Kid No 1 needed to bring money to school for a bake sale fundraiser. But she’s a bit young for a wallet or purse, and doesn’t always have pockets for change. What to do? This is the latest project I made for the kids.
These are the Lunch Money Cuff, which I made following Christie’s tutorial over on a Lemon Squeezy Home. It’s a nice easy tutorial and I whipped up three cuffs in an evening.
I’d love to call this stash busting, but it’s more like scrap busting. Each cuff only takes four 8.5” x 3” pieces of fabric. It’s a miracle I had even that much.
The fabrics are all by Anne Kelle and were leftovers from some other projects. The whales were from my Whale quilt. The yellow was from my Sunshine Bug quilt. The ladybugs and cats were from a couple of Oliver + S Ice Cream Dresses I made a while ago. The velcro is the heavy-duty variety and left over from Halloween costumes. All I had to buy were the zippers.
With this project and another that I have cut, but not assembled, I managed to use up all of my Kona Red and Corn Yellow, and most of the two red prints. I thought I had used up all the whales as well, but then I organized my quilting fabric and found a bit more. Oops!
I didn’t make any modifications to the pattern. The tutorial says the cuffs are the right size for kids aged five and seven. It’s a bit loose on my two-year-old, but then she also won’t have any money in hers. Still it’s fun to have the same thing the bigger kids have.
Summary
Tutorial Review: Lunch Money Cuff by A Lemon Squeezy Home.
Fabric:
- Bright Whales by Ann Kelle from Urban Zoologie (Robert Kaufman).
- Kona Corn Yellow
- Red Ladybugs by Ann Kelle from Urban Zoologie (Robert Kaufman).
- Kona Red
- Liquorice Cats by Ann Kelle from Urban Zoologie (Robert Kaufman).
Sewing Level: Beginner.
Modifications: None.
Results: Great. I would recommend this tutorial.
This project is linked up at Make It, Wear It.
The Finished Garment 
I am SO making these for my kids! Thanks for posting this.I just wish I had fun fabrics like yours. I think I may take my DD shopping to pick some out (or teach her how to shop online…yikes). Awesome birthday gift idea too.
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Now that my kid is 15, I’m wondering if this kind of thing, sized up, might work for going out dancing. Remembering all those times a purse was just in the way. These look great.
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Probably! Someone on twitter said they wanted to make one in their own size for jogging. And it’s big enough to hold keys and money too.
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That is so smart. I’m going to make some.
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Bonjour je m’appel Teena
J’aimerais avoir votre numéro car je serais probablement intéresser pour ma Mere et je voudrais savoir combien coute le bracelet porte feuille et si il y aurais d’autre couleur moins enfant
Merci de votre reponse
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