This is an ideal craft for everyone in your family. It is simple to do and is very practical. The kids will love the design and can use it to carry around all their favorite things through- out summer. You'll like it too for all your favorite things. Have fun!

What you need

• Scissors
• Craft glue or glue gun
• Wire cutters
• Pencil
• White Canvas Tote Bag
• 12 1- inch green pom-poms
• 4 3/4- inch yellow pom-poms
• 2 5 mm red pom-poms
• 1 2-inch yellow pom-pom
• 4 7mm wiggle eyes
• 1 package black chenille stems
• 1 each: brown and yellow fabric marker

What you do

1. Make 2 caterpillars by gluing 2 lines of 6 pom-poms (that would be using all the green pom-poms) to the front of the bag. You can place them in any direction that you like. You create the scene.
2. Cut one black chenille stem in half and fold each piece in half. Glue a piece to the top of each caterpillar's head for antennas. Glue a 3/4 inch yellow pom-pom on the tip of each antenna.
3. Cut 10 pieces of chenille stem each about 1 inch long. Fold each piece in half and glue to the bottom of each green pom-pom for legs.
4. Glue on the eyes and glue on a red pom-pom for a nose.
5. Draw a path for the caterpillars on the bag with the brown fabric marker.
6. Glue the large yellow pom-pom on the top right hand corner of the bag for the sun. Draw on sunrays with the yellow fabric marker.
   
   Note:
   You can also use fabric paints to add a garden or any other background that you like. For example, you can outline clouds with blue paint, draw wisps of grass with green paint, add ladybugs, birds, flowers etc...

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