Camp Doll Whiz: Make a Hiking Backpack

 Hey, readers! Do you have a place to hike at your doll camp? If you do, then your dolls need a backpack to carry their hiking gear! Let's make a backpack using a household item. Would you expect that a doll backpack could be made out of a gift bag? Well, it can! If you are one of those see-it-to-believe-it kind of people, then keep reading to watch a magical transformation!

  To make a doll hiking backpack you will need:

• A gift bag (you will need one with handles unless you plan to make duct tape straps)
• Scissors
• Tape (you can use clear tape, but I used duct tape and then covered the whole bag with duct tape)
• Decorations (stickers, duct tape)

 Once you have gathered your supplies, read the directions to get crafting!

 Step 1: Get out your gift bag. Mine was white paper, but any bag will work.

Step 2: Rip the handles off of the inside.

Step 3: Make a fold at the top as shown. You may need to flatten your bag to fold it. I would fold the top halfway.

 Step 4: Cut one side of the bag off, below the fold line in step 3.

 Step 5: Stand your bag up straight again and fold it on the crease. Use tape to hold the fold down. (If you are not covering the bag with duct tape then I suggest using clear tape for this step.)

 Step 6: Take one of your handles and tape it to one side of the bag. Repeat on the other side, keeping in mind that you need to put a flat side against your doll's back, not a pointy corner.

 Step 7: If you are using duct tape like me, cover the rest of your bag with duct tape. If you are coloring the bag with markers or covering it with colored paper, do that now.

Step 8: Add additional embellishments to your bag.

Look at what you can put in this bag! The contents include 4 water bottles, a camera, a box of raisins, a bag of trail mix, a bottle of sunscreen, and a bird guide book!

 After picking up her backpack at the front desk, Nellie walks back to her cabin so that she can take the girls on a hike!

 Are you going to make your dolls a hiking backpack? As you saw from the photos, they can carry a lot!  And I hope, see-it-to-believe-it people, that you can now see that a bag can become a backpack! 

 So, before you throw out your gift bags after a party, make them into something new! Thanks to my mom for coming up with the idea for how to make this backpack. See you later with more fun activities! :Doll Whiz

 P.S. The directions for this craft may be confusing, so if you have any questions, leave them in the comments and I will answer them.