Geometric Canvas Bag Painting Craft -Fun Sleepover Craft for Kids

I can attest firsthand to how much fun it is to get crafty alongside my friends.

Big smiles and excitement are guaranteed when making these fun and colorful canvas totes.

Read our easy step-by-step tutorial below for how to create your own colorful geometric shapes tote bag.

A girl standing sideways with the geometric painted canvas bag over her shoulder.

Supplies needed for this easy slumber party craft:

Instructions:

1.

Prepare your canvas bag

Start by prepping your canvas bag for painting.

Our canvas bags had minimal wrinkles in them so we left them as is before painting.

Finished diy painted canvas bag laying flat in the center of the photo with Testors acrylic paints and sponge paintbrush laying on the sides of the tote bag.

Each tote bag will turn out completely different dependent on how the tape is placed on the bag.

That makes it super fun for kids!

We tried two different ways of creating our design, one with a border and one without.

Materials needed to make the painted canvas bag laid out: canvas bag, cardboard, acrylic paint, painters tape, paper plates and sponge paintbrushes.

it’s possible for you to choose whichever look you like best.

Then add two strips of tape horizontally from top to bottom placed at two different angles.

Lastly, add two strips of tape vertically from side to side placed at two different angles.

Example of how to place the painters tape on the front of the canvas bag to make geometric painted shapes.

You are left with nine different geometric shapes for you to paint.

Paint your canvas tote bag

Choose a few different colors of acrylic paint to paint your canvas bag.

The bright pink, green, blues and yellow were a perfect combination for our tote bag.

Close up image of canvas bag with three of the taped off shapes painted with pink acrylic paint. Paper plate with pink paint and spongebrush laying in the bottom left corner.

Pour a quarter size amount of one of your acrylic paint colors on a paper plate.

Continue dabbing the sponge into the paint and then dabbing it on the shape to paint it completely.

After you have finished with one color, add another color of paint onto your paper plate palette.

How the canvas bag looks after painted with pink, blue, green and yellow paint waiting to dry. Testors paint laying on left of bag and paper plate paint palette and sponge brush laying on right of painted bag.

Use another sponge paintbrush to paint the second color in the shapes of your choosing.

Continue with additional acrylic paint colors until each shape of your canvas bag has been painted.

Set your bag aside and allow the paint to dry completely.

Close up image of what the diy painted canvas bag looks like with the painters tape removed.

I painted the tote with no border and love that look but my daughter adored the border look.

Everyone will love creating their own custom painted design on their canvas bag.

There are so many fun ways kids can use their new colorful tote bag.

Close up image of how the painted canvas bag looks after painters tape is removed.

It can also be used a library bag for kids to keep their library books in for safe keeping.

The designs are so colorful and fun, its a bag everyone is sure to love!

Close up vertical image of finished canvas bag project with the words “Geometric Painted Canvas Bags” in the top left corner.

Two image vertical collage with girl carrying the finished painted bag on the top and two painted canvas bags laying side by side in the bottom. Words “DIY Painted Canvas Totes” in the middle right of image.