craftgrrl | oversize draw string bags

I make bags for the kids in the family and for friend's kids'(OK, really the parents appreciate them more than the kids, but who keeps track of those details) so that on Christmas they can pack all they're toys up in one bag and take one thing to the car (or the next grandparent's house) instead of lugging along armfulls and making several trips.

I just finished 2 bags featuring the Grinch, on the front and plain red on the back. These are for two boys in the family, so I had to keep it "boyish" so to speak. I have a couple of John Deere ones, one girly one in the works, too.

It's nothing too fancy, but people ask me for them every year, so i guess they're pretty handy. I made the first one in middle school, for a cousin after her mother freaked out one Christmas when she ran out of garbage bags to use for this purpose.