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    Home » Crafts

    DIY Harry Potter Pencil Pouches & Free SVG Files

    Last Updated: Apr 2, 2022 by Melissa Mortenson · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 3 Comments

    Each year, Rae Gun Ramblings hosts a Happy Harry Potter blog series.  It’s full of all kinds of fun Harry Potter crafts, printables, and party ideas. I’m excited to be participating again this year sharing a tutorial to make these Harry Potter Pencil Pouches. I’ve even included a free cut file for your Cricut machine so you can make them yourself at home!

    Cute DIY Harry Potter pencil pouches. Easy to make DIY iron ons using a Cricut machine. Such a cute back to school project!

    Our family LOVES Harry Potter. I don’t know quite how it happened, but we’ve all listened to the audiobook series at least 4 times.  They are the perfect audiobooks to listen to on long road trips.

    If you’ve not listened to them before, the narrator, Jim Dale does an amazing job bringing all of the characters to life. He has a separate “voice” for each character. I think I like listening to his retelling of the stories even more than watching the movies.  

    Now that my kids are teenagers it’s hard to find something that EVERYONE likes to listen to in the car. Each time we listen we discover something new about the characters and story (the series is now available on Audible).

    I first joined in on the Happy Harry Potter series 4 years ago, here are some of my past projects:

    Harry Potter DIY Projects

    How to make your own Harry Potter Quidditch Robes on polkadotchair.com

    How to Make Quidditch Robes

    DIY "Quidditch Mom" tote bag project. She has a free download for the iron-on on her site!

    DIY Quidditch Mom Tote Bag

    DIY Harry Potter Hogwarts Notebooks; with free printable covers for each house on polkadotchair.com

    DIY Hogwarts House Notebooks

    How to Make Harry Potter Pencil Pouches

    This year I was excited to jump in and design a new project for the series.  I sat down with my 16 yr old twins a few weeks ago and they helped me brainstorm the idea for these pencil pouches.  

    With back to school just around the corner, these would make a fun end of summer project. They would also be great to use as party favors for a Harry Potter themed party.

    Cute DIY Harry Potter pencil pouches. Easy to make DIY iron ons using a Cricut machine. Such a cute back to school project!

    I purchased the canvas pouches on Amazon, then made iron ons for the pouches using my Cricut machine. I’ll walk you step by step through the project and include links to the products I used, in case you want to make ones just like mine.

    If you’re handy with a sewing machine you could also easily stitch up a bunch of canvas zip pouches.

    About the Free Harry Potter SVG Files

    There are 3 cut files to choose from. The “Firebolt Fund” shown above.

    Cute DIY Harry Potter pencil pouches. Easy to make DIY iron ons using a Cricut machine. Such a cute back to school project!

    The Quills cut file, to create a more “refined” Harry Potter pencil pouch.

    Cute DIY Harry Potter pencil pouches. Easy to make DIY iron ons using a Cricut machine. Such a cute back to school project!

    and, the Certified Niffler Proof file.  Perfect for keeping all of your “shiny baubles” safe from a quick-fingered Niffler.

    Pencil Pouch Directions

    Cute DIY Harry Potter pencil pouches. Easy to make DIY iron ons using a Cricut machine. Such a cute back to school project!

    Supplies

    • Canvas Pencil Pouch- purchased on Amazon  – I used two different sizes (small -click here and large-click here), you can make your iron ons to fit whatever size bag you’d like.
    • Cricut Explore Machine
    • Gold Cricut Iron On
    • Black Cricut Iron On
    • Iron
    • Cricut .svg cut files. Download them by clicking HERE.

    Iron-On Instructions

    Begin by downloading the .svg files and uploading them into your Cricut Design Space.

    Insert the image you want onto your “canvas”.  Click all the layers of the image and then click WELD. Don’t forget to do this step or your image will cut in a bunch of different pieces.

    Next, click “Make this” on the Design Space screen.

    When you get to this screen, toggle the button that says “mirror”.

    Load your iron on material onto your cutting mat with the clear plastic side facing the cutting mat.

    Cut out your design.

    Cute DIY Harry Potter pencil pouches. Easy to make DIY iron ons using a Cricut machine. Such a cute back to school project!

    Remove the extra iron on from your design. This is referred to as “weeding”.

    Once you’ve got it the way you want it, place it right side down onto your canvas pencil pouch.

    Cute DIY Harry Potter pencil pouches. Easy to make DIY iron ons using a Cricut machine. Such a cute back to school project!

    Following the directions on the package of the iron on precisely, iron the image onto your canvas pencil pouch. I have found that you need to let the iron on cool completely before peeling away the plastic backing.  I’d recommend setting it aside for 30 min or so. That way you’re not tempted to try to peel it off too quickly.

    After that, you’re done!!

    A few tips

    If you want to cut more than one image all out of the same color of iron on and all at the same time. Import one image at a time into the design space.

    Weld that image together, then import another one and weld it. You don’t want to weld the separate image files to each other. That would be a mess!!!

    As a part of the series, you can also enter to WIN this awesome prize pack! Just use the widget below to enter.

    Cute DIY Harry Potter pencil pouches. Easy to make DIY iron ons using a Cricut machine. Such a cute back to school project!

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    Melissa Mortenson

    Melissa Mortenson is a blogger, designer, and content creator. She is the Polka Dot Chair blog founder and has been sharing fresh and creative ideas with readers since 2008. She is the author of “Project Teen, Handmade Gifts your Teen will Actually Love.” Her work and designs have been featured on HuffPost, TODAY, Pioneer Woman, HGTV, BuzzFeed, Better Homes & Gardens, and many other established publications. Her first fabric line, “Derby Style,” debuted in January 2015 through Riley Blake Designs.  Additional fabric collections have followed it in subsequent years. A mom of 3, she considers herself lucky to be living in Kentucky.

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    1. Jessica purevich says

      July 24, 2017 at 2:39 pm

      I believe a couple of the follow on… are incorrect. They are linked to pinterest but nothing comes up. I assume they are supposed to be linked to Instagram.

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      • Melissa Mortenson says

        July 27, 2017 at 1:51 pm

        I’ll get Marisa to check them, she’s managing the giveaway

        Reply
    2. maria says

      March 28, 2019 at 5:49 pm

      hi love your stuff it looks great !! where did you get that case ??? I NEED IT

      Reply

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