Upgrade Your old backback into a Laptop backpack

So ive been using a simple messenger llama bag to lug around my laptop and after a few days i noticed that it just wasn't cutting it, everything was bundled up in a mess, very uncomfortable after a while, and my laptop was not protected at all. So I
1.Went to go look for a bag for my laptop at bestbuy
2.saw the prices (like $60 bucks man!)
3. realized i don't have that kind of money
4. went home (they were ugly anyway)

So then after a day or two i saw this giant Styrofoam sheet laying around my house (for some freaky reason, idk how it got there) and i said to myself that would be great for a future project of mine, and BAM! it hit me, ill just make my own laptop bag. so here it is the fruit of my creativity **drum roll** MY FIRST INSTRUCTABLE!  (and the crowd goes wild)

Step 1 Gather the required nessesities

to continue with this instructable you will need the following

1.sheet of Styrofoam stuff (or you can use some sort of cushiony substitute material (as long as you can sew through it))
2. an old backpack (or a new one, whatever you fancy)
3.scissors
4. some sort of fabric (i just used two old shirts i had)
5. a sewing machine
6.buttons (optional)
7. the laptop that you will be making this for

Comments

[naleshe]

So did you sew the shirts to the foam and then the foam w/ shirts the the backpack? I just want to be clear for when I try this. Also I was thinking of using a laptop case and sewing it into the backpack, do you think this would work?