Flour Sack Towel Aprons

We needed a quick and easy cover-up for the girls attending my daughters art b-day party so we had to get a bit creative.  We used these flour sack towels and ribbon to make the girls painting aprons.

No cutting the towels required.  Just lie the towel flat (face down) fold two adjacent corners in to form two triangles kind of like you are making a paper airplane(so now it looks like an apron form- leaving approx 6-8 inches in between the folded triangles for the neck.)  Use white thread and sew the folded triangle corners down to the back side along with a piece of ribbon loop for the neck at the same time to each side.  Next sew the waist ribbon ties on each side (you'll need to approximate where the waist is depending on the height of your artist) for the apron tie in back.

 

A simple way to keep those pretty clothes clean when getting your creativity on!

Bandanna Coloring Boards

 Start by ironing an inexpensive white bandanna you can purchase any where ( we got ours at Walmart for .99 cents a piece.)

 Next use a 20X20 pre-cut piece of wood (we purchased our wood at Lowe's and the friendly Lowe's man cut all of ours at no extra charge to save us the hassle of doing it ourselves.) Next place your bandanna (front side up) on the wood front, turn both over- fold edges of bandanna back over sides and staple gun the edges around to the back side of the wood board making sure bandanna lies nice and flat on the front side.. 

And there we have it, a fun art board to color within or outside of the lines.  This is a large work of art so it can be a progressive time filler for your little artist.

 Use fabric markers and sharpies to color your big coloring page that doubles as a beautiful wall art piece after complete.

A group of happy artists.