Vinyl Sit Upons

Measure it and determine how large you want to make the cushions.

Vinyl sit upons.

These cost about 3 00 each at a dollar store and made 9 sit upons per tablecloth. See more ideas about girl scouts girl scout ideas girl scout crafts. The key is the front and back of the bag need to be laminated. My daughter s leader a few years ago went to wall paper stores and asked if they had any sample books they were throwing out and got plenty.

A sit upon is a situpon is a sit upon no matter how you spell it posted by beth lucht at home 2 i have some really good memories of being a brownie and a junior girl scout and although it has been a while since those days many of the ideals that i learned and activities that we got involved in have stuck with me and been helpful in later life. Cut out two squares per girl scout. I used it to cut out 2 pieces of vinyl table cloth for each sit upon. We used a thick vinyl cloth backed tablecloths in the largest standard rectangular size 54 x 90.

When i was a brownie girl scout we made ours from old vinyl tablecloths and foam. You can use vinyl type tablecloths cut into squares instead if you prefer. A sit upon is great for sitting around the campfire your backyard or even a sporting event. There are lots of ways to make a sit upon.

You should be able to get six to nine sit upons out of each cloth. Vinyl wallpaper some of the nicest sit upons i ve seen were made from samples of vinyl wallpaper. Waterproof reusable shopping bags it s okay if the handles and sides are a mesh material this material is called non woven even though it looks woven. The best and most often used material is a vinyl tablecloth.

A sit upon is usually made from some sort of waterproof fabric like a fabric backed vinyl tablecloth and filled with some padding. You can also use vinyl sold by the yard that s not too expensive. Squeeze out any air fold the bag snuggly around the newspaper and use duct tape or packing tape to hold it all together. These are vinyl tablecloths i ve picked up over the past 2 years at the 99 cent store dollar store marshall s and tj maxx.

I cut out a 24 circle template from cardboard. You can find inexpensive tablecloths at the discount store. The padding can be a stack of newspapers crumpled newspaper foam squares scraps of fabric or even a preformed throw pillow. A simple sit upon made be constructed by taking several layers of newspaper folding to the appropriate size and inserting them into a plastic kitchen catcher type bag.

Mixing and matching whatever pieces i had. Vinyl cloth tablecloth or by the yard yarn at least 4 feet per situpon.