Since I am also cheap, I picked up two tote bags on clearance at JoAnn crafts instead of making the bags too. This ended up being the harder way to do it, in a way, since I had to sew and then attach the monster face to the bag with more difficulty. I made mine to size for crayons, but you could make the faces and slots longer for colored pencils too. Here are my two, all laid out, pre-sewing:
I don't have kids; I am actually making these to put in our two shoeboxes this year for Operation Christmas Child. Operation Christmas Child is a ministry of Samaritan's Purse (originally Billy Graham's ministry, now run by Franklin Graham) that packages and sends millions of shoeboxes filled with small gifts and basic necessities to children all over the world. I have been involved with OCC since I was in junior high, either through packing shoeboxes or volunteering at the processing center here in Orange County. Last year, my husband and I packed two shoeboxes, for a boy and a girl in the 10-14 age range, filling them primarily at back-to-school sale time, when you can get school supplies really cheaply. This year, our boxes will probably be for two boys in the 5-9 category. I picked up some flip-flops on sale for about $1 each, and plan to pack these two totes, along with notebooks and/or coloring books next month. The great thing about this project was that it was very inexpensive; the gusseted tote bags I got on clearance were just 30 cents each, and I was able to make each monster face from one sheet of felt at 33 cents each! The crayons were the most expensive part, and an 8-pack was only 99 cents.
One finished tote (so far):
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