Backpack & accessories

Teacher Backpack

I have had the wonderful opportunity the past couple of months.  One of the local Universities contacted me to see if their student (who is training to be a teacher) could come observe and teach in my room.  I accepted and began the journey of working with a wonderful person who will become a GREAT teacher.  She finished in my room last week and I made her this little gift to wish her good luck.
 

I have seen these little backpacks several times on the web and have wanted to make one ever since.   I found the best instructions to make these from Becky Roberts from "Inking Idaho" here, here, and here.  I did change her dimensions a little since I needed it to be just a little bigger to fit some post-it-notes.  You can also find instructions here. 

Here are all of the accessories that I made to put inside.  Just a few things that a teacher can use.

Covered post-it-notes

Paperclip bookmarks (so many ideas here)

Thumbtacks (I used mod-podge)

I also covered this small notebook to match since everyone can use a place to jot down notes and why not make it look pretty.

I hope that you all enjoy!

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Print the page here for all of the directions and then just write in these new dimensions.

Here are my new dimensions:

Cut base card stock to 11" x 6 3/4"  (cut off 1 3/4" on the long side)
Score lengthwise at 1 3/4". Turn and score the short side at 3 1/2", 5 1/4", 8 3/4", and 10 1/2".
Pocket is 3 1/2" x 2 1/2".  Score at 1/4", and 1/2" on three sides.
Pocket flap is 1 1/2" x 2 1/2".  Score at 1/4" and 1/2" on one long side only.
Backpack flap is 3 7/16" x 3".  Score at 1/2" on long side only.
Ribbon:  (2) 8 1/2" long

Notepad

My newest creation is this little notepad. I am very excited with how it turned out. I am always needing a piece of paper to write down notes each time that I go visit my dad, so I decided to make something that anyone could use and looks better than just a plain notebook. The front and back cover are just 1/4 sheets of card-stock and then I decorated the front with something I hope my dad will enjoy seeing.


Now that I have made this notepad I can't wait to make more for other people and other occasions. The great thing about this notepad is that I can just add more pages when these have all been used. All I did for the paper is cut plain printer paper into quarters and punched the holes to match. I did run the paper through my printer first to put lines on before cutting but you would not need to. (I will try to upload my lined paper to print that is already formatted to fit.)

Click here to download the note paper.  Download as a Microsoft Word document to get the formatting to work.

I hope that you all enjoy this as much as I do.

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Recipe:

Stamps: Branch Out, Jumble Alphabet
Paper: night of navy, bordering blue, whisper white
Ink: chocolate chip, bordering blue, garden green, certainly celery
Punches: scallop border, double rectangle
Accessories: ribbon, silver brad, book rings, crop-o-dile

~Allison