I found these little purses in the party section at Walmart and immediately saw a cute sparkly
Backpack for Barbie. I think I've seen them at Party City too? At 50¢ a piece this would be a fun craft project for a girls birthday party, sleepover, or rainy afternoon. I'm sure they'd have a great time filling the backpack with all kinds of little goodies. The straps get hot glued on and could be made from hair bands, ribbon, elastic or even yarn. I cut two 4" long pieces of salvaged elastic that was about 1/4" wide and it laid nice and flat. Although I do suggest cutting the elastic about 4 1/2" long going forward.
The side view:
The backpacks are great whether going to school or headed to the game!
The most time consuming part of this project is waiting for the hot glue gun to heat up.
The key is to glue the straps on at an angle (kind of meeting in the middle at the top) so they help hold the backpack up on Barbie's back without slipping back down her arms. I got sloppy with the glue... Here's hoping you or your girl can be a little neater.
Just keeping it real folks😉
The purses I started with:
Make something just for fun and
Have a Happy Day:@)
very cute, and occasionally they have them at the $$.25 store, lol. you did a great job on these!
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