How to Customize Your Backpack
Customize your backpack to show off your style and creative designer skills at school.
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You Will Need
- Backpack
- Accessories
- Glue or thread and needle
- Fabric markers and paints
- Reflective tape
- Pictures
Steps
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Step 1
Get backpack
Get out your old backpack or purchase a new or used one.
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Step 2
Get accessories
Go to your local craft store or look through your household junk drawer and gather accessories that fit your style. Look for beads, pins, patches, bracelets, buttons, or jewels.
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Use your imagination and get creative.
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Step 3
Attach accessories
Attach your desired accessories to your backpack with glue or a thread and needle.
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Step 4
Add color
Add some of your artistic flair with fabric markers and paints.
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Step 5
Add accessories
Add keychains, a bell, a whistle, or a compass to your zipper pulls.
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Step 6
Add reflective strips
Catch someone's eye by attaching reflective strips onto your backpack.
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Step 7
Add pictures
Show off the ones you love by attaching some favorite pictures to the fabric and pockets. Now go ahead and use your creativity to help your friends customize their backpacks, too!
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The world's most expensive backpack is the Mulholland's Deerskin Rucksack and is priced at a modest $1,324.95.
