have designed a fabric bag highlighting the need to SAVE our SEAS from plastic pollution. Why not design your own bag to help spread the message.

Message Print Bag

Skill Level

Intermediate. Adult supervision needed

Time to Make

45 minutes + drying time

Adult Supervision Needed

Yes

How to Make

  1. Use a paintbrush to paint a wavy line just under the halfway point of a blue bag.
  2. Fill in the bottom section of the bag in blue fabric paint. Leave to dry.
  3. Use a black fabric pen to write ‘save our seas’ onto the bag above the blue paint.
  4. Cut out two fish shapes from a sheet of self adhesive orange felt.
  5. Peel the backing off of the felt, then stick the fish onto the blue sea that you painted onto the bag.
  6. Stick a wiggle eye onto each of your felt fish.
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Top Tip

To prevent paint seeping through to the other side of the bag, place a piece of cardboard inside the bag before painting. Wait until the paint has completely dried before sticking the felt to it.

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