Star Wars Backpack Kids Recycled Craft

DIY Crafts

Mini Backpack Made with Recycled Materials

To celebrate Lucasfilm's home entertainment release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker set in a galaxy far, far away, here's a fun, down-to-Earth craft inspired by the strong female character Rey, portrayed by Daisy Ridley in the movie. 

You and your child can easily make this fun mini backpack project together using some basic craft materials and repurposing a few simple items you probably already have at home. Not only is this a cool DIY collectible for older kids and grown-up Star Wars fans, it is also the perfect size to fit 18" dolls, making it a great new accessory for kids ages 4 and up.

Star Wars Mini Backpack Craft

Materials 

• One 20-tea bag cardboard box, empty
• Brown paper takeout bag
• 28" length of 3/8" brown ribbon or felt, cut in half
• Two recycled small buckles cut from old girls shoes
• Silver glitter
• White craft glue
• Toothpicks
• Paper Clips
• Ruler
• Scissors 
• Pencil
• White tissue paper for tracing
• Fine tip gray/silver and black markers

Directions

1. Carefully unglue tea bag box and lay flat, leaving all tabs intact.

2. Use pencil to trace flattened box onto a brown bag which has been cut into a single layer of paper.

3. Cut brown paper all  in one piece and glue paper bag to outside of flat box so.

4. Trace Star Wars logo from Bluray box onto tissue paper (or draw free hand).

5. Center logo onto front of box, transfer first in pencil then go over again with gray or silver fine tip marker.

6. Apply glue with toothpick inside the lines of the Star Wars logo, then apply silver glitter and shake off excess. 

7. Allow to dry, then use black fine tip black marker to handwrite smaller "The Rise of Skywalker" lettering in the line space between the words Star and Wars.

8. Glue box back together using paper clips to bond edges together till set.

9. Align brown ribbon (or felt strips) wrapping vertically around all four sides of box as shown, gluing to paper on each side as shown. Thread a buckle through each side ribbon/felt and glue in place.   

10. From brown paper bag, cut two strips etach measuring 12-inches long by 1-1/2 inches wide. Fold each strip in half lengthwise and then connect each with white glue to form loops. Glue each loop to back of box to form backpack shoulder straps. 

Happy Crafting &
May The Force Be With You!

Enter Bluray Movie
Giveaway Now

Share A Photo of Your Rey Backpack as a Comment

Please feel free to put your own personal twist on this DIY idea, then share your crafty end result as a comment below along with a project photo (kids in images encouraged, but optional). We'd love to see what you make as well as share it with readers.

Star Wars Rise of Skywalker Movie Review + Giveaway

Movies

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Review, Giveaway

MBE partnered with LucasFilm for this post

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker -- the blockbuster sci-fi picture from Lucasfilm, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company -- is now available on Digital, and as of today is also offered for viewing at home on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD. 

The film, directed by J. J. Abrams, stars Daisy Ridley returning as Rey, the strong female role model character she portrayed in the previous two episodes of the trilogy The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. Other members of the cast include Carrie Fisher (Leia Organa), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), John Boyega (Finn), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Naomi Ackie (Jannah), Domhnall Gleeson (General Hux), Richard E. Grant (General Pryde), Lupita Nyong’o (Maz Kanata), Keri Russell (Zorii Bliss), Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca), Kelly Marie Tran (Rose Tico), Ian McDiarmid (Emperor Palpatine) and Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian).

The home entertainment version of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the rivetting conclusion in the Skywalker saga, includes not only the epic movie. It also comes packed with more than two hours of extras: a feature-length making-of documentary and interviews with the cast and filmmakers who made this movie, and lots more.

Bonus Material (may vary by retailer) includes

• THE SKYWALKER LEGACY – A feature-length documentary that charts the making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
• PASAANA PURSUIT: CREATING THE SPEEDER CHASE – A look behind the scenes at the making of the movie’s epic landspeeder chase 
• ALIENS IN THE DESERT – Insight into how the Pasaana desert scenes were created
• D-O: KEY TO THE PAST – Explore the ship connecting Rey to the mystery of her missing parents plus meet the galaxy’s newest, irresistible droid
• WARWICK & SON – Warwick Davis, who played Wicket in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, again wears the Ewok costume, joined by his son Harrison
• CAST OF CREATURES – Learn from the team who created the film's creatures about the puppetry, makeup, prosthetics and digital magic employed to bring the characters to life 

PLUS, a Digital Exclusive

THE MAESTRO’S FINALE – Featuring composer John Williams' reflections on his work for  scoring Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as well as his involvement with the Stars Wars music since the beginning

Giveaway

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

MBE Giveaway

on Instagram

Thanks to Lucasfilm, ONE (1) lucky MBE giveaway participant will win the new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Blu-ray + Digital combo movie. To enter this Movie Giveaway Mommy Blog Expert is hosting, visit this MBE Instagram post. Contest is open to US residents only and qualifying winner will be selected at random. Hurry, this giveaway ends April 6, 2020 at 12 am PST/3 am EST. Lucasfilm is providing the prize and is responsible for delivery to winner.

Make this fun Rey-inspired 

Mini Backpack DIY Craft

About Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Learn more about the movie by visiting the official website, as well as following all the Star Wars news on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

Free Kids Activity Educational Cooking Sets

Giveaway

25,000 Raddish Kids Activity Kits to Be Given Away

If you are one of the millions of parents suddenly homeschooling one or more of your children due to COVID19 pandemic school closures happening across the U.S., don't panic. Instead, keep reading to learn about a wonderful freebie we just learned about which will keep the kids engaged in wholesome, educational activities you and your child can do together at home. 

Get Your Free Kids Cooking Kit March 19th

Raddish Kids popular award-winning themed kids culinary subscription kit and cooking club for elementary and middle school students, is giving away 25,000 of their kids' educational and entertaining Swedish Eats cooking kits FREE starting Thursday, March 19, 2020 at Noon EST/9 am PST, while supplies last. To make this giveaway possible, all Raddish Kids is asking is for families to cover the $4 shipping cost/per kit.

FREE Raddish Kids
Swedish Eats Kit Includes

• Three laminated illustrated recipe guides for Swedish Meatballs, a Scandinavian Smorgasbord, and Nordic Cinnamon Rolls
• Kid-sized cooking tool
• Apron patch
• Fun learning activity

About Raddish Kids

Founded by Samantha Barnes, a working mom, Raddish Kids knows firsthand what it feels like to have her children unexpectedly home from school for what may end up being weeks or months. Barnes hopes that these free kits will help parents and kids cope with social distancing, by helping everyone to continue learning as well as to make the most of their time together as a family during this difficult time when children are separated from their friends and school classmates. 

In addition to these complimentary kits you can receive by mail, all parents are encouraged to check out Raddish Kids free online resource which includes recipes and enrichment activities like this cute, free downloadable printable Swedish Dala Horse Craft as well as a guide to creating your own at-home culinary camp. Learn more by visiting the official site as well as follow the brand on Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram