Cereal Box Clutch- Demo

Since my article on recycled purses (made from fused plastic bags and spare trash) came out this month in Cloth Paper Scissors, I've received lots of inquiries about making a cereal box clutch.  Well here is a quick tutorial!!

Supplies
cereal box
variety of acrylic paint
brushes
stamps
sharpie pens
sewing machine
decorative button

Start by flattening you cereal box and then covering it with paint- mix your your paint on the surface and don't be concerned with perfection- let yourself be really MESSY! 

Once your first layer has dried start building up more layers letting each one dry in between-

Stamp, scratch, swipe your way to color and texture!

Once all of your layers are dry and to your liking, trim it to the desired size- I like to trim off the folds and edges.  

Decide what kind of shape you would like- I folded it as simple as possible- like an envelope.

Paint the inside (or backside) with a solid and thick layer of paint. Let dry. 

Sew both sides with the sewing machine- I love the look of messy stitches so have fun with zig zag or fun straight stitches down the sides.

Sew a decorative button to the bottom front and then a looped ribbon for the closure 

Disguise your ribbon closure with a scrap that was cut off when trimming you bag- sew it over the top of where your ribbon is attached and go wild with stitches! 

There you have it! A purse made from a simple cereal box- 

Hopefully you will think twice about what you throw away!!!!!!!!