My younger son turned 4 last week and started preschool this past Monday. He demanded that I make him a Minion backpack for preschool. I was hesitant and we talked him into buying a camouflage dinosaur backpack instead. I kind-of felt bad for not making him the backpack, so I made him a Minion hat.
While I was working on it, he kept asking if it was his Minion backpack. And, I kept reminding him about his really cool dinosaur backpack. He wouldn't relent. A couple of weeks ago, I was driving to work when an idea came to me on how I could make the backpack.
So, I took about 5 minutes and drew out a couple of sketches:
So, I took about 5 minutes and drew out a couple of sketches:
Now that I had a plan, I knew I could bring it to life.
He loved it!
But, he thought a tiny animal needed to go in that pocket. After all, why have a pocket if you aren't going to put something cool in there? So, he grabbed one of my amis and tossed him in his backpack.
Last night, I was thinking that maybe I can enter the photo of him and his backpack and Tiny Ro in the FreshStitches Back-to-School photo contest. But, I didn't make Ro this month, so it doesn't seem fair to enter him. Then another brilliant idea came to mind. What if I assembled a new minion using the Ro pattern?
LOL! I love it! And, since it was something I wanted to make, it literally took no time at all.
And here they are a big happy family! The backpack, hat and Tiny Ro the Minion.
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