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August 15, 2019

Kids Hooded Towel Tutorial

August 15, 2019

I love those hooded baby towels, but our kids both grew out of those towels way too quickly. Below is a DIY hooded towel tutorial that I used to make hooded towels for kids. I got this tutorial from the following link: https://projectnursery.com/2017/04/diy-hooded-towel-tutorial/

Materials List:

  • 1 Regular Sized Bath Towel (any size bath towel will work)
  • 1 Coordinating Hand Towel
  • Matching Thread
  • Sewing Machine
  • Rotary Cutter, Self-Healing Rotary Mat & Clear Acrylic Ruler or your can just use scissors
  • Rulers
  • Sewing Pins

Instructions:

1.Start by creating the hood. Folder your hand towel in half, matching up the short sides.

2. Measure 11.5″ down from the folded edge and cut off the bottom edges.

3. Open the hand towel and fold 1.5″ up on one long side. Using your coordinating thread to sew a straight stitch right below the finished edge along your fold.

4. Then go back and sew right on top of the finished edge. This will prevent the edge from flapping up and gives it a nice edge.

5. Fold the hand towel in half again, matching up the short sides. But this time, make sure the long finished edge you just sewed is inside. The finished edge you just sewed will be the hood front.

6. Measuring from the hood front, mark 8″ along the top folded edge and 12″ along the bottom edge. Align a ruler on the two marks and cut diagonally. Save the piece you removed to make hand pockets later!

7. Pin your diagonal edges together. Use a zig-zag stitch to sew them together with a 1/4″ seam allowance. Then turn the hood right-side out.

8. Find the top inside center of your bath towel. Pin the bottom center of the hood to the top center of your bath towel, with the hood piece overlapping the bath towel by 1/2″.

9. With the hood piece still overlapping the bath towel by 1/2″, pin the remaining bottom edges of the hood along the top edge of the towel. You will have to fold the hood a bit in order to get the straight edges to align.

10. Use your zig-zag stitch to sew the hood on with a 1/4″ seam allowance.

11. On the back side of the hood, you’ll notice the top edge of the bath towel has made a flap. Use a straight stitch to sew this down along the hood.

Instructions for Optional Hand Pockets

12. Cut along the fold of the discarded triangle from the hand towel. Measure down 8″ from the top and cut off the bottoms.

13. You should now have two pieces like below. Run a zip-zag stitch along the diagonal edge to keep it from fraying.

14. On the inside of the towel, align the pocket just inside the top corner. Pin in place.

15. Sew a zip-zag stitch along three sides, leaving the diagonal side open. Repeat with the other piece on the other top corner.

You are done! Don’t you just want to make more. I am definitely going to make more of these for our kids.

Our kids absolutely love these hooded towels. Our son loves to play with his and loves the hand pockets! Aren’t they just the cutest towels that your kids will be able to use for years. These make really nice beach towels as well. It is a great way to dry off and get warm after getting out of the pool!

Do your kids love hooded towels as much as our do? I would love to hear about where you buy your hooded towels or how you make them. Thanks for stopping by! I will talk to you again soon!

-Kim

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August 4, 2019

Chocolate Popsicles

August 4, 2019

Do you love chocolate milk? If you do then you will love these quick and easy chocolate popsicles. All you need is chocolate milk and some popsicle molds.

You can use whatever type of chocolate milk you prefer. I used 2% chocolate milk but I think the whole chocolate milk would be really tasty. Fat free chocolate milk can be used but I think that at least 2% should be used to give it a creamier taste.

To make this chocolate summer treat just pour your chocolate milk into your popsicle mold (I used the koji Ice Pop Molds for the larger popsicles and the Nuby Garden Fresh Fruitsicle Frozen Pop Tray for the smaller popsicles, perfect for a toddlers small hands). I love the koji Ice Pop Molds because they are really simple to use and the popsicles come out of the molds really easy. I also love the Nuby Garden Fresh Fruitsicle Frozen Pop Tray because they are perfect for small toddlers to hold on to and the perfect small size for a small toddler as well. You could also use ice cube trays if you don’t have any popsicle molds. It would be really tasty to put chocolate ice cubes into chocolate milk to keep it cold!

Place in the freezer overnight and enjoy the next day. To remove the popsicle from the mold just run it under some warm water until the popsicle releases from the edges of the mold. Our kids absolutely love these popsicles. They both ask for more after their popsicle was gone.

I hope you enjoy this quick and easy popsicle recipe. This is one of our favorite popsicle recipes in the summer. What are some of your favorite popsicle recipes? We love popsicles in our house so I would love to hear about your favorites. Thanks for stopping by and I will talk to you again soon!

-Kim

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