CLOTH BAG PAINTING PDF

Make sure you have a piece of cardboard or cutting board inside your book bag so the paint would go through the other side. It’s hard to see, but you’ll end up with the pencil transfer on the canvas! This is what you will color in with your Sharpie paint markers.

Now, take a tip of a pen or you can you use a sharpened pencil and trace around all the letters and edges of the images. I put a cutting board inside the bag to make the surface harder to press against. (Like I mentioned before, if you have two separate sheets, I’d do the book first.)

Tape down the paper so the image is facing the canvas.

Fold the bag the same way and then line the creases up so the image is centered on the canvas bag. You can also color in the whole letters too, whichever is easiest.įold the square in half and half again so you get lines going horizontal and vertical. To use the pencil transfer method, start tracing all the letters and image with pencil. (If you had to print them out separately, you’ll have two separate taped together sheets.) Just tape them together on the backside and cut out around the square. I had to play with mine and ended up printing it about 6 times before I got it to where I wanted it! You can mess with the zoom size if it’s not printing out the size you want it. Print it out in fast grayscale on paper to see if it’s the size you want. In order to cut it out bigger, I used the option under “Multi-Page” tab of 2×2 poster. If you can print it on a normal 8.5×11 piece, you can skip the next step! Decide on what size you need depending on your bag size. I wanted mine to be about 12 inches so I was putting it on a bigger bag so I needed to print it out poster size. For my printer, the mirror option is under “more options” in the printing preferences (see pic below). (This way may end up being easier, since you can transfer the book first, paint it, and then transfer the wording once it’s dry.)įirst thing you’ll need to do is print out the file in MIRROR setting (or some printers will have t-shirt setting). If you have a program that you can attach the files together like I did and then print them out, go for it. There are a few different ways you can cut this out.

CLOTH BAG PAINTING PDF

You can also download the file of the words by clicking here: PDF PNG JPG.

File – You can download the book PNG by going to here.

paint – I used speedball screen print paint found here but you could use chalk paint or acrylic paint.

Sharpie oil based paint markers – I got mine on Amazon here.

canvas tote bag – I got mine at Joann’s in a 3 pack with my 50% off coupon! Or you can get one on Amazon by clicking here.

Materials for Sharpie on Canvas Library Bag The best part about this DIY bag is that you don’t need any fancy craft supplies to make it – just a printer, a pencil and sharpie paint markers! Sharpie paint markers are so fun and easy to use!! I made an Our Love Story Canvas sign with them (check out my video tutorial here!) and DIY dishwasher safe mugs (tutorial here!). I really liked the file and wanted to use it for something and finally realized it would be perfect for a DIY canvas tote library bag! I had made this file several months ago when I made her a glitter tumbler but it didn’t turn out very well on the mug since the glitter was dark. I wanted to make her a personalized library book bag that she would love to carry around. Hi Friends! I’m a little excited about this sharpie on canvas library bag tutorial I have for you today! My daughter is a huge book lover (so much so that she started her own book review blog! You can check it out: We Dream In Chapters here!!) and we enjoy going to the library or Barnes and Noble.

Cloth bag painting