Star Wars Lunch Bag: A description

Star Wars Lunch Bag: A description

Star Wars lunch bags were something I started for my eldest son when he began Summer Camp in 2009. It was something special that I could do for him each day. It also acted as an ice-breaker, a conversation piece between my son, the camp staff and the other campers. Now, I've got two boys in camp, so it's double the quota. Each night I draw up pictures, usually something "Star Wars-y" on the next day's lunch bags. It can be any thing: a ship, a character, a mash-up, or whatever ( I do take requests.) It's something fun for them to discover each morning. And, it's a reminder of me, their Dad, when they are off having fun at camp.
In years past, most of the bags were kept by the camp staff. But, so far this year, the boys have been bringing them home to keep for themselves.

Some of the bags turn out fairly decent. And others, perhaps, not as successful or artistically satisfying. But, in the end, it's all for fun - theirs... and mine.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Death Star vs. Starbucks Logo Lunch Bag - 2011

Sometimes we use whatever paper bags are available, and these Starbucks bags are perfect. I had been thinking of using the logo as a planet, and when I sat down to make the lunch bag I thought of the Death Star. Then I drew two word balloons and using my big-ass black magic marker I blacked it all in. This was supposed to have simplified things for me by restricting myself to two lines of dialogue. It hand-cuffed me. And I was stuck trying to figure out who was talking and what they were saying. I left it blank till the next morning and in a mad dash before my kid left for camp I wrote the silly dialogue between Governor Tarkin and Darth Vader, based on a true story, though the names were changed... ...And nobody blew up the Starbucks logo.
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