Superhero Toddler Backpack

Little people like superheroes.  Sometimes they like them cutesy.

Sometimes they like them not-so-cutesy. 

They go nuts when they see them in real life.  This is Brampton Batman!

So it totally made sense when I was asked to make a superhero backpack.

My friend Jess wanted a backpack for her youngest son to add to her collection of backpacks.   Last year I made these backpacks for her little guy and her nephew.   Here's a picture of one of the bags from this past summer.  What a cutie!

 
This time she wanted something superhero-like.  We agreed on the design.

Then got the final approval

This is the part of the backpack making process that I like the most... getting it already ready to be sewn!

Here is the finished product

Side pockets - great for waterbottles, napkins, and other tiny things. 

The lining

Inside out

Bottoms up!  The bottom is quilted for extra stability.

As always, I use real backpack connectors

I made this backpack early this year when we still had snow on the ground.  It is so hard to take pictures without a lot of natural light .  It is doubly hard to take pictures of black with red.   While it may look like the backpack is some shade of grey/black, it is indeed black denim.  These pics were all taken with my Samsung phone which somehow worked out better than my Canon.  Go figure.

Happy Sewing!

DIY: Lego Superheroes

When you're raising little boys who love superheroes, anything and everything becomes a superhero or a bad guy.  So, to keep things fresh, I decided to help them build superheroes from Lego.   These won't last long because too much banging around will cause them to fall apart.   But the best thing about lego is that once you're sick of what you built, you can break it down and build something else.

This is Iggle Piggle's blankie which has now been turned into a superhero cape (Joshie's idea, not mine)



We ended up making a lot of them.  Unfortunately the legs kept falling off  (it's a structural flaw in my design) but it made us all laugh!

We made 6 superheroes.  Can you guess who these are?  (I'll let you know tomorrow...)

 Happy Lego Building!