Heart For Harlow...

I have to start this post with a big thanks to Integration Support Services for believing in us and providing a platform for us to display our talent.

Yesterday we attended the "Heart For Harlow Festival" on the grounds of water Gardens. We were part of Integration Support Services where my son displayed the toys he had made most of which were science related. Some people were amazed and others were immensely impressed. All in all it was a big success and a great boost for my son.

Pencil Case / Small Bag

How about using an old torn backpack and turn it into an awesomely useful pencil case or another smaller bag?

When my son's regular pencil case got torn, he really wanted a new one which I did offer to buy from the shop. But he wanted a big one, one which can hold lots of things. I did not understand why he needed a big one since all he needed to put in were a few pencils, pens and may be a ruler and eraser. But I was surprised to see the contents of his bag....It had everything I would not expect....Can you guess...it had a magnifying glass, a paper cutter, a few rubber bands, toothpicks, etc.,etc...He uses these to create his designs and experiment during free and break times. He does make some awesome stuff like shooters, uniquely designed paper planes which really work well. So my task was to make a big bag enough to hold all his stuff and small enough not to look like a backpack.

New small bag

Original backpack

Front pocket cut out

I had one old backpack whose main zip was broken and could not be repaired. So I cut it out and took the smaller front pocket. This would be my new bag. I took off all the hooks and one damaged zip on the front. The bag was stitched all around to make to look nice. I sewed Velcro for the front pocket whose zip was taken out. And that's it...A nice new looking small bag with lots of pockets ready to be used as a pencil case or as a small book bag. If needed, you can attach some handles to it. I did not need that as this was supposed to be used as a pencil case.