{"id":13361,"date":"2017-08-10T11:14:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T15:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=13361"},"modified":"2017-08-10T11:14:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T15:14:45","slug":"tween-purse-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/10\/tween-purse-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Hack to Make a Purse Tween Appropriate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was a crazy, crazy day! It started withe the toddler sleeping until after 9 (which sounds fantastic but really jammed up the day!) Then we met a friend to do the girls’ yearly homeschool evaluations. And after, while we were discussing lunch, my newly 9<\/a>, Honeybun, asked if after lunch we could go shopping for a purse.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t completely blindsided, she’s expressed interest in such things in the past, but this time was different. Because she’s 9 now. And I’m reminded every day how grown up she’s getting and while I’m working to give her more freedom and “big kid” responsibility, she’s still totally my baby!<\/p>\n

In the past I would have just brushed it off with a quick “you don’t need a purse, you have tons of bags!” But she’s 9! So instead my answer was, “Let’s talk about it. What would you use a purse for?”<\/p>\n

She said she wanted a place to keep her new mp3 player, some small games and a book or two for when we’re at gymnastics<\/a> and such. I can’t really argue with that request and both girls have some birthday money they received so I agreed to go look at what we could find.<\/p>\n

What I didn’t expect was for it be nearly impossible to find something that met her needs. To find a handbag that is big enough for a book but not too grown up or expensive (she’s thrifty like me) was quite a challenge!<\/p>\n

We wandered for a good hour, looking at every handbag available and just as we were getting ready to give up and leave, I spotted the red clearance sticker on this one:<\/p>\n

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Big enough for a book?\u00a0\u221a<\/p>\n

Pockets for keeping things organized?\u00a0\u221a<\/p>\n

Not too expensive?\u00a0\u221a<\/p>\n

Her current favorite color?\u00a0\u221a<\/p>\n

Not too grown up? ???<\/p>\n

I didn’t want something that looked like a purse. I didn’t want her to be targeted if she takes it out places and I don’t want my car targeted if she leaves it in the back seat. Unfortunately all the “cutesy” ones were way too small to hold a book and the backpacks and messenger type bags were way out of her self-established price range.<\/p>\n

But this one, this one could work. I showed her and she thought about it. Finally she said okay.<\/p>\n

We checked out and as we were leaving and she was unwrapping the (long and atrocious) strap, I told her, “I think it’s perfect but it probably needs a different strap.” She agreed a shorter strap would be better, though I was thinking something with a fun pattern would help make it more age appropriate for her.<\/p>\n

Because the strap it came with is removable and attaches through rings, it was really easy to put on a new strap. We decided to use a belt to create a fun new strap. We went through our options and found two we liked: one sparkly silver bow belt that she’s outgrown and another white cut out belt that got accidentally sucked into the vacuum and ruined.<\/p>\n

We really like both, but she’s decided to go with the white for now (though I’ll probably keep my eye out for a patterned belt that she could wear across her body) and she has already filled her bag up with treasures and is ready for her 9-year-old adventures!<\/p>\n

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Pin it!<\/h3>\n

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