* Make A Kid's Art Apron Smock from a Hand Towel

I got a bleach stain on this blue hand towel.

Could have kept using it in our powder room  but I had another trick up my sleeve...

Why not turn it into a kid's art apron/smock?!

We certainly use them around here!

Re-Use and RePurpose your old hand towels into something useful!

Folded under two corners of the towel to make the top of the apron/smock,

pinned them with straight pins and pinned a bit of 

felt ribbon in there as a neck strap. 

Ran it through the sewing machine.

Then turned up approximately 6 inches

of the bottom of the towel to make a big pocket at the bottom of the apron/smock.

(I added the purple felt ribbon detail and flower

to jazz it up a bit - because I can't leave anything alone)

Then, I stitched up two more lines 

to divide the big pocket

into three smaller pockets -- 

perfect for holding crayola twistables, 

colored pencils, scissors, glue, etc.

No ties in the back, just put it on and you're ready to go--

I left it hanging on our kid's art easel. 

The nice thing about this apron/smock

is both girls can wear it.

I need to make some more

before my summer art camps for kids start (June-August).

Creativity in our house = some level of creative mess

Happy Mess-Making!