Road Trip Survival Kit Pt.1

As we are now nearing our annual family vacation I decided to make a "survival kit'. Laugh all you want but a solid days drive with two small children might be harder than actual wilderness survival. Making up a small goodie bag with fun things for the kids is a really good way to ensure you don't need all all of the beer on night one. This will be a two part blog starting with the making of the bag.

If your children are anything like mine they tire of their things rather quickly. So a new bag full of goodies fits the bill quite well. Rather than using a reusable grocery bag or something similar I chose to make a couple of bags for the trip. After we get there they can use the bags to collect all sorts of cool sea shells and whatever else they might find.

This is actually much easier than it sounds. I had never used a sewing machine until I decided to make these. My wife was at work so thanks to You Tube and a little common sense I figured it out. I used left over fabric scraps so it cost us nothing.

Items Needed

•  Fabric
• Sewing Machine
• Ribbon or similar material for handle
• Glitter or Puff Paint if you chose to decorate

First chose what size bag you would like to have. I wanted ours to fit a coloring book or two so one of ours was 11in by 9in and the other 10in by 12in .  Ours are intended to go around the headrests so I only needed one handle.

1. Cut 2 pieces of chosen size
2. Sew together at bottom
3. Fold over top approx 1/4 in and sew to prevent fraying
4. Sew sides together
5. Cut ribbon to desired length and sew to inside
6. Turn inside out 
7. Decorate if you chose
8. Admire your handy work

A few bits of scrap material is all you need

Ready to sew