Last year at Sophie's school, the kids gave offering each Thursday in chapel. I didn't find out until the end of the year that Sophie was not able to open her coin bag that I had made. I really didn't think she would be able to (it was a drawstring bag) but I didn't think she would try either. But apparently she always wanted to do it and couldn't. So this year, I made her a new coin bag for her chapel money that has a velcro opening. Now that she's older, she will also need to do little chores to earn chapel money. She LOVES to play with coins and Benoit has a tub of coins in one of the kitchen drawers and we always have to shoo her out of it. So today, I told her that she had 3 chores to do to earn coins:
- Make her bed
- Put her toys away
- Put her clothes in herlaundry basket.
Today, she has earned 2 coins, which you can find in the little coin purse below. I made the cute fabric flower to match the interior lining of the bag. Pretty cute, right!
To make one of your very own, check out these tutorials. I skipped the quilting section but otherwise, this is exactly what I did.
http://www.valeriecustomquilting.com/patterns/free/QuickNEasyCoinPurse.pdf
http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2011/08/full-and-textured-fabric-flowers.html
2 comments:
YES - super cute!!! I'd love for you to give me a tutorial, and I also love your idea of having Sophie do chores to earn her coins!
Giving your daughter a coin bag is a really good idea. Not only does it teach her discipline, it also teaches her the importance of setting money aside for a rainy day. Maybe as she grows older, you can reward her with bigger coin bags every time she fills one up to really instill in her the importance of saving money.
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